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November 18, 2009
State College, Pa. - AccuWeather.com's reports an intense heat wave will hit southeastern Australia until the end of the week, which could mean danger to an area already affected by wildfires and severe drought.
Firefighters were able to subdue several fires in Sydney's southwestern outskirts, bu...
October 02, 2009
State College, Pa. - AccuWeather.com reports a senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS), in an exclusive interview with AccuWeather.com, said more could have been done to warn people of the approaching tsunami that killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific.
Rescue and reco...
April 16, 2009
State College, Pa. - AccuWeather.com reports the weather conditions along the Arabian and Somalian coasts may unfortunately continue to play into pirates' hands over the next several weeks. Very modest Indian Ocean waves, light winds and nearly unrestricted visibility are forecast for the region.
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April 16, 2009
State College, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports Tropical Cyclone Bijli (01B) is gathering strength as it churns through the northern Bay of Bengal.
The current position has the center of the storm 350-400 miles south-southwest of Kolkata, India, and has been slowly moving north-northeastward over ...
April 01, 2009
State College, Pa. - AccuWeather.com reports a Australian towns in New South Wales have been declared natural disaster zones following a series of heavy thunderstorms that dumped heavy rainfall over the past couple of days.
Heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has isolated towns along the Bellin...
March 06, 2009
State College, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports Tropical Cyclone Hamish formed over the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia's state of Queensland Thursday.
As of Thursday night, local time, Hamish wielded maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and wind gusts as high as 45 mph around a center that was ...
October 16, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center reports Hurricane Omar is bearing down on the islands of the eastern Caribbean, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, home to one of the world's largest oil refineries.
Omar will cross the U.S. Virgin Islands tonight. Destr...
October 13, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – AccuWeather.com reports the first Santa Ana wind event of the season combined with dry conditions presents an extreme fire danger in Southern California.
This Santa Ana winds started Sunday when a high pressure system settled into the Great Basin. AccuWeather.com meteorologi...
October 03, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – AccuWeather.com reports the powerful Pacific storm moving into the Pacific Northwest today will not only bring dramatic changes to the West, it will influence the weather across the country through early next week.
A weak storm system moved into the Northwest on Thursday, se...
October 03, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – AccuWeather.com reports impacts from the first in a pair of Pacific storms will be confined to the Northwest today. Virtually all of the West will be affected by the second, more powerful storm Friday into the weekend, bringing an end to the West's recent dry and sizzling condit...
September 22, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – As of late Monday morning, EDT, Typhoon Hagupit is designated a major Category 3 storm. With highest sustained winds up to 115 mph, the broad eye of Typhoon Hagupit (18W) is centered west of the Babuyan Islands north of northern Luzon, Philippines.
Moving to the west at 12 to...
September 20, 2008
PARKERSBURG, W. VA. – When Hurricane Ike´s strong winds blew through Houston this past week, the Weather Research Center and the nation´s first Weather Museum were ready to withstand the storm. Simonton StormBreaker Plus® impact-resistant windows in the shared facility made it possible f...
September 08, 2008
Gulf Residents and Energy Interests Monitor Development.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – As Hurricane Ike barrels across Cuba on a path toward the Florida Keys and the Gulf Coast, many storm-weary residents are saying "so what?" but officials continue to monitor the situation.
The AccuWeather.com Hurr...
August 25, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center reports Floridians may not have much time to recover from Fay. A tropical wave south of Hispaniola has developed into Tropical Depression 7.
At 11 a.m. EDT, TD-7 was located about 260 miles southeast of Port au Prince, Haiti. Maximum sust...
July 28, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – AccuWeather.com reports blistering heat in the West is fueling a massive wildfire in Yosemite National Park. By Tuesday, a new Pacific system moving into British Columbia will ease the heat in the Northwest.
The heat built across the Northwest over the weekend. The sunshine a...
July 11, 2008
Rip Currents May Impact U.S. Seaboard.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - AccuWeather.com reports a tropical storm watch is in effect for Bermuda as category 1 Hurricane Bertha continues to track east of the island. Meanwhile, higher waves and rip currents courtesy of Bertha with impact the U.S. Eastern Seaboa...
July 08, 2008
First Hurricane of Season Not Concern for Gulf Interests.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - AccuWeather.com Chief Hurricane Forecaster Joe Bastardi reports "Hurricane Bertha will not be a threat for the Gulf area."
As the nation´s rising oil prices impact millions of families at the pump, it...
July 02, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - AccuWeather.com reports a flare up in the tropics. It remains to be seen if this wave will become more substantial.
Tuesday, a well defined low pressure system came off the African continent. "That disturbance is still very evident on the latest satellite picture," says AccuW...
June 25, 2008
Yet Another Setback After Floods Significantly Reduce Potential Yield.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The AccuWeather.com Agricultural Forecast Center reports increasing concern that cooler-than-normal temperatures will slow growth of an already plagued corn crop.
Temperatures this past week have av...
June 23, 2008
Intense Heat Will Diminish as Wildfire Threat Continues.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports gusty winds today could offset cooler temperatures and an onshore flow along the California coast as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires sparked by a weekend of dry thunderstorms and lig...
June 18, 2008
State College, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports as of Wednesday night, local time, Tropical Depression 07W is between Yap Islands, western Micronesia, and southern Philippines.
This storm is in its initial stages but has a chance to become a typhoon over the weekend. The future track of the st...
June 18, 2008
Floods, Rain Take Chunk Out of Yield.
State College, Pa. -- Farmers and officials are assessing the damage as the flooding continues in the mid-Mississippi Valley. As the flood waters continue to recede along the many smaller rivers that feed into the Mississippi River, residents, business ...
June 13, 2008
State College, Pa. -- The AccuWeather.com Severe Weather Center reports that a potent cold front is moving slowly to the east today, shifting the potential for dangerous storms to areas of the heartland still reeling from the powerful storms of last weekend.
Late Wednesday, 52 unconfirmed tornad...
June 11, 2008
State College, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports a new round of severe storms will erupt today and Thursday across the northern and central Plains and the Midwest.
Large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes will all be possible with the strongest storms. The greatest risk for dangerous storms will st...
June 10, 2008
Some Relief for East, Flooding Threat Remains in Midwest.
State College, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports severe storms will move into the Northeast today, while oppressive heat continues for another day along the Eastern Seaboard after record highs were set across the eastern third o...