Meteorology News

Joshua Bryant has been chasing storms for 13 years. His most recent venture: a microburst storm in Princeton damaging trees, homes, fences and buildings.

India needs rains and fast. The country could be heading for a drought, worse than the one in 2002, if the monsoon rains do not pick up during the sowing window period for kharif crops , a US government report has warned.

Farmers from Palamu district raise their hands for God's mercy after having endured years of hardship because of drought.

The development of an El Nino weather pattern is increasing and at this stage may be a medium-strength event, but it could take months for it to be officially declared, Australia's weather bureau said.

In the weather news today, there is this article about Key West, Florida considering reducing its number of mandatory Hurricane evacuations this year.

The drought has finally eased across much of the country - except for Victoria, which is drier than ever.

WILD weather has caused havoc across Perth, uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and plunging homes into darkness.

VICTORIANS have been warned to batten down again ahead of strong winds today. Yesterday, wind gusts in excess of 100km/h battered country and metropolitan Victoria, knocking down dozens of powerlines and poles.

Paul Krugman ["Climate-change deniers commit treason against planet," Opinion, syndicated columnist, June 30] asks the question, "How can anyone justify failing to act?" He does not mention that earth's temperatures have flat-lined since 2001, despite growing concentrations of carbon dioxide.

DHAKA: Torrential rains and sudden onrush of upstream waters over the north and north-eastern part of the country have triggered flash-floods in some northern and southern districts though all the rivers were flowing well below the danger-level, except the Khowai in Habiganj.

A new paper by Kim, Webster, and Curry in Science hits the presses Friday, with the press embargo lifted Thursday at 2 pm.

Today's forecast: rain. Tomorrow: chance of thunderstorms. The long-term outlook? Wet summers in New Hampshire could be here to stay.

Former University of Wyoming president Don Veal has been inducted into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame.

An El Nino weather pattern that could bring drought conditions to Australia's farmlands is "very likely" this year and could be officially declared within weeks, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI // Most pilots try to navigate around storm clouds, especially the giant ones that gather over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal and then move across the Indian subcontinent during the annual monsoon rains.

A truck squeezes past a fallen tree near Horsham. Photo: Wimmera Mail-Times. Peter Gregory and Paul Millar July 1, 2009 A 49-YEAR-OLD woman has died after being hit by a falling gum tree as gale-force winds of up to 156 km/h lashed Victoria.

The largest, most sophisticated and most ambitious field experiment ever assembled to document the development of tornadoes spent five weeks chasing storms in Tornado Alley this spring.

UPDATE 4.10pm: TWO people are trapped under fallen trees and thousands are without power as wild weather whips across Victoria.

Columnist Jeff O'Bryant: Before cap and trade, how about proof and truth? Jeff O'Bryant slideshow While campaigning, Obama claimed, "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket." But now he claims it will only cost the price of a postage stamp a day.

Heavy rain and high winds have lashed Perth, leaving 17,000 people without power.