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Central US to remain locked into cold pattern
A winterlike chill has made its presence felt across the Central states this week, and it doesn't look like the cold air will relinquish its grip any time soon. A fresh shot of cold air is expected to sweep across the central United States early next
Read more…Pacific Northwest to bask in above-average warmth
A weekend of record-setting warmth is in the forecast for the Pacific Northwest, but AccuWeather forecasters are cautioning residents that they may want to wait a bit before they pursue water activities.
Temperatures in the Northwest have been rising
Read more…Russian capital breaks 140-year-old record during surge of summerlike warmth
Temperatures in Moscow on Tuesday surged to levels not seen on that day for at least 140 years. The record warmth sent people flocking outdoors to enjoy the unusually warm conditions amid several days of summerlike temperatures.
On Tuesday, the high
Read more…Nor'easter to wallop Northeast with cold rain and April snow
A developing nor'easter was beginning to bear down on the Northeast on Thursday, bringing major weather changes to the region. AccuWeather meteorologists, who have been keeping tabs on the storm all week, warn that it will strengthen quickly enough t
Read more…Why India and Nepal's forest fires are worrying scientists
Record forest fires
Scientists say the forest fires in some parts of northern India and neighbouring Nepal have been the strongest in the past 15 years. The European Union's Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) said that Uttarakhand's fo
Senegal: The HIV success story that’s failing gay men
Senegal has long been praised for its progressive stance on AIDS prevention and today has one of the lowest levels of HIV in Africa.
But despite this success in recent years rates have risen within the gay community – more than one in four are HIV po
Read more…Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?
More than a year into the pandemic, deaths in Brazil are now at their peak. But despite the overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 rarely kills young children, in Brazil 1,300 babies have died from the virus. One doctor refused to test Jessika Ricarte's
Read more…West witnessed more sporadic rainfall, longer droughts over last 50 years
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April 6 (UPI) -- Over the last 50 years, precipitation patterns across the American West have become more and more erratic.
According to a new survey of weather records in Western states -- published Tuesday in the journal Geophysical Research L
Read more…Spring erased; Winterlike conditions set to spill into the central states
A surge of Arctic air that smashed record low temperatures in Alaska late this past week is diving southward into the Lower 48, and will bring a return of winterlike conditions across the center of the country in the coming days.
Temperatures have so
Read more…Eruptions continue as thick ash turns day into night in Caribbean
More huge explosions rocked the island of St. Vincent Monday and Tuesday mornings as the La Soufrière volcano continued erupting.
On Monday, the volcano spewed a tremendous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcani
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