There may be a dusting of truth to allergy sufferers’ complaints that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past. Heavy snow and rain in some parts of the country have nourished a profusion of tree pollen, while a sudden shift to warm, sunny weather has made its release more robust. Add in [...]
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Unprecedented flooding hitting Mississippi
Unprecedented flooding predicted on Ohio and Mississippi Rivers This week’s storm system, in combination with heavy rains earlier this month, have pushed the Ohio River and Mississippi River to near-record levels near their confluence. The Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois is expected to crest at 60.5 feet on May 1. This would exceed 100-year flood [...]
Major flooding hits 48 river gauges in U.S. Midwest
With rivers in the Midwestern United States already full from thawing winter snow cover, severe rainfall in late April added to the troubles for the region. The National Weather Service predicted in February that the region was primed for flooding, and so far it has lived up to the advanced billing. On the afternoon of [...]
Cleveland sets all-time April rainfall record
Cleveland has set an all time record for the wettest April after more rain moved into northeast Ohio early Tuesday morning. According to observations from the National Weather Service at Hopkins Airport, another .04 inches of rain has fallen since midnight through 1:30 a.m. bringing our monthly total to 6.62 inches of rain for April. [...]
Record high temps for the U.S. outnumbered record lows 5:1 in March
Last month, temperatures and precipitation in the contiguous United States averaged above normal, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average temperature in March was 44.0 degrees F, which is 1.4 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. March precipitation, while record dry in areas like Texas, was overall [...]
Record Fargo floods for 3rd year in a row
In February 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned citizens of the Midwestern United States to prepare for a difficult spring with major floods. Those predictions are being fulfilled in North Dakota N.D. and Minnesota Minn., as melting snow and spring rains have raised rivers to and above their banks. According to the U.S. [...]
4 feet of rain hits Thailand in one week
Normally the end of March brings dry weather to tropical Thailand. In 2011, however, a powerful storm settled over the Malay Peninsula, bringing up to 1,270 millimeters (50 inches) of rain in little over a week. The intense rain flooded 8 provinces, killing 13 and affecting 842,324 people as of April 1, said the government [...]
Rising temps and humidity fueling spread of Dengue in Philippines
Diseases caused by unusual changes in the weather are now on the rise, Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change Sunday warned. According to Legarda, there had been at least 13, 821 patients in hospitals across the country that were afflicted with dengue from January to February this year. In Metro [...]
Unprecedented rains, floods hit Thailand
The global climate change has definitely contributed to the recent unprecedented flooding taking place in Thai south, Thai Deputy Chief Negotiator for UNFCCC Dr. Sangchan Limjirakan said Sunday. Being an expert on environmental and climate issues, Dr. Sangchan acted as a deputy head of Thai delegations attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [...]
