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A former CIA director and former executive director of the EMP Task Force are charging that the Obama administration is failing to protect America from a potential power grid-crippling solar storm, choosing instead to conduct more studies on a potential ...

Where I live in the Northeast, it is predicted that there will be a major snowstorm in the next few weeks. There also will be a full moon on Christmas Day. I am getting this information from the classic resource ...

Weather this winter will be turned upside down, with the southern half of the country becoming colder and wetter and northern regions experiencing higher temperatures and less snow, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts. “A strong El Niño ...

We are in for yet another extremely wet and cold winter, according to the just-released forecast from the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Although many modern meteorologists and weather experts dismiss the predictions in the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the book published annually ...

A group of prominent scientists is conducting an inquiry into the accuracy of temperature readings that are used to make predictions about global warming — and the investigation could dramatically change how we view the science. The inquiry was prompted ...

Animal behavior can give you some serious clues about changes in the weather – and even about danger. Activity patterns shift in anticipation of coming storms, and the magnitude of the shifts can tell you something about what the animals ...

Destructive extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy and the recent flooding in Colorado are going to become more common in the years ahead. That’s the assessment from experts in the insurance industry who have been looking at recent weather ...

Hail You’ve survived the early spring frosts and your garden is thriving, thanks to the warm, sunny days of early summer. The cool-season crops, such as carrots, lettuce and radishes are at their prime and the tomatoes and beans are ...

In one of the largest power outages unrelated to a hurricane, Virginia joins Maryland, Ohio, Washington D.C., and West Virginia in declaring states of emergency in regard not just to the storm damage that occurred over the weekend, but to ...

My husband and I were in Cancun when Hurricane Wilma hit. I had never been in a hurricane and was just there to relax after hand surgery the day before. We were in the tourist part of Cancun at an ...