May 19 2011

NOAA Forecasts A Busy Hurricane Season

Federal forecasters predicted another busy hurricane season and warn that residents of U.S. coastal areas shouldn't count on being as lucky as they were last year.

May 18 2011

Exploding Melon Mishap in China

Tag: Food,Natural Disasters,Plants,WeatherTim Wall @ 9:09 am
Misuse of growth hormones on the melon farms in China is causing a rupture in goods.

May 14 2011

Mississippi Allowed to Flood Cajun Country

Tag: Community,Disaster Scenarios,Disasters and Accidents,Floods,Natural Disasters,RiversDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 5:13 pm
The U.S. plans to open a floodgate to prevent the swollen Mississippi River from flooding major cities.

May 13 2011

China’s Yangtze River Running Dry

A mix of weather patterns across the country have left the east coast high and dry as the south struggles with flooding.

May 04 2011

Heat Wave Warning for the Windy City

Chicago is in for a hot time in the old town come 2100 - if no adaptation or mitigation for climate change is taken.

Apr 30 2011

Facebook Reuniting Tornado Victims with Memories

A digital "lost and found" site is helping people reconnect with important photos and documents scattered by the tornadoes.

Apr 28 2011

Tracking Tornadoes As They Travel

Tag: Natural Disasters,Safety,Tornadoes,Weather,WindChristina Reed @ 11:11 pm
Discovery Storm Chasers in action yesterday worked with emergency responders to help track the directions of the tornadoes as they swept across the the Midwestern United States.

Mar 31 2011

Fear Over Radiation Contamination Escalates

Radiation concerns are escalating, causing medical risks to evacuees in Japan. Meanwhile milk is still safe to drink in the United States.

Mar 21 2011

Japanese Coast Guard Ride Over Tsunami Waves: Video

Tag: Earthquakes,Natural Disasters,Oceanography,Tsunami,WaterChristina Reed @ 9:38 pm
Japanese Coast Guard video shows just how different a tsunami wave is from a normal swell and coastal footage shows how split-second decisions sometimes made the difference between life and death.

Mar 19 2011

No Link Between ‘Super Moon’ and Earthquakes

Tag: Earthquakes,Floods,Natural Disasters,Oceans,The Moon,USGS,Volcanic EruptionsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:50 am
The 'maximal perigee' tonight has only a minimal effect on seismic activity and cannot be linked with last week's earthquakes in Japan.

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