Category: Weather

Global warming is making weather BETTER: 80 per cent of Americans are benefiting from nicer conditions than 40 years ago


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This is one of the reasons it has been difficult to motivate US citizens to tackle global warming, the authors of the new study have said.

‘Weather patterns in recent decades have been a poor source of motivation for Americans to demand policies to combat the climate change problem,’ said Professor Megan Mullin from Duke University, co-author of the study.

‘But without serious efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, year-round climates ultimately will become much less pleasant.’

Professor Mullin and Professor Patrick Egan from New York University studied 40 years of daily weather data, from 1974 to 2013, on a county-by-county basis to evaluate how the population’s experience with weather changed during this period, which is when climate change first emerged as a public issue.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3550025/Global-warming-making-weather-BETTER-80-cent-Americans-benefiting-nicer-conditions-40-years-ago.html

Weather blamed in Nepal plane crash


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The Twin Otter plane was supposed to be in the air for only 19 minutes after it took off around 7:50 a.m. Wednesday (9:05 p.m. ET Tuesday), Rai said.

But eight minutes in, contact was lost.

Soon after, Myagdi district residents saw flames shooting up from a forest and called security officials, Nepali Tourism and Aviation Minister Ananda Pokharel said. It didn’t take long for arriving authorities to spot the plane’s wreckage.

On its website, Tara Air describes itself as “the newest and biggest airline service provider in the Nepalese mountains,” with seven aircraft in its fleet.

The airline said its mission is to help develop rural Nepal. The region where the plane crashed is a notoriously windy, cold and, like much of Nepal, mountainous.

In 2012, an Agni Air plane flying the same route from Pokhara to Jomsom crashed, killing 15 people. Six people survived.

A technical problem prevented that plane from landing normally, said Bindesh Lal Karna of the Rescue Coordination Committee at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

http://www.wbaltv.com/national/weather-blamed-in-nepal-plane-crash/38182526

Spring is still two months away, but buyers are already flocking to Village’s scenic ‘valley’ in Arvada Candelas


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Everybody knows new home buyers don’t get serious about shopping until well after the Super Bowl – except this year, that is. In master-planned Candelas in Arvada, Village Homes opened models in one of Candelas’ most attractive sites – a protected valley that has water features, a park and rolling open space, over the hill from where a national wildlife refuge opens in 2017. Now, buyers are clamoring over homes and sites in Village’s Valley View; and six have bought there just since Jan. 1.

‘We like this; we expect to look across something like this,” one couple told me, visiting from the Vail area, who were looking at Valley View with Realtor Dominic Massa after viewing Arvada resale homes

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_29450068/spring-is-still-two-months-away-but-buyers

Extreme weather in the UK: help us document the effects of the storm


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Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Wales and northern England have been warned to expect bad weather overnight on Monday and into Tuesday as Storm Henry bears down on Britain.

High winds are forecast across Scotland, which has been issued an amber warning, the second most severe. Gusts of 70mph-80mph are now expected, while 90mph is possible in the most exposed areas, especially across the Western Isles and along the west coast.

Storm Henry comes soon after Gertrude, which brought gusts of more than 100mph in places, as well as heavy rain and snow.

We’d like your help in documenting any incidents that have happened due to the storm. If you know of any road closures, police barriers or flooded roads let us know by filling in the form below. Tell us what has happened and where so we can map your responses.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/29/extreme-weather-storm-gertrude-effects?CMP=twt_gu

Woman stranded in car buried in snow for 3 days rescued


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Authorities in Maryland say a woman has been rescued after being stranded inside a car buried in snow for three days.

WJLA reports that officials say the unidentified woman was rescued Monday near Accokeek. She had been trapped inside the car since Friday.

Major Luis Gurri says the vehicle was located on a side street that hadn’t been plowed. Gurri says a Humvee was able to get to the car and soldiers were able to get the woman out.

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Woman stranded in car since Friday in Maryland rescued


A woman was rescued near Accokeek, Md. on Monday after being trapped inside a car that was buried in snow since Friday, officials said.

“It was located on a side street that hadn’t been plowed, so the Humvee was able to get to the vehicle and the soldiers were about to get her out,” Major Luis Gurri said.

It appears the woman will be okay. she is conscious and uninjured as she was loaded into the Humvee and driven away to safety. The reason as to why she was in the car were not yet known.

http://wjla.com/news/local/woman-stranded-in-car-since-friday-in-maryland-rescued

She’s snOw-K: Woman in car rescued after stranded, buried under snow for 3 days


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Snowstorm ‘Jonas’ ‒ nicknamed “Snowzilla” by many ‒ dumped massive amounts of snow all along the East Coast, including the most snow in New York City since 1869. At least 25 people perished during the storm and its fallout. A Philadelphia man died in his car after it was buried under the snow by a plow.

https://www.rt.com/usa/330237-maryland-car-trapped-snow/

 

‘Life and death’ blizzard threatens to bury U.S. capital


The leading edge of a monster snowstorm arrived on Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., threatening to dump as many as 30 inches (76 cm) of powder on parts of the Middle Atlantic region and bring record accumulations to the U.S. capital.

After days of planning by emergency officials and a scramble by residents to stock up on supplies, the blizzard got underway in the nation’s capital at about 1 p.m. The storm, expected to end late on Saturday afternoon, could leave 2 to 2.5 feet (61 to 76 cm) on the ground and bring winds of 30 to 50 mph (48 to 80 kph), according to the National Weather Service.

The western suburbs of the capital were expecting up to 3 feet of snow. In Virginia, the National Guard planned to bring in up to 300 troops to deal with emergencies.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN0UZ25C?utm_source=twitter

Monster winter storm bears down on Washington D.C. area


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A powerful storm barreled toward Washington, D.C., and much of the East Coast on Friday, threatening to bury the region under as much to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow after blasting Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky with a wintry mix.

The National Weather Service said the storm had the potential to cripple a broad swath of the Northeast, with about 2 feet (61 cm) of snow due to hit the Baltimore and Washington metro areas starting on Friday afternoon. Western suburbs could get even more snow.

“I want to be very clear with everybody. This is a major storm,” Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said as the nation’s capital braced for what could turn out to be one of the worst storms in its history.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN0UZ25C?utm_source=twitter

 

 

Powerful snowstorm threatens U.S. East Coast; flights canceled


Washington D.C., New York and other East Coast cities readied fleets of snow plows, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed and residents stocked up on groceries on Thursday ahead of a winter storm expected to dump up to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow on the region.

At least five states had declared emergencies by Thursday afternoon, as the season’s first major Atlantic Coast storm started to move over the Mid-South before barreling on an expected north and eastward course bringing up to two feet of snow to some areas.

Blizzard warnings were out in the nation’s capital and Baltimore, with extreme conditions expected to begin on Friday afternoon, while New York City was under a blizzard watch for Saturday morning.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which includes the second-busiest U.S. subway system, said it would suspend operations from late on Friday through Sunday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN0UZ25C?utm_source=twitter