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Florida Oranges Freeze Solid
Florida citrus growers stayed up last night spraying their crop with water, and taking other measures to prevent freezing, as arctic air threatened to inflict significant damage on the orange crop....
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Slush Postpones Men’s Alpine Skiing
The men's downhill at the Vancouver Olympics has been postponed because of a slushy course, the International Ski Federation said. The opening Alpine race was called off about seven hours before it was...
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New York City Hits 104 Degrees
It's official: This heat wave is one of the all-time greats. Temperatures soared to a record-high 104 degrees in New York City and to 108 degrees in Newark—the hottest day in the city's history,...
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Okla.'s July Was Hottest US Month on Record
Sweltering may have reached a new record last month, as Oklahoma racked up the country's highest monthly average temperature ever. That's the highest average temperature, for any month, for any state,...
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Last 12-Month Stretch Warmest on Record
It's getting hot out there. The 12-month period from May 2011 to April 2012 was the warmest since records began in 1895, according to the NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The year-long stretch was...
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More than Half of US in Drought
Two stats of note to drive home just how hot it has been and continues to be: Parched earth: Drought conditions now exist in 56% of the continental US, the biggest percentage in the 12 years that...
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High Heat, Smoke, Storms Move to East Coast
Storms, high heat, and wildfire smoke are spreading from the Midwest to the East Coast this weekend as extreme weather grips more of the country. MSNBC gives us a weather rundown: New York City,...
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US Had Hottest 12 Months Ever
If you're still reeling from this weekend's heat wave, this is going to sound especially credible: The US just completed its hottest 12-month stretch ever recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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NASA Scientist: Global Warming Behind Killer Heat Waves
The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the US and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can't be anything but man-made global warming, says a new...
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Death Valley Gets Record for Hottest Day ... 99 Years Later
California's Death Valley now has the honor of posting the hottest temperature on record, but don't blame climate change—the record-breaker of 134 degrees happened on June 10, 1913. The reason for the...
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Half of Columbia River Salmon Are in Hot Water— and Dying
More than a quarter-million sockeye salmon returning from the ocean to spawn are either dead or dying in the Columbia River and its tributaries due to warming water temperatures. Federal and state...
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Office Temperatures Are 'Sexist'
A man and woman work in the same room all day long. One is perfectly comfortable while the other is freezing her tush off. Sound strange? Nope, it's just daily life in offices, according to a new study...
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Alaska's Frigid Rep Just Got Ridiculous
Check out the forecast in Fairbanks, Alaska , for the next few days and you'll see a lot of minus signs. The northernmost state has been slammed with way-below-freezing weather more than a month before...
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The 10 US Cities That Are Warming the Fastest
The southwest corner of the US has long been known as a sweltering spot, but it's only getting hotter, according to Climate Central , which ranked 178 US cities based on temperature changes since 1965....
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Scrapping Lawns in LA Would Change City's Temps
The typical California home's biggest area of water usage is beyond its four walls: its outdoor landscaping . So in the face of drought, tens of thousands of Los Angeles homeowners made a change last...
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LA Paints Streets White to Combat Rising Temps
As the largest wildfire in Los Angeles history scorches the edge of a city experiencing record-breaking temperatures, LA street workers have started painting streets white as part of a larger effort to...
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New Temperature Record in Oman? No Sweat
A dangerous heat wave is expected to envelop much of the US over the next few days, but residents in Quriyat, Oman, probably won't have much sympathy. That's because it's so hot there that a new world...
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Melting Roofs, Buckling Roads, and Deaths in Global Heat Wave
A city in Oman set a heat record last week, but it's not the only place registering record-setting mercury. The Washington Post lists the places worldwide that have been experiencing...
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Last Month in Death Valley Was Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth
Death Valley, well known for its often record high temperatures, has set a new one: Last month in Death Valley was the hottest month ever recorded on the planet Earth. The average temperature—over day...
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New National Heat Record Set in Australia
Adelaide has sweltered through the highest temperature ever recorded by a major Australian city, peaking at a searing 115.9 degrees Fahrenheit as the drought-parched nation heads toward potentially the...
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