Adios La Nina: Quieter Hurricane Season?
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration )(SILVER SPRING, Md.) — Those cooler-than-normal tropical Pacific ocean temperatures known as La Niña are expected to weaken and dissipate this spring, government forecasters said Thursday.La Ni&…
Adios La Nina: Quieter Hurricane Season?
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration )(SILVER SPRING, Md.) — Those cooler-than-normal tropical Pacific ocean temperatures known as La Niña are expected to weaken and dissipate this spring, government forecasters said Thursday.La Ni&…
New Wedding Photos for New Orleans Couples Who Lost Albums in Katrina
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW ORLEANS) — Three New Orleans couples who suffered devastating losses in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, including the loss of their wedding photos, got a chance to re-create their wedding days for an army of professional photog…
Who Will Sit With the First Lady at State of the Union?
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — It’s the most exclusive guest list in a town full of power players. Sitting with the first lady as the president delivers the State of the Union address Tuesday night will be an elementary school teacher, a college student…
Deadly Tornado Outbreak Wreaks Havoc across Parts of Southeast
File photo. (iStockPhoto/Thinkstock)(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – Two people have been confirmed killed after overnight storms including at least 22 reported tornadoes caused severe damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.The worst dama…
Nevada Fire Destroys 20 Homes in Reno; 10K Forced to Evacuate
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock(RENO, Nev.) — Authorities in Reno, Nev. are battling a wind-whipped brush fire that forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people and destroyed at least 20 homes.The fire started about noon Thursday in an area near U.S. H…
NASA: 2011 the Ninth-Warmest Year Since 1880
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) – Last year was the ninth-warmest year on Earth since 1880, continuing a trend “in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000,” N…
Weather Hampers Search for Missing Mt. Rainier Hikers
Purestock/Getty Images(SEATTLE) –- An unprecedented winter storm that is hammering the Pacific Northwest coast with freezing rain and heavy snow has hampered the search for four hikers missing from Washington’s Mount Rainier Park.Mark Vucic…
Billionaire Gives $7.5 Million to Repair Washington Monument
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The cracked and cratered Washington Monument is now well on its way to full repair after billionaire investor David Rubenstein donated $7.5 million to fix the damage caused by an August earthquake.Rubenstein’…
Storm Brewing: Snow, Rainfall Forecast for Parts of the East
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — An intensifying storm is moving out of the Gulf Coast through the Ohio Valley and is forecast to hit the northeast Tuesday afternoon.Severe weather, including flash floods, tornadoes, and gusting winds are possible M…