Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/science/weather science Weather News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/science/weather http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_california_storm ap/20100210/us_california_storm AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_california_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3291a3ee08654424828cae57dec35c87.california_storm_cahm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VkPYSlWR2mkAjsJxkISrOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new wave of winter rains on Tuesday washed over the wildfire-scarred foothill towns north of Los Angeles, forcing some residents to flee homes while others risked remaining to deploy shovels and buckets in an attempt to hold back the muddy deluge.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_california_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3291a3ee08654424828cae57dec35c87.california_storm_cahm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VkPYSlWR2mkAjsJxkISrOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa nm/20100210/us_weather_usa Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:38:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r4040336112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9JKhnsJ4jFzL7Ahf1cYbmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Cars drive in single file down the normally four lane-wide 18th Street NW in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r4040336112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9JKhnsJ4jFzL7Ahf1cYbmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cars drive in single file down the normally four lane-wide 18th Street NW in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_apnewsalert ap/20100209/lt_apnewsalert AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:35:11 GMT AP - Haiti raises estimate of earthquake's death toll to 230,000 &mdash; on par with 2004 Asian tsunami. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_weather_usa_congress nm/20100209/us_weather_usa_congress Reuters us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:53:27 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday postponed further action on legislation until later this month as the capital city braced for a second major snowstorm in less than a week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/usweatherstorm afp/20100209/usweatherstorm AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:40:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737000160-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=eTsUj14DMNa2MydURn_big--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A man uses a bulldozer to clean snow in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 8. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Already paralyzed after an epic weekend blizzard, the northeast US including the capital Washington braced Tuesday for a second storm set to dump enough snow to smash all-time winter records.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737000160-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=eTsUj14DMNa2MydURn_big--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man uses a bulldozer to clean snow in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 8. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usweatherstormpoliticsgovernment afp/20100209/usweatherstormpoliticsgovernment AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usweatherstormpoliticsgovernment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265739397450-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=NYurtSsrBOTkEQ6Covm87Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A child sleds down Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 8. US lawmakers put off hearings on Toyota woes and government agencies shut down Tuesday, but it was business as usual at the White House as the snowbound capital braced for another punishing winter storm.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US lawmakers put off hearings on Toyota woes and government agencies shut down Tuesday, but it was business as usual at the White House as the snowbound capital braced for another punishing winter storm.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usweatherstormpoliticsgovernment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265739397450-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=NYurtSsrBOTkEQ6Covm87Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="A child sleds down Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 8. US lawmakers put off hearings on Toyota woes and government agencies shut down Tuesday, but it was business as usual at the White House as the snowbound capital braced for another punishing winter storm.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usweathercalifornia afp/20100209/usweathercalifornia AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usweathercalifornia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741671052-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=V_W2K5D0k10GayNUrW3V0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A debris flow damages a home after heavy rains caused mudslides on February 6, in La Canada Flintridge, California. More than 500 homes were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Los Angeles braced for more rain after a weekend storm which triggered mudslides that damaged 43 properties.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than 500 homes were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Los Angeles braced for more rain after a weekend storm which triggered mudslides that damaged 43 properties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usweathercalifornia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741671052-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=V_W2K5D0k10GayNUrW3V0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A debris flow damages a home after heavy rains caused mudslides on February 6, in La Canada Flintridge, California. More than 500 homes were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Los Angeles braced for more rain after a weekend storm which triggered mudslides that damaged 43 properties.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/us_house_weather ap/20100209/us_house_weather AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:12:57 GMT AP - Mother Nature's wrath has forced the U.S. House to scrap its work week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_civil_rights_music ap/20100209/us_obama_civil_rights_music AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:10:15 GMT AP - Facing another wintry wallop, the White House decided to move a concert celebrating civil rights music from Wednesday to Tuesday to beat what could be a second crippling storm in a week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather ap/20100210/us_winter_weather AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.2682046dec4f46298d39a72b17794a35.aptopix_winter_weather_wirac101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7I7KKQ3Gqe34O9f7W4D0nw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival Hall Park in Racine, Wis. as snow sweeps across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice? With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we're about to find out. The federal government in the nation's capital has largely been shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region. Offices were remaining closed at least through Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.2682046dec4f46298d39a72b17794a35.aptopix_winter_weather_wirac101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7I7KKQ3Gqe34O9f7W4D0nw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival Hall Park in Racine, Wis. as snow sweeps across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_airlines_storm nm/20100209/us_airlines_storm Reuters us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:46:40 GMT Reuters - A brutal snow storm that snarled air traffic and grounded flights along the East Coast this week also clouded the outlook for carriers that must foot the bill for stranded passengers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/haitiquakeweatherenvironmentwmo afp/20100209/haitiquakeweatherenvironmentwmo AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:01:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/haitiquakeweatherenvironmentwmo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728926771-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=mIlrZfrOg1nw.xPHIDzblA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Haiti's quake battered and greatly diminished weather service urgently needs help ahead of the flood and storm prone country's impending rainy season, the UN's weather agency said. "We feel there is absolutely no time to waste and it's very important to help Haiti to be as ready as possible," said World Meteorological Organisation Secretary General Michel Jarraud.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Haiti's quake battered and greatly diminished weather service urgently needs help ahead of the flood and storm prone country's impending rainy season, the UN's weather agency said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/haitiquakeweatherenvironmentwmo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728926771-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=mIlrZfrOg1nw.xPHIDzblA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Haiti's quake battered and greatly diminished weather service urgently needs help ahead of the flood and storm prone country's impending rainy season, the UN's weather agency said. "We feel there is absolutely no time to waste and it's very important to help Haiti to be as ready as possible," said World Meteorological Organisation Secretary General Michel Jarraud.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100209/sc_space/newsolarobservatorytounlocksunsmysteries space/20100209/newsolarobservatorytounlocksunsmysteries SPACE.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:07 GMT SPACE.com - A powerful new solar observatory will spend the next five years recording images of the sun with 10 times better resolution than HD television, peering deep within the sun's layers to reveal just how solar storms erupt. The observations could help scientists build the first effective models for space weather forecasting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_weatherpage_weather ap/20100209/us_weatherpage_weather AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:05:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.38dcde98fd434e7db262e876eaf787a5.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=C1I4zZ8PyI64sZzbEUiE2g--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, shows a winter storm will move into the East, producing swaths of rain in the Southeast and mixed precipitation in the Eastern Valleys and the Mid-Atlantic. Out West, a strong storm will hit the West Coast with another round of coastal rain and mountain snow.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0" /></a>AP - Snowy weather was expected to move into the Eastern U.S. from the Plains on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.38dcde98fd434e7db262e876eaf787a5.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=C1I4zZ8PyI64sZzbEUiE2g--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, shows a winter storm will move into the East, producing swaths of rain in the Southeast and mixed precipitation in the Eastern Valleys and the Mid-Atlantic. Out West, a strong storm will hit the West Coast with another round of coastal rain and mountain snow.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather_philadelphia ap/20100208/us_winter_weather_philadelphia AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:49:26 GMT AP - Another huge snowstorm is expected to smack the Philadelphia area this week and make it the snowiest winter on record in the city. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistandisasterweather afp/20100208/afghanistandisasterweather AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:08 GMT AFP - At least 20 people have died in floods and avalanches triggered by some of the heaviest rain and snow in Afghanistan for 50 years, an official said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake ap/20100207/as_japan_earthquake AP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:06:08 GMT AP - A strong earthquake shook several small islands off Japan's southern coast on Sunday, rattling buildings over 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in Taiwan and causing officials to temporarily issue a tsunami warning. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_asia_afp/haitiquakeaidindonesia afp/20100207/haitiquakeaidindonesia AFP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:35:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_asia_afp/haitiquakeaidindonesia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265513506789-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ta_dhn0Vue8jHKSy_5j1vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Newly constructed houses are seen in Banda Aceh in December 2009, five years after a massive tsunami killed nearly 170,000 people.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Despite the desolation wrought by last month's earthquake, Haiti can salvage hope for the future by looking at how the Indonesian province of Aceh rebuilt after the equally devastating 2004 tsunami.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_asia_afp/haitiquakeaidindonesia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265513506789-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ta_dhn0Vue8jHKSy_5j1vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Newly constructed houses are seen in Banda Aceh in December 2009, five years after a massive tsunami killed nearly 170,000 people.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/ts_nm/us_storms_california nm/20100206/us_storms_california Reuters topstories Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:37:25 GMT Reuters - Mudslides touched off by torrential rains poured down onto upscale neighborhoods in the fire-scarred foothills above Los Angeles on Saturday, damaging dozens of homes and destroying some of them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_democrats_weather ap/20100206/us_democrats_weather AP politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:27:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_democrats_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.46c6e3bc0562454991327abefd37312f.winter_weather_dcsw109.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=K8ddXNwaaNyR0TvVi3bt7g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The snow is cleared off the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as snow continued to fall in the Washington area. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Snowmageddon" &mdash; that's what President Barack Obama calls the storm that's shut down Washington.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_democrats_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.46c6e3bc0562454991327abefd37312f.winter_weather_dcsw109.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=K8ddXNwaaNyR0TvVi3bt7g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The snow is cleared off the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as snow continued to fall in the Washington area. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)