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NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: HuffingtonPost on Mar 18, 2013, 02:31 PM
This week brought several big headlines in extreme weather (http://huffingtonpost.com/news/extreme-weather) news:- Dozens of homes in Colorado over nearly 1,000 acres (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/16/horsetooth-reservoir-fire-lory-state-park-wildlife_n_2889817.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green) were threatened by a growing wildfire.
- Climate Central reported on the emerging "modeling gap" in U.S. weather forecasting (http://www.climatecentral.org/news/storms-highlight-flaws-in-u.s.-weather-forecasting-model-15744) could lead to great economic losses.
- A Senate spending proposal would increase NOAA weather satellite funding (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/noaa-budget-weather-satellites_n_2863861.html) by over $100 million.
- In Hurricane Sandy-battered New Jersey, coastal homeowners are battling the government over beach construction projects (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130317/us-superstorm-dune-wars/). Many want dunes and built and beaches widened, but others fear losses of ocean views and further development.
- A British study found that the 2010-2011 East African drought -- which killed between 50,000 and 100,000 people -- can be at least partially blamed on climate change (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/somalia-famine-climate-change_n_2883088.html).
Check out photos of the week's extreme weather from around the world:Via: HuffingtonPost