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NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: HuffingtonPost on Mar 25, 2013, 10:31 AM
This week brought several big headlines in extreme weather (http://huffingtonpost.com/news/extreme-weather) news:- NOAA's recent "Seasonal Outlook" report predicts a spring full of droughts and floods in the U.S. (http://www.climatecentral.org/news/drought-and-floods-in-mixed-bag-spring-outlook-by-noaa-15775), Climate Central reported.
- Punxsutawney Phil was "indicted" for giving a bad prediction about an early spring (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/punxsutawney-phil-2013-prediction-forecast_n_2932895.html?utm_hp_ref=green) and sentenced to death (but not really).
- Debris patterns may help researchers develop better early warning systems for tornadoes (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/tornado-warnings-research-debris-study_n_2898997.html?utm_hp_ref=extreme-weather), according to a new study published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
- The Canadian Space Agency released some incredible photos of the aurora borealis (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/northern-lights-photos-aurora-auroramax_n_2908761.html?utm_hp_ref=science) as the viewing season comes to a close.
- In anticipation of another year of drought, a group of Kansans have decided to take it upon themselves and ration water to save their aquifer (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/ogallala-aquifer-drought_n_2902037.html?utm_hp_ref=extreme-weather), without any government intervention.
- A study released in the journal Science said that a mass extinction event 200 million years ago was caused by CO2 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/volcano-extinction-triassic-theory-species_n_2931431.html?utm_hp_ref=science) released during a series of massive volcanic eruptions.
Check out photos of the week's extreme weather from around the world:Via: HuffingtonPost