Free online ads web site.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Tourists stay away from storm-battered Queensland
AP – Tue Feb 22, 3:24 am ET

AP
SYDNEY - Dream holiday destination Queensland has a new nightmare. The flood waters have receded, the cyclone's fury is long spent — the welcome mat is out again. But tourists are staying away in droves. Full Story »
Midwest digging out after more snow, ice
AP – Mon Feb 21, 9:04 pm ET

AP
MINNEAPOLIS - A major snow storm dealt another winter wallop to Wisconsin, Michigan and northern Ohio on Monday as it moved east out of Minnesota leaving more than a foot of fresh snow in its wake. Full Story »
U.S. Must Take Space Storm Threat Seriously, Experts Warn
SPACE.com – Mon Feb 21, 5:45 pm ET

WASHINGTON — Space weather could pose serious problems here on Earth in the coming years, the chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Saturday (Feb. 19). Full Story »
Winter storm dumps snow on US Midwest, Northwest
AFP – Mon Feb 21, 11:01 am ET

AFP/Getty Images/File
CHICAGO (AFP) - Heavy snowfall blanketed parts of the US Midwest on Monday, prompting hundreds of cancelled flights and icy conditions for road travelers, officials warned, with the northeast bracing for the system as it rolled towards the Atlantic. Full Story »
WSI sees mild weather for UK, cold for east Europe
Reuters – Mon Feb 21, 8:09 am ET

Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Unseasonably cold weather in eastern Europe is likely to linger into March, but Britain looks set to enjoy slightly milder than normal temperatures, U.S.-based Weather Services International (WSI) said on Monday. Full Story »
Strong earthquake strikes south of Fiji
AP – Mon Feb 21, 7:12 am ET

SUVA, Fiji - A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck in waters south of Fiji. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning has been issued. Full Story »
Blizzard slams northern Midwest states
Reuters – Sun Feb 20, 6:53 pm ET

Reuters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A severe winter storm was driving across the upper Midwest on Sunday, dumping up to 15 inches of snow and causing white-out conditions in spots from the Dakotas through Minnesota and into Wisconsin. Full Story »
Magnitude-6.2 quake shakes east Russia
AP – Sun Feb 20, 5:49 pm ET

NEW YORK - A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the east coast of Russia near the Kamchatka Peninsula, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami alert was issued. Full Story »
Snow on I-5, rain all round as storm strikes SoCal
AP – Sun Feb 20, 2:24 am ET

LOS ANGELES - Rain forced the shutdown of one freeway, gathering snow threatened the closure of another, and heavy runoff was occurring in much of the region as a winter storm passed over Southern California on Saturday. Full Story »
The nation's weather
AP – 1 hr 39 mins ago

AP
Active weather is expected across both the East and West Coasts on Tuesday. Full Story »
West stays wet, Northeast gets windy
Reuters – Sat Feb 19, 1:17 pm ET

AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The West will be hit with more heavy rain and snow over the holiday weekend and the Midwest will get a wintry wallop, forecasters said on Saturday. Full Story »
Tragedy-hit Hambantota ready for World Cup baptism
AFP – Sat Feb 19, 12:02 pm ET

AFP
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Hambantota, where 3,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami, welcomes the World Cup on Sunday, the latest morale-boosting step for the ambitious Sri Lankan coastal city. Full Story »
Spring flood threat high in northern U.S. crop belt
Reuters – Fri Feb 18, 4:14 pm ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A large stretch of the north central United States is at risk of moderate to major flooding this spring given saturated ground and a heavy snowpack, the National Weather Service said on Friday. Full Story »
Weather radar clutter is boon for biologists
AP – Fri Feb 18, 2:29 pm ET

AP
WASHINGTON - Scientists may have found the silver lining in that large cloud of radar information that weather forecasters discard because it is produced by birds, bats and insects. Full Story »
Northeast quiet on the cold front
Reuters – Fri Feb 18, 9:11 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cold front moves into the Northeast on Friday, lowering temperatures and bringing a slight chance of showers, forecasters say. Full Story »
Major Midwest spring flooding certain, records possible
Reuters – Thu Feb 17, 6:03 pm ET

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Major flooding is certain along the Red River where North Dakota and Minnesota residents are amassing sandbags to hold back what may be record crests, a National Weather Service meteorologist said on Thursday. Full Story »
Experts say odds of Red River flooding increasing
AP – Thu Feb 17, 5:58 pm ET

Associated Press - The National Weather Service says odds of major flooding along the Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota have increased slightly. Full Story »
Scientists connect global warming to extreme rain
AP – Wed Feb 16, 3:24 pm ET

AP
WASHINGTON - Extreme rainstorms and snowfalls have grown substantially stronger, two studies suggest, with scientists for the first time finding the telltale fingerprints of man-made global warming on downpours that often cause deadly flooding. Full Story »