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Posts by
Matt Daniel
Favorite scary weather scenes in horror movies
Are those loud rumbles of thunder - or pelts of hail hitting your roof and knocking on your windows - or a crazed psycho killer on the loose?
October 27, 2014
Typhoon Vongfong approaching Okinawa
Typhoon Vongfong will push into Okinawa later today (October 10, 2014) as a Category 2 or 3 storm with winds greater than 100 mph.
October 10, 2014
June through August 2014 hottest ever recorded globally
June through August 2014 is the warmest period recorded since record keeping began in 1880, NOAA says. Also, the warmest August since 1880.
September 19, 2014
Major Hurricane Odile slams Baja Peninsula in Mexico
Major Hurricane Odile struck the Baja Peninsula and left extensive damage and flooding across the area. Photos of the damage and firsthand reports, here.
September 16, 2014
Unusual precipitation patterns in the U.S.
Some extreme rainfall events of August 2014. Extreme rainfall in the context of urban sprawl.
August 20, 2014
Iselle and Julio deliver one-two punch to Hawaii
More than 800 people on the Big Island went into evacuation shelters Thursday. Storm surges, high winds, downed trees and power lines, loss of electricity, blocked highways.
August 8, 2014
Deadly quake strikes south China
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck China's Yunnan province on August 3, 2014. Reports early August 4 are of 12,000 homes collapsed, at least 398 dead and 1,800 injuries.
August 4, 2014
Rammasun hits China as a super typhoon
Rammasun has made a second, powerful landfall in China after intensifying yesterday. At landfall, it had a sustained wind of 155 mph with gusts near 190 mph.
July 18, 2014
Typhoon Rammasun is thrashing the Philippines
Rammasun, also called Glenda, intensified before making landfall earlier today. Typhoon status of 175 kph/110 mph expected as it passes very close to Manila.
July 15, 2014
Big temperature swing this week for U.S. and Canada
Despite rumors, it's not a polar vortex that's responsible for the unseasonably cool weather in the eastern U.S. and Canada this week.
July 14, 2014
