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Tropical Storm Lee causes flooding, tornadoes, and wildfires
Tropical Storm Lee produced wildfires in Texas, tornadoes in the Southeast, and significant flooding from Louisiana northeast into New York.
September 12, 2011
Atlantic Ocean in amazing image with four storms
As hurricane season 2011 reaches its peak, it's a wild weekend for storms in the tropical Atlantic ocean basin. Peer down from above!
September 10, 2011
Asian carp: are they a threat to Great Lakes?
Some fear that if invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes, the multi-billion dollar recreational fishing and tourism industry there will be devastated.
September 10, 2011
Vancouver Island in Canada has 6.4 magnitude quake
A strong earthquake - 6.4 magnitude - took place earlier today on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
September 9, 2011
Hurricane season now peaking in the Atlantic
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season is halfway over, and we are only now entering the most active time for tropical cyclone formation.
September 9, 2011
Texas wildfires seen from space
Wildfires have been burning in Texas throughout September 2011. This NASA video shows them from space. Texas wildfires are still burning in parts of Texas.
September 9, 2011
Did meteorites bombard Earth with gold?
The meteorites that left craters on the moon likely bombarded Earth with gold and other precious metals.
September 8, 2011
Penguin finds his way home with New Zealanders
A lost emperor penguin rescued on a New Zealand beach in June 2011 was released into the wild after two months of recovery. Will he find his way home?
September 8, 2011
Silkworm: A workhorse busy all the time
Years of domestication have turned the silkworm into a workhorse.
September 7, 2011
Texas wildfires still burning as winds die down
The largest of the Texas wildfires - the Bastrop fire near Austin in Central Texas - is said to be 30 percent contained today.
September 7, 2011
