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Snow Piling Up in Denver on Route to Biggest Snow This Year
Heavy snow will spread from the Rockies to parts of the Plains over the weekend, bringing travel disruptions to Denver, Colorado Springs, along with other cities and wide open spaces in the region. The...
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West Storm to Bring a Wild Start to Next Week
A storm slated to arrive from the Pacific later this weekend will strengthen as it moves inland and southward in the West spanning Sunday to Tuesday. Aside from the risk of travel problems and adverse...
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Winds to Whip Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix
Winds strong enough to down power lines and trees, and bring the potential for property damage and hazards to motorists will soon threaten the Southwest. Many areas from Southern California and Nevada...
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Severe Storms, Flooding Targeting Houston, Victoria Next
Thunderstorms with flash flooding, damaging wind gusts and hail are targeting the South Central states Friday. A couple of the strongest storms can produce a short-lived tornado. Major cities most at...
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Wildfires Ablaze Throughout the West
By Samantha-Rae Tuthill The Incident Information System lists 44 active fires or fire-related incidents across the United States. Droughts and high winds have hindered containment efforts for many of...
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Drought, Heat Add to Wildfire Woes Across the West
By Samantha-Rae Tuthill The Incident Information System lists 37 active fires or fire-related incidents across the United States. Droughts and high winds have hindered containment efforts for many of...
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Rain Monday for San Francisco, Sacramento
By David Samuhel An usual, storms will bring rain to northern California on Monday. Rain will fall as far south as the bay area and Sacramento. San Francisco is only averaging 0.11 of an inch of rain...
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Bugging Out and Choosing a Retreat Location: Population Trends 2000 – 2010
A map showing population changes, 2000 – 2010, across the country by county. We’ve written regularly about the importance of population density when choosing a retreat location. But there’s more to...
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Heat Breaks Records in West, More to Come
A historical heat wave is in full swing across the West with temperatures having already broken records over the past few days. The heat began to turn up on Friday as temperatures climbed into the 100s...
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Elevated Wildfire Risk Continues in West
The elevated risk of wildfires continues in the West this week after several weeks of hot, dry conditions paired with the threat of dry thunderstorms. Although summers in the West are typically hot and...
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Why So Many Wildfires? Half The Country Is Turning Into An Intensely Hot,...
By Michael Snyder Did you know that 8 of the 9 worst years for wildfires ever recorded have all been since the year 2000? The western half of the United States just keeps getting hotter and drier,...
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Southwest Monsoon: Flooding, Wildfire, Dust Storm Risk
By Alex Sosnowski A building weather pattern in the West will bring needed rainfall, but also the risk of flooding, dust storms and wildfires to some locations. The developing pattern over the western...
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Four Corners Rain Brings Relief, Causes for Concern
The drought aid and flood danger in store for the southern Plains early this week is also headed to the Four Corners region. A storm system is already bringing heavy rain to Oklahoma and Texas on...
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Rain a Double Edged Sword for Southern Plains
The southern Plains, after baking in 100 degree heat for several days, is experiencing a colossal shift in weather. While high temperatures eclipsed 100 degrees in places from Texas to Kansas Saturday,...
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Fires to Flooding for Colorado, New Mexico
After going from one extreme to the other, heavy rain could cause serious problems across the Southwest through the middle of the week. This rain has been retrograding westward since the weekend,...
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Flooding Downpours Continue in the Four Corners
The Southwestern Monsoon pattern will remain active on Wednesday, and as the surface heats, thunderstorms will bubble up during the afternoon over parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and...
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Satellite Images: Drought Dries Elephant Butte Reservoir
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A Lack Of Water Could Cause The Final Collapse Of America
We routinely assume that the collapse of society will be caused by war…or economics…or a major flare from the Sun. Maybe it will be, but something much more mundane, and much more taken for granted,...
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Idaho, Western Wildfires Are Weeks From Being Fully Contained
By Brian Edwards As severe drought continues across much of the West, several large wildfires continue to threaten homes and communities. Some of the hardest hit areas over the last few days are...
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4MIN News Sept. 7, 2013: Largest Volcano on Earth, Earthquakes Strengthening
By Suspicious0bservers TODAY’s New LINKS: Paluweh Volcano: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD… Largest Volcano on Earth: http://www.livescience.com/39447-bigg… VIIRS shows Rim Fire:...
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