Weather for the Sailor

AP - Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the death toll to 66 on Wednesday and forcing some parents to choose which of their children to save from the surging waters.

AFP - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel's rampage through the Caribbean rose to at least 59 on Wednesday as torrents of water swept away entire families in the Dominican Republic.

Reuters - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel's tremendous downpours in the Dominican Republic and Haiti climbed above 60 on Wednesday and officials and survivors said it could surge higher after two rivers broke their banks and swept away a Dominican village.

AP - A grand jury will not charge anyone in a police blockade that kept hundreds of evacuees from crossing a Mississippi River bridge on foot after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, authorities said Wednesday.

Floodwaters and mudslides spawned by Tropical Storm Noel killed at least 60 people in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, ...

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Reuters - California's weary firefighters were placed on a new fire alert on Wednesday after weather forecasters warned of hot dry winds this weekend similar to those that sparked 22 deadly blazes last week.

The ozone hole over the southern hemisphere reached its annual peak on September 13th, according to NASA. The size of the hole was pretty average compared to the last 15 years, but very big when compared to the 1970's, when...

The La Nina weather phenomenon blamed for drought in the southern United States and flooding in Africa will last for another ...

Changes in the way weather data are collected may have compromised record-keeping and the ability to predict monsoon thunderstorms, ...