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Red River rising: 18th consecutive year of flooding--why?
The Red River at Fargo, North Dakota continues to rise, with a peak expected Sunday at the 4th highest flood level observed in the past century. "Major" flood level is 30 feet, which the river surpassed on Wednesday, and the river is expected to crest near 38 feet on Sunday, just 2.8 feet below the record set last year. Flood stage is eighteen feet, and the Red River has now reached flood stage at Fargo for eighteen consecutive years, according to the U.S. Army Cor...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1451">Read More</a>
Globe has 2nd or 6th warmest February on record; Fiji hard-hit by Tomas
The globe recorded its sixth warmest February since record keeping began in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Climatic Data Center. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies rated February 2010 the second warmest, behind 1998. The year-to-date period, January - February, is the 5th or 2nd warmest such period on record, according to NOAA and NASA, respectively. NOAA rated February 2010 global ocean temperature...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1450">Read More</a>
Major flooding in the Northeast and Midwest; Fiji reels from major cyclone Tomas
The extremely wet and windy Nor'easter that plowed across the northern tier of states has left moderate to major flooding in its wake over both the Midwest and Northeast. In the Northeast, the storm dropped more than five inches of rain in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and moderate to major flooding is occurring in these states. Flooding was particularly severe in Rhode Island on the Pawtuxet River in Cranston, where the river crested a r...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1449">Read More</a>
Wet, windy Nor'easter slams Northeast; season's first Category 5 storm is Ului
An extremely wet and windy Nor'easter whipped through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. over the weekend, dropping rains in excess of six inches over some regions, and driving high winds gusting near hurricane force. On Saturday afternoon, JFK Airport in New York City recorded sustained winds of 45 mph, gusting to hurricane force--75 mph. Soils already saturated from run-off due to all the melting snow from the heavy winter snows have been unable to absorb the ...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1448">Read More</a>
An upside-down winter: coldest in 25 years in U.S., warmest on record in Canada
The U.S. just experienced its coldest winter in 25 years, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The winter period December - February was the 18th coldest winter in the contiguous U.S. over the past 115 years, and the coldest since 1984 - 1985. It was also a wet winter, ranking 19th wettest. The states experiencing the coldest winters, relative to average, were Texas and Louisiana, which had their 5th coldest winters on record. Mississippi, Georgia, Alabam...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1447">Read More</a>
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