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Grass lawns shrink in Calif. drought

Cookie Smith of Garden Grove, Calif., straddles her artificial lawn, left, and a neighbor's natural turf.California's ever-growing population and the threat of a prolonged drought could kill the concept of the traditional lush lawn in the Golden State.




Winter forecast: Warm, wet in central U.S.
Government forecasters are predicting a warmer-than-average winter for the much of the nation's midsection and a dry one for the Southeast.

Storms flood, cut power in Australia

A car is wedged between trees after being swept away by torrential rains in Brisbane, Australia, on Thursday. Two strong storms cut power to tens of thousands of homes and flooded streets along Australia's east coast Thursday, sweeping away one woman in her car amid the worst flooding in decades.




Dad drowns after saving sons in crash

Emergency crews gather Tuesday at the pond where a father drowned saving his two young sons in Manchester, N.Y.A man whose car slid off a snowy road and into a 12-foot-deep pond saved the two sons he had been driving home but could not save himself, police said.




Early storms help jump start ski season

A skier at Colorado's Arapahoe Basin catches some air on a downhill run on Monday. The resort opened up a handful of runs on October 15. Adult lift tickets are $49 at A-basin through December 12.It's beginning to look a lot like ski season. Thanks to a handful of early storms and legions of snowmaking guns, the ski scene is already picking up around the nation.




Drought won't stop rebuilding after fires

With the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop, a firefighting helicopter flies through a smoke-filled sky in Montecito, Calif., on Nov. 14 as a wildfire destroyed dozens of homes there.Many of the Californians displaced by the recent wildfires are bent on rebuilding even as the drought conditions of recent years have intensified the wildfire risk.




U.S. intel office adds warming to warnings

Warming temperatures can worsen droughts and China is among the countries already seeing reduced water resources. Here villagers in the town of Loudi dig through cracked soil in search of water for a well on Aug. 11, 2007.A major U.S. intelligence report coming out Thursday  is adding climate change to the "traditional" mix of factors expected to destabilize the world into the near future.








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State Gets Ready For Winter Weather (CBS 13 Baltimore)
With snow in the forecast, state highway and city road crews are prepared for winter weather.

Calif. cities consider green alternatives to lawns

Graphic shows drought conditions in the west; compares current conditions to last year; two sizes; Cookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a city ...



Selig: Weather cant shorten postseason games (AP via Yahoo! News)
There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.

Weather Service encourages use of weather radios (The News & Observer)
The National Weather Service is encouraging citizens to buy receivers to hear its weather radio after deadly tornadoes raced across Johnston and Wilson counties this past weekend in the middle of the night.

New U-verse feature gives weather information (BizJournals)
AT&T Inc. has created an on-demand weather interactive feature for its Houston U-verse television customers.

Vote for your favorite weather photos of 2008
From eerie clouds and breathtaking sunsets to fierce lightning storms and delicate rainbows, USA TODAY readers captured a potpourri ...



Texas creating disaster response commission

Gov. Rick Perry is forming a commission that will oversee coastal rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Ike and develop recommendations for responding to future storms.



Weather Service issues winter outlook for NC (The News & Observer)
The official winter weather outlook says this area will be colder and wetter than the past two years, according to the National Weather Services Climate Prediction Center, which released the winter outlook today.

Online Professional Development Workshop: Space Weather, the Sun and Light (SpaceRef)
Online Professional Development Workshop: Space Weather, the Sun and Light

Winter weather hard to predict this year: NOAA (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Winter will be warmer than normal for much of the central United States, but government forecasters said on Thursday this seasons weather for the rest of the country will be particularly hard to predict.

USAs winter forecast: Mild for Midwest, dry in Southeast
Winter looks likely to be mild in the Midwest and dry in the Southeast, the government said Thursday.



WSTM hosts weather observation seminar (WSTM Central New York)
Representatives from the National Weather Service as well as a climatologist from the Northeast Climate Center gave a training seminar on accurately observing and reporting on weather conditions.

Information Builders Customers Leverage Business Intelligence to Weather Economic Downturn (ebizQ.net)
Today, every organization is looking for ways to run their businesses more effectively to weather the economic downturn. Business intelligence (BI) is a versatile, strategic tool that can be applied to many aspects of business operations to ...

Weather Channel cuts jobs in tough economy (USA Today)
An article in yesterdays Atlanta Journal Constitution alluded to job cuts at The Weather Channel. These losses are a result of both tough economic times in the broadcasting industry as well as expected job redundancies as NBC, after completing its purchase of The Weather Channel, reorganizes the company and merges its existing property, WeatherPlus, with The Weather Channel. According to a ...

Storm dumps 8 inches of rain on east Australia
Two strong storms cut power to tens of thousands of homes and flooded streets along Australias east coast Thursday, sweeping ...



More lake-effect snow for northern Indiana
Weather forecasters say another blast of snow is headed to northern Indiana.



Woman swept away by flood

AN elderly woman has died after her car was swept away by floodwaters east of Brisbane.



Parts Of Area Under Winter Weather Advisory (KDKA Pittsburgh)
Officials have issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of the area as snow moves across the region with accumulation expected through Friday. KDKA Meteorologist Dennis Bowman says periods of light snow and flurries will affect the Pittsburgh area today.

Winter-weather driver caution urged (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
The Indiana State Police suggest drivers look in the mirror before pointing a finger at Mother Nature for weather-related traffic accidents.

Forecaster says La Nina will bring good snowfall to Colo.
Colorados northern and central mountains could get normal or above-normal snowfall this winter, a federal climatologist says.







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