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Winter Storm Batters Northeast; 500,000 Without Power

2013-02-09 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books, with a potential for up to 3 feet of snow, clobbered the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, sending office workers home early and knocking out power to half a million customers across the Northeast. By Friday night, more than 18.5 inches of snow had fallen in parts of central Connecticut, and more than 16 inches covered parts of Mansfield, Mass., a half-hour drive southwest of Boston. Throughout the...

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Winter Storm Expert to Lead National Weather Service

2013-02-07 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: By Andrew Freedman Follow @afreedma The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is turning to an agency veteran and winter weather expert, Louis W. Uccellini, to lead the troubled National Weather Service (NWS) at a time of budget challenges and ongoing debate over the agency's performance during Hurricane Sandy. Acting director Laura K. Furgione will return to her previous role as deputy administrator of the NWS. NOAA made the announcement as the agency geared up to warn the public...

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Ferocious winter storm set to explode in North Atlantic: Bombogenesis

2013-01-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Some of the most powerful storms on earth form in the North Atlantic Ocean during wintertime, spelling peril for sailors unfortunate enough to encounter them. For the past few days, the meteorologists at the Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) in College Park, Md., whose job it is to warn vessels of weather hazards, have been highlighting the likelihood of a treacherous storm event that is taking place in the open ocean, to the south of Iceland. A storm that was rather inoccuous when it affected the...

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