Drought
Most U.S. states are basking in warmth
WASHINGTON -- At least it's a dry heat.The federal government's spring weather forecast offers no respite from warmer weather, but the country should get a break from the spring flooding that's hit the last four years.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Nation & World
Part of Texas gets some relief from drought
HOUSTON -- The rain that started trickling into Texas in the fall may finally be making a dent in Dallas, but the rest of the massive state is still a long way off from being out of a historic drought, and climate experts are warning against any premature partying.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Nation & World
World not quite as hot in 2011; year ranks as 11th warmest
WASHINGTON — The world last year wasn't quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, but it continues a general trend of rising temperatures.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. had a dozen expensive weather disasters in 2011
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The United States had a dozen weather disasters that caused at least $1 billion in damages in 2011, the greatest frequency of severe weather that caused costly losses in more than 30 years of federal government tracking.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Nation & World
Winter likely to be a repeat of last year, forecasters say
WASHINGTON — Winter 2011-12 is likely to be an encore of last winter for much of the northern United States, with the worst cold and snow concentrated around the Great Lakes, and drought continuing and expanding from the Southwest states to Florida, government and private forecasters...
Date: 10/21/2011 | Nation & World
Al Gore: Climate change to blame for recent disasters
DETROIT -- Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore was unbowed and unrepentant Thursday in blaming recent storms, droughts and wildfires on climate change.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Nation & World
Terror taxes drive famine in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The withdrawal of Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebels from their bases in Mogadishu and severe food shortages in southern Somalia may be linked to the same problem familiar to politicians the world over: tax collections.
Date: 10/02/2011 | Nation & World
Texas wildfire evacuees eager to go home
BASTROP, Texas -- After spending nearly a week wondering whether his home had been destroyed in massive wildfires sweeping across Central Texas, George Gaydos got the news Saturday: His house had burned down in the blaze.
Date: 09/11/2011 | Nation & World
Fiery Texas faces a foreboding forecast
BASTROP, Texas -- Scorching temperatures, strong winds and dry vegetation are turning Texas wildfires into fast and furious dangers that hop from place to place within hours, even minutes, and give residents little time to flee. Now it's likely to get worse.
Date: 09/10/2011 | Nation & World
1,000 homes are lost in Texas wildfires
BASTROP, Texas -- One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history left more than 1,000 homes in ruins Tuesday and stretched the state's firefighting ranks to the limit, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a major disaster at home just as the GOP presidential contest heats up.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Nation & World
Video: Texas fires kill 4, destroy more than 1,000 homes
BASTROP, Texas — One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history left more than 1,000 homes in ruins Tuesday and stretched the state's firefighting ranks to the limit, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a major disaster at home just as the GOP presidential contest heats...
Date: 09/06/2011 | Nation & World
Famine refugees encounter hostility from new neighbors
DADAAB, Kenya -- As tens of thousands of refugees flee Somalia's famine for Kenya's arid east, residents say they are torn between welcoming their fellow ethnic Somalis -- and feeling threatened as the new arrivals squeeze the area's limited resources and compete for jobs.
Date: 09/04/2011 | Nation & World
Texas wildfire destroys more than 3 dozen homes
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas -- Kathy Lanpher was showing a property to a client when she heard the improbable, gut-wrenching news: A wildfire like the one that destroyed her home four months ago was threatening the nearby subdivision where she had relocated.
Date: 09/01/2011 | Nation & World
Hundreds of thousands flee Somali drought, famine
DADAAB, Kenya -- Kaltumo Barre's home is a flimsy, dome-shaped skeleton of sticks and ragged cloth.Her kitchen is three twisted iron rods stuck in the ground outside, shielded from the wind and sandstorms by more sticks and tattered clothes.
Date: 08/21/2011 | Nation & World
Texas drought recalls long, punishing dry spell of 1950s
FORT WORTH, Texas -- After enduring nearly a year of drought, Texans have grown accustomed to seeing acres of withered crops, scores of dried-up ponds and mile after mile of cracked earth.
Date: 08/14/2011 | Nation & World
12 million in need of food aid in Somalia, Horn of Africa
DADAAB, Kenya -- First Aden Ali Mohamed's 25-year-old wife died just days after giving birth to twins. Then his newborn son succumbed to malnutrition. His baby girl did not survive either, leaving the Somali man to now raise his surviving children alone in a refugee camp.
Date: 08/14/2011 | Nation & World
Most famine victims in Somalia are not getting aid
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.
Date: 08/14/2011 | Nation & World
Texas water recycling: From toilet to tap
FORT WORTH, Texas -- In parched West Texas, it's often easier to drill for oil than to find new sources of water.
Date: 08/11/2011 | Nation & World
Texas drought may persist for another year
SAN ANTONIO — The drought that has turned Texas and parts of the Plains into a parched moonscape of cracked earth could persist into next year, prolonging the misery of farmers and ranchers who have endured a dry spell that is now expected to be the state's worst since the 1950s.
Date: 08/05/2011 | Nation & World
Somalis die in world's worst famine in 20 years
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation, the U.N. said Wednesday, and the U.S. said it will allow emergency funds to be spent in areas controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants as long as the fighters do not interfere with aid...
Date: 07/21/2011 | Nation & World
Dreary days cooler than human BBQ weather
Ah, rain in the middle of July.Folks dabbing brows in Phoenix, Ariz., may not even know, because it doesn't rate national press, that summer has been unusually mild and great for rock hunting in Western Washington.
Date: 07/15/2011 | Local News
Arizona wildfire biggest in state history
SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — A single campfire likely sparked what is now the largest blaze in Arizona history, and authorities said Wednesday they've questioned two "persons of interest" as the massive wildfire and two others threaten separate corners of New Mexico.
Date: 06/16/2011 | Nation & World
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