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Tonga: Aid agencies ready for Cyclone Ian
New Zealand aid agencies are poised to respond to a huge tropical cyclone that is bearing down on northern Tonga….
Argentina: Lightning strike kills 3 beachgoers
A lightning strike killed three people on a beach in Argentina Thursday and injured 22 others, state media reported. “We…
Weather records – what are the hottest, driest, coldest places on earth?
Atlanta was officially colder than Sochi, Russia, and an escaped jail inmate turned himself in so that he could warm…
Polar vortex: What are they, what causes them, and how dangerous?
Americans in two dozen states from the Midwest to the Southeast and Northeast are shivering this week courtesy of a…
Philip Duncan: Polar vortex brings incredible cold to USA
Here in New Zealand we cannot easily comprehend what it feels like to experience minus 40 to minus fifty degrees….
UK: Hercules hits Britain; monster waves and swells
More flooding is expected across Britain today as the west coast braced for the arrival of “Winter Storm Hercules”, the…
USA: Historic freeze spreads across country
Alright, East Coast and Deep South, it’s your turn to be miserable. The historic freeze that proved too cold for…
China: Ice festival wows crowds (VIDEO)
Tourists from all over the world braved the minus 20 degree temperatures in Harbin, China on Sunday. The 30th Harbin…
USA: Polar blasts ‘barrel across’ the states
As many as 140 million Americans are bracing this week for a polar blast that’s barreling across the country, dumping…
UK: Storms batter holidaymakers
High tides and strong winds have caused extensive flooding and authorities warned sightseers that they were putting their lives at…
