News articles tagged with 'storm'
Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm
— 18 Nov 2011 17:07 | AstronomyNew images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a year…
Rogue storm system caused Pakistan floods that left millions homeless
— 25 Jan 2011 18:56 | EnvironmentLast summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds…
Storms, soccer matches hidden in seismometer noise
— 18 Jan 2011 16:54 | Geology and palaeontologyIf you wander up to a seismograph in a museum, unless you are lucky enough to be there right during an earthquake, all you will see is a small wiggly signal being recorded…
Satellites give an eagle eye on thunderstorms
— 16 Dec 2010 16:34 | EnvironmentIt's one of the more frustrating parts of summer. You check the weather forecast, see nothing dramatic, and go hiking or biking. Then, four hours later, a thunderstorm appears out of…
NASA satellite data confirm a stronger Tropical Storm Tomas, hurricane warnings up
— 5 Nov 2010 13:57 | EnvironmentNASA's infrared satellite imagery has confirmed that Tomas is intensifying as convection is strengthening and cloud tops within the system are getting colder…
NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tomas' power fluctuate
— 4 Nov 2010 13:21 | EnvironmentThe Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite travelled over Tomas twice on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The second time was at 2005 UTC (4:05 p.m. EDT) when it was still classified…
Tropical Storm Anggrek is tightly wrapped in NASA satellite imagery
— 3 Nov 2010 19:13 | EnvironmentBands of strong thunderstorms are wrapping around the centre of Tropical Storm Anggrek in the Southern Indian Ocean, according to satellite imagery. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an…
Tornado warnings are too often ignored
— 27 Oct 2010 12:03 | EnvironmentWith big storms ripping across the Midwest, Bob Drost is hoping people are paying attention to the severe weather and tornado warnings…
Warming of planet will affect storms differently in Northern and Southern hemispheres
— 26 Oct 2010 13:14 | EnvironmentWeather systems in the Southern and Northern hemispheres will respond differently to global warming, according to an MIT atmospheric scientist's analysis that suggests the warming of…
Doppler radars help increase monsoon rainfall prediction accuracy
— 6 Oct 2010 06:23 | EnvironmentDoppler weather radar will significantly improve forecasting models used to track monsoon systems influencing the monsoon in and around India, according to a research collaboration…