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Extreme weather hits states across the US – gulfnews.com
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Extreme weather hits states across the US
gulfnews.com Two different weather phenomena — La Nina and its northern cousin the Arctic Oscillation — affect storm and temperature patterns across the world, meteorologists say. Scientists say you cannot link a single weatherevent to global warming.Washington: America’s weather is stuck on extreme. Nearly 11 feet of snow has fallen on Anchorage, Alaska, this winter. That’s almost a record, and it’s forcing the city to haul away at least 250,000 tonnes of snow. Yet not much snow has dropped on the Lower 48 this year. The first three months of 2012 have seen twice the normal number of tornadoes. And 36 states set daily high temperature records on Thursday … |
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