Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’
Extreme weather hits states across the US – gulfnews.com
CTV.caExtreme weather hits states across the USgulfnews.comTwo 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 can...
February 2012 Global Weather Extremes Summary
February 2012 Global Weather Extremes SummaryFebruary was notable weather-wise for the extreme cold wave and snow that affected a large part of Europe, excessive rains and flooding in Australia, two strong tropical storms that caused flooding and fatal...
Glaciers: A window into human impact on the global carbon cycle
Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 15:33 in Earth & Climate New clues as to how Earth's remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution are locked, frozen in the ice of glaciers. That is the finding of a group of scientis...
Hurricane-Force Storm Smacks Alaska
Alaska's wild winter won't let up.
Arctic Temps Set Record – What Next?
It’s not been this cold in Fairbanks, Alaska for six years. Saturday morning’s low temperature plunged to 50 degrees below zero. The same day was also the first time in three years that the 24-hour max temp did not rise above minus 40. Minus 40, by the way, is the ...
US Weather News – Dangerous Cold Weather Grips Alaska
Destructive amounts of snow have already plagued The Last Frontier this month and now extreme cold has settled in.
Raw Video: Alaska Snow Levels Break Records
Raw Video: Alaska Snow Levels Break Records The worst winter anyone can remember in Alaska has piled snow so high people can't see out the windows, kept a tanker in ice-choked waters from delivering fuel on time and turned snow-packed roofs into...
Anchorage on pace for snowiest winter on record
Heavy snow fell in Alaska's largest city Thursday, adding to what already has been the snowiest period for Anchorage on record.
NOAA flights over Pacific to boost North American weather forecasting
January 12, 2012 The Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) is a high altitude, high speed, twin turbofan jet aircraft acquired by NOAA in 1996. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) A highly specialized NOAA jet typically used to study hurricanes will fly over the north...
Alaska frozen by extreme winter
Extreme winter weather leaves one Alaskan town battling huge snowdrifts and forced another to seek help from a Russian ice-breaking ship.
VIDEO: Fishing town buried under 10ft snow
Huge amounts of snow that have fallen since Christmas, are causing big problems for a fishing town in Alaska which has had to call in the National Guard to help dig out its residents.
National Guard helps dig out snow-buried Alaska town
Dozens of National Guard troops have arrived in the Alaska fishing town of Cordova to help dig it out from massive snows.
Roofs collapse in Alaska town hit by 18 feet of snow
Residents of an Alaska town have turned to the state for help after snow collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even trapped some people in their homes.
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