Giant snakes may call N.J. home by 2100
Giant snakes in the Garden State? A 10-foot Burmese python found on a Lacey, N.J., driveway in 2006 By 2100, parts of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia,...
View ArticleEnormous storm overspreads much of the U.S.
Few winter storms since the 1950s have been as big as this one, according to NASA. Today, it's unloading snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain and affecting 30 states from Texas to New England, according...
View ArticleArctic sea ice sags to record low for season
Arctic sea ice apparently has ebbed to its lowest extent this year and could shrink even further, according to NOAA. The ice covered 1.32 million square miles on Sept. 16, 2012. That is lower than the...
View ArticleStormy weather that triggered Texas tornadoes
The stormy weather that triggered deadly tornadoes in northern Texas yesterday looks scary from space. The storms led to at least 10 twisters, according to preliminary National Weather Service...
View ArticleGalveston hurricane killed thousands in 1900
More than a century ago, a Category 4 hurricane devastated Galveston, Tex., killing thousands of people, according to NOAA. The Sept. 8, 1900, catastrophe is the nation's deadliest natural disaster,...
View ArticleTropical Storm Allison soaked NJ 13 years ago
The track of Tropical Storm Allison (Source: National Hurricane Center) Tropical Storm Allison's remnants dumped very heavy rain in the New Jersey region 13 years ago today, according to the National...
View ArticleNJ has no stormwater utilities post-Sandy
Stormwater utilities in 2013 (Source: Western Kentucky University Stormwater Utility Survey 2013) Stormwater runoff is an enormous problem that leads to dangerous flooding and polluted waters in New...
View ArticleMassive winter storm images, heavy snow forecast
The enormous winter storm stretches from Texas to New England (Source: NOAA Satellites) This is one enormous winter storm, and watch out for heavy snow. Increasingly heavy snow, with snowfall rates...
View ArticleHurricane warnings: 12 quotes from experts
Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012 (Source: NOAA) Are you ready for a devastating hurricane or tropical storm, perhaps even worse than superstorm Sandy? Now is the time to prepare - before a storm is on...
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