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  Increase in Tornado, Hurricane Damage Brings Call for More Stringent Building Standards

  August 8, 2011 — Researchers have examined some of last spring's massive tornado damage and conclude in a new report that more intensive engineering design and more rigorous, localized construction and inspection ... > full story
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  NASA Catches Three Tropical Cyclones at One Time

  July 22, 2011 — It's not often that a satellite can capture an image of more than one tropical cyclone, but the GOES-13 satellite managed to get 3 tropical cyclones in two ocean basins in one image today. Bret and ... > full story
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  Bigger Than Football: Study Shows Sports Can Help Communities Recover from Disaster

  July 6, 2011 — A new study shows that organized sports can be a powerful tool for helping to rebuild communities in the wake of disasters. The research focused specifically on the role of professional football in ... > full story
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  La Niña's Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo

  June 30, 2011 — It's what Bill Patzert, a climatologist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, likes to call a "La Nada" -- that puzzling period between cycles of the El Niño-Southern ... > full story
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  Wild Winds: Changes in Weather Patterns Creating More Severe Storms

  June 7, 2011 — A climate expert attributes the increase in the number and severity of tornadoes and severe storms in 2011 to a change in weather ... > full story
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  Helping the Aged During Natural Disasters

  June 3, 2011 — When earthquake, tsunami, tornado or flood strike, among the most vulnerable group are the elderly. Researchers in New Zealand suggest that emergency response plans must take into account the ... > full story
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  NASA's TRMM Satellite Saw Heavy Rainfall in Supercell That Spawned Joplin, Missouri Tornado

  May 25, 2011 — On Sunday May 22, 2011, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured an image of the rainfall rate in the supercell thunderstorm that generated the deadly twister that struck ... > full story
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  Break Up of New Orleans Households After Katrina

  May 23, 2011 — How well a family recovers from a natural catastrophe may be tied to the household's pre-disaster make up and socio-economic status. Researchers compared the number of households in New Orleans, LA ... > full story
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  Landslides: How Rainfall Dried Up Panama's Drinking Water

  May 17, 2011 — An aerial survey of landslides has helps scientists evaluate the effect of a prolonged tropical storm on the water supply in the Panama Canal ... > full story
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  Seaports Need a Plan for Weathering Climate Change, Researchers Say

  May 16, 2011 — A warming planet could mean a rising ocean and more storm activity, but seaports are not prepared for the expensive construction they will need to protect themselves, according a global survey of ... > full story

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