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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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  Ring Around the Hurricanes: Satellites Can Predict Storm Intensity

  April 20, 2011 — Coastal residents may soon have longer warning when a storm headed in their direction is becoming a hurricane, thanks to a study demonstrating how to use existing satellites to monitor tropical storm ... > full story
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  Carbon Sequestration Estimate in US Increased, Barring a Drought

  April 14, 2011 — Forests and other terrestrial ecosystems in the lower 48 states can sequester up to 40 percent of the nation's fossil fuel carbon emissions, a larger amount than previously estimated -- unless a ... > full story
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  Development of Protocols for Future Disasters Urgently Called for

  April 6, 2011 — Experts urgently call for the development of protocols dealing with the health effects of disasters -- before the next one occurs. One year later, the magnitude of the impact of the Gulf oil spill on ... > full story
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  America's Most Distressed Areas Threatened by Emerging Infections of Poverty

  March 29, 2011 — Neglected infections of poverty are the latest threat plaguing the poorest people living in the Gulf Coast states and in Washington, D.C., according to ... > full story

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