While the Philippines is still reeling from Super Typhoon Haiyan a new tropical depression will bring more rain and wind to the area today. Zoraida’s movements have been hard to pinpoint as the storms path has been difficult to forecast. A tropical storm is typically not a huge event for the Philippines but due to …
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Andrea’s Corner: Rain..Rain..Go Away-Historic Colorado Floods
This month there has seen a catastrophic weather situation unfolding in Colorado, the as hasn’t occurred in approximately 100 years, some are calling it a 500 year flood. This is the result of a 14 year drought and 15 months of intense forest fires, something I learned this week, scorched ground can’t absorb water. I …
Andrea’s Corner: Run for it! Or not-Oklahoma City Tornadoes of May 31st 2013
To run from a tornado or not run from a tornado, that is the question. It has been commonly taught in schools throughout Tornado Alley and in weather training classes that you are not to run from a tornado. That concept was challenged this last week during yet another tornado outbreak in Oklahoma City. …
