After a miserable week of wind and rain, can we dream of a white Christmas?

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Mail Online - 12/16/12, Amanda Williams and Paul Bentley

  • Odds of a white Christmas are cut to 4/1 in London and 2/1 in Edinburgh
  • Hailstones the 'size of pound coins' have already fallen in Penzance, Cornwall
  • Heavy December rain has already claimed victims, with one dead and others rescued by services

  • This week is set to be another wet and wild one. Winds and unusually high tides have caused damage in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

    This week is set to be another wet and wild one. Winds and unusually high tides have caused damage in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

Drought Deepens Across the Carolinas

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Weather.com - 12/16/12, Meg Kinnard

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Conditions are dry across the Carolinas, and there may not be much relief in sight. Most of South Carolina is now in moderate or severe drought, and all of the state's 46 counties are now in some drought stage, according to the state agency that monitors the conditions. Drought conditions are moderate across more than half of North Carolina, primarily in the central part of the state.

On Tuesday, the South Carolina Drought Response Committee upgraded the drought status in every county by one level. Conditions were most dire in 12 of the state's western counties, where the drought was determined to be severe. The middle of the state was in moderate drought, while the eastern and coastal areas were the least severe.

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Miracle Twins In Palo Alto: Rare Monoamniotic Twins Born Against All Odds

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Huffington Post by Robin Wilkey Posted:   |  Updated: 12/14/2012 8:59 pm EST

Miracle Twins Palo Alto

A Bay Area family got a holiday miracle last month thanks to help from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

On November 7, Allison and Kevin Carlson celebrated the birth of their twin baby girls, Kate and Annie. But the girls weren't just any twins: they were monoamniotic twins, which stand a slim chance of survival, made even slimmer by a complication.

Under normal circumstances, twins share a womb but live in their own individual amniotic sacs. But in a monoamniotic pregnancy, which occurs in less than one percent of twin pregnancies in the United States, the twins share the same sac.

Snow, Strong Winds from Winter Storm Draco

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Weather.com - 12/17/12, AP

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Mt. Bachelor, Or. Even the dogs are enjoying the new snow at Mt. Bachelor in Oregon (Courtesy: Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort)

PORTLAND, Ore. — A powerful winter storm has moved into the Pacific Northwest and is expected to linger into Monday, delivering strong winds and rain in some places and heavy snowfall and whiteout conditions in others.

Towering waves also are expected, but the storm won't be limited to the coast and mountains. Forecasters also have posted high-wind warnings with gusts up to 55 mph in Oregon's Willamette Valley and the metro Portland area, The Oregonian reported.

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Cyclone Evan hits Fiji: 'This will be much worse'

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The New Zealand Herald - 12/17/12

Fiji residents are bracing themselves as Cyclone Evan makes its presence felt. Thousands of people have taken shelter in the region as Tropical Cyclone Evan batters the area with winds of up to 185km/h.

Up to 400 New Zealanders also hunkered down in evacuation centres, with Cyclone Evan increasing from category 3 to 4 as it made its way towards Fiji.

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Ecuador declares orange alert near Tungurahua volcano

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News.com.au - 12/17/12, AFP

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A view of the Tungurahua volcano, from Patate, Ecuador, taken in August this year. Source: AFP

ECUADOR has issued an orange alert - the second-highest warning level - for towns near the Tungurahua volcano, as its level of activity rose, civil defence officials say.

The area of the warning covers the adjacent provinces of Tungurahua and Chimborazo, according to the national civil defence agency.

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