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'Spring' arrives in London

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CTV News.ca - 3/20/13

 

 

Old Man Winter obviously did not get the memo. Spring officially arrived at 7:02 a.m. Wednesday, but most of the region is under a fresh blanket of snow and more flurries are expected into Thursday. And the Forest City is not out of the snowy woods just yet.


In fact, up to four centimetres of snow is expected to fall before Friday, and up to an additional seven centimetres will fall Sunday and Monday next week.

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Mudslides kill 16 in Brazilian town of Petropolis

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The Extinction Protocol - 3/19/13

 

 

 

 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, in Rome to attend Tuesday’s installment of Pope Francis, called Cabral to offer federal help to deal with the impact of the flooding, her office said. Among the victims are two civil defense officials who took part in rescue efforts, Sergio Simoes, the Rio state civil defense secretary, told Globo television earlier.

 

Ontario continues to battle winter weather

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The Weather Network.com 3/19/13, Staff Writers

 

 

A low pressure system pushed into the province on Monday, bringing a wintery mix to much of southern Ontario. 

 

Some lingering flurries and breezy conditions are likely across the GTA through Wednesday, but the bulk of the system has continued to push east.

 

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Parts of Drought-Stricken Midwest Flood

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Weather.com - 3/18/13

 

 

ST. LOUIS – Another wet weekend has caused a renewed rise of Midwestern rivers, creating flooding that is an ironic end to a winter spent fretting about drought.

 

Parts of eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois were hardest hit by rain that began Saturday afternoon and fell through Sunday. National Weather Service meteorologist Jayson Gosselin said Monday that Potosi, Mo., got 4.4 inches of rain, Randolph County, Ill., received 4.1 inches, and Farmington, Mo., had 3.9 inches.

 

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Northern Lights Put on Dazzling Show

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Weather.com - 3/18/13

 

 

The sun eruption sent a wave of solar particles streaking toward Earth at about 900 miles per second, according to observations by NASA and European spacecraft. That is the equivalent of a mind-boggling about 3.2 million miles per hour.

 

The sun is currently in an active phase of its 11-year solar weather cycle and is expected to reach its peak activity in 2013.

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Hail, Tornadoes, Damaging Winds Hammer the Southeast

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Weather.com - 3/19/13

 

 

Winter Storm Ukko's severe side brought severe weather into the southern states, including intense thunderstorms that produced huge hailstones throughout the southern United States.  

 

In all, there were 264 reports of severe weather Monday and Monday night across seven states from southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana to South Carolina.  For the entire month of March prior to Monday, there had been a total of 165 severe reports, including just a single tornado. 

Ancient Underwater Forest Much Older Than First Thought

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Weather.com - 3/17/13, Ben Raines

 

Fish swim through an ancient forest found 60 feet underwater about 10 miles offshore from Mobile, Ala., on Aug. 30, 2012. Scientists who examined the trees remarked on how well preserved the wood was. The forest was apparently buried under a thick layer of sand for eons until it was uncovered by giant waves during Hurricane Katrina.

 

MOBILE, Ala.  — An ancient forest found 60 feet underwater about 10 miles offshore of Alabama is much older than originally thought. Al.com collected samples of the trees during a scuba diving expedition to the forest. Those samples were sent to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for radiocarbon dating and found to be more than 50,000 years old. Scientists who examined the trees remarked on how well preserved the wood was. Cut into a piece and the unmistakable aroma of newly sawn cypress blooms up, despite millennia spent at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. 

Autumn soaking for Victoria and Tasmania

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Weather Zone.com - 3/17/13, Drew Casper Richardson

 

 

A cold front and trough have brought the heaviest March rain in 12 years to parts of Victoria with Tasmania also getting a good soak. 
On Saturday night a trough and cold front swept through Victoria and Tasmania bringing widespread showers and the odd storm. Showers continued through Sunday morning in the wake in the front in brisk southerly winds.

 

Victoria's Central district had some of the highest totals, including some suburbs of Melbourne. Epping picked up 37mm making it their highest March fall in 12 years. Essendon had their highest fall since May with 31mm reaching the gauge. Melbourne city itself dodged the heaviest rain but still recorded 15mm. Although not has heavy as other areas it was the heaviest fall so far this month. The city has now recorded 16mm for March, making it the driest start to Autumn in five years. Further north, parts of Kinglake had 46mm.

 

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