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Rain Boosts Bacteria Levels in Southern River

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Weather.com - 5/07/13, AP

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Days of rain in the Southeast have left roads underwater and one person dead, while a major river in Georgia is observing dangerously-high bacteria levels.

"(On Tuesday), the heaviest rain band targets a swath from Delaware west across the D.C. area into eastern West Virginia with 1 to 2 inches of rain," said weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "Wednesday and Thursday will bring showers into the Northeast, but the nozzle-like focus of heavy rain will weaken into scattered nuisance showers."

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Solar Eclipse Turns Sun Into 'Ring of Fire' This Week

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Weather.com - 5/07/13, Miriam Kramer, Space.com

Skywatcher Charles Medendorp took this photo of the annular eclipse at the Very Large Array outside Socorro, New Mexico, on May 20, 2012. Charles Medendorp

 

The moon will block the sun in a potentially spectacular solar eclipse this week — a celestial event that will transform the sun into a cosmic "ring of fire" in the daytime sky.

The ring-shaped solar eclipse , known as an annular eclipse, will occur Thursday and Friday (May 9 and 10). Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible in certain parts of Australia and the Southern Pacific Ocean, where the local time will be Friday.

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Cell Towers Disguised as Trees (PHOTOS)

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Weather.com - Sean Breslin, 5/07/13

Taken near New York City, this cell tower is disguised to look like a large pine tree. (flickr/JeffreyPutman)

 

There's a chance you could be driving past a cell phone tower every day and not know it, because some of these behemoth structures of technology are disguised to resemble surrounding trees.

It's a fascinating attempt to hide the human effect on nature that started 21 years ago in Denver, according to Wired. While it seems inventive to conceal a large cell tower in a natural environment like the Mile High City, it's also pricey -- the report also states that the "fake tree" look for a cell tower could cost as much as $150,000.

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Weather Wow! Canada Warmer than Miami, Phoenix

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Weather.com - 5/07/13, Chris Dolce

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Miami, Fla. and Edmonton, Canada are separated by a distance of more than 2,500 miles according to Google Maps, so you would never think their weather conditions would ever be the same. However, Monday was an oddity.

Thanks to a high-pressure system aloft and brisk southerly winds ahead of a cold front, the city of Edmonton in western Canada reached a record high temperature of 88 degrees on Monday. This was warmer than Miami (85 degrees) and Phoenix (87 degrees)!

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World's Strangest Natural Wonders

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Weather.com - Katie Hammel, Travel + Leisure, 4/09/13

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Lake Retba, Senegal

It looks as if someone poured a giant bottle of Pepto-Bismol into Lake Retba — that’s how deeply pink these waters are.

 

Ever played the game of Twister on water? The green, yellow, and brown polka dots that form on British Columbia’s Spotted Lake each summer make it look like you could.

It’s a far cry from the stereotypical landscapes of clear blue lakes, rolling green hills, and white-sand beaches that inspire most travelers—and that’s part of what makes strange natural wonders like Spotted Lake so thrilling.

Could Air Travel Be Disrupted by Alaska Volcano?

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A file photo of Mt. Cleveland in Alaska's Aleutian Islands before the volcano's recent eruption. Getty Images/Scott Darsney

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  -- Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption following an explosion early Saturday morning, scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Satellites and cameras suggest low-level emissions of gas, steam and ash, scientists said, and satellites detected highly elevated surface temperatures at the summit. A faint plume of ash extended eastward below 15,000 feet, but the Federal Aviation Administration said there were no flight restrictions as a result.

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Arctic Ocean 'Rapidly Accumulating Carbon Dioxide': Report

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A handout picture provided by Greenpeace in April 2013 at the North Pole on the Arctic ocean shows the 'Save The Arctic' movement taking part in the world's largest participatory art project - the acclaimed 'Inside Out' project - by creating a unique art piece at the North Pole. Christian Aslund/AFP/Getty Images

 

The Arctic Ocean is rapidly becoming more acidic thanks to changes in the global carbon cycle and carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere by humans, according to a report released in early May.

Solar Flare Launches 120,000 Miles into Space

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Weather.com - Tariq Malik, SPACE.com, May 6, 2013

A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what’s known as a prominence eruption. This image combines three images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured on May 3, 2013, at 1:45 p.m. NASA/SDO/AIA

 

An intense solar storm erupted from the sun on Friday in a dazzling space weather display captured by a NASA spacecraft.

The solar flare erupted from the edge the sun, with NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory snapping photos of the sun storm. The flare peaked at 1:32 p.m. EDT, registering as a relatively medium-strength M5.7-class event.

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Rain Downs Trees, Power Lines in Southeast; 1 Dead

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Weather.com - 5/06/13, AP

Days of rain in the Southeast U.S. have left roads underwater and rivers and creeks at high levels.  The flooding threat will continue for several more days. 

Heavy rain caused flooding from northern Alabama and northern Georgia to western North Carolina over the weekend, said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce.

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