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Volcanic activity worldwide 17 Apr 2013: Etna

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Volcano Discovery Wednesday Apr 17, 2013 19:03 PM

Current thermal webcam image of the New SE crater (INGV Catania)

Current thermal webcam image of the New SE crater (INGV Catania)

 

Etna (Sicily, Italy): New activity has started from the New SE crater last night, when incandescent degassing vents were visible at the crater. This activity has progressively increased during the night and produced strombolian bursts during the second half of the night. Tremor has been showing a slow increase.

 

Study: Natural causes, not human activity, behind Plains drought

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CNN - 4/12/13, Michael Martinez

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • NEW: Climate scientist disputes study findings
  • "Every drought that's occurring isn't a result of climate change," author says
  • Study found a lack of moist air from Gulf of Mexico and "severe rainfall deficits"
  • The drought in six Great Plains states was the worst since records began in 1895

Rancher Gary Wollert pauses before heading out for work on August 23 near Eads, Colorado. The nation's severe drought has been especially hard on cattlemen. Much of eastern Colorado and virtually all of Nebraska and Kansas are still in extreme or exceptional drought, according to the University of Nebraska's Drought Monitor.

Winter Storm Yogi Brings Late-Season Snow

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Weather.com - 4/17/13

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Tulips struggle to be seen after a spring storm packing high winds and heavy snow left up to a foot of snow in its wake in Denver on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The latest of late-season snowstorms, Winter Storm Yogi continued its slow trudge eastward on Wednesday morning, dumping more than two feet of snow in parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

"In terms of direct impact to travel, it looks like Wyoming will take the brunt of Winter Storm Yogi," said weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "But aside from the typical travel woes, our other concern is the potential for Yogi to bring more snow to the Red River Basin, further escalating the flood risk later this spring when warmer weather arrives."

More: Weather.com.

Reported Tornadoes Leave Damage in Oklahoma

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Weather.com - Jess Baker, 4/17/13

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Meteorologist Daniel Dix, part of the Tornado Hunt team, takes a photo of the tornado-warned storm from the window of the chase vehicle in Lawton, Okla.
 

Tornadoes reportedly touched down in Comanche County and Lawton in southwestern Oklahoma on Wednesday, causing minor damage to a Goodyear tire plant and trapping four people inside a mobile home that got knocked off its foundation, authorities said. The severe weather also created a dramatic chase for meteorologist Mike Bettes and his Tornado Hunt team.

No injuries were reported. Comanche County spokesman Jacob Russell said the mobile home was blown over at Elgin, about 20 miles northeast of Lawton.

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