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Glenn Schwartz
Staff reporterGlenn "Hurricane" Schwartz was named NBC 10's chief meteorologist on November 28, 2002, and in the same year, he co-authored The Philadelphia Area Weather Book. Schwartz joined NBC 10 in October 1995. Prior to that, he worked as the meteorologist for...Tags: Weather Reports, Lehigh Valley Weather, Science and Technology, Television, Tropical Weather
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Scientists observe 'tragic experiment' of tsunami debris
Jeff Larson has seen just about everything wash up on the shores of Santa Cruz: bottles, toys, shotgun shells, busted surfboards and fishing floats that looked like they had bobbed across the Pacific. When surging water driven by the magnitude 9.0...Tags: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Science and Technology, Japan, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Bud tames to tropical storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say the system that was once powerful Hurricane Bud has tamed to a tropical storm as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast. The National Hurricane Center in...Tags: Weather Warnings, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, National Government, Tropical Weather
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Henryville mom who lost legs protecting kids is now walking
A Henryville mother who lost her legs while protecting her children during a deadly tornado two months ago is continuing her recovery. Stephanie Decker walked with her prosthetic legs Thursday on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Decker is slow but steady on...
Tags: Ellen DeGeneres, Tornadoes
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If Tropical Storm Beryl forms, it will be a rare event
The last time two tropical storms formed before the official June 1 start of hurricane season, Theodore Roosevelt was president and the year was 1908. It appears set to happen again 104 years later, as a disturbance off Florida's east coast was given a...Tags: Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Hurricanes, Theodore Roosevelt, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Subtropical Storm Beryl prompts warning in Volusia
The second named storm of the 2012 hurricane season formed Friday night — days before the season officially begins.
The National Weather Service forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings for the Southeast coast from Northeast Florida to South...Tags: Weather Warnings, Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, The Associated Press, Melbourne
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UPDATES: Tornado damage in north-central Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsClick back for updates as we get them into the Eyewitness Newsroom. A line of severe storms moved through north-central Kansas Friday evening. Several tornadoes touched down in Rush, Russell and Ellis counties. There are no reports of serious...Tags: Weather Reports, The Weather Channel (tv network), Weather, Tornadoes
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Chicago architect designs a beacon for health care in Haiti
MIREBALAIS, HAITI — Under a blinding Caribbean sun, far from the sleek Chicago residences she usually designs, architect Ann Clark saw well-laid plans turn to improvisation, yet again.
Overhead, a 2,850-pound ventilation system dangled from a...Tags: Chicago Loop, Charity, Haiti, Science and Technology, Chicago
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Food Banks Prepare for Hurricane Season
WGNO NewsIn a matter of hours, volunteers at Second Harvest Food Bank will have packed 1,200 disaster response kits. Macy's operations manager John Weiss says, "The team that I'm working with right now, we've packed about 10 pallets so far and it's about 50...Tags: Charity, Hurricanes, Disasters and Accidents, Meteorological Disasters
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Hoover High marching band to perform at namesake's birthplace
The Tornado band is preparing for a presidential march. Hoover High School student musicians have been invited to West Branch, Iowa — the birthplace of their school’s namesake — for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Herbert...
Tags: Libraries, Education, Schools, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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Disturbance off Florida could become Tropical Storm Beryl
Sun SentinelThe tropical disturbance off Florida’s east coast likely will grow into a tropical depression or storm over the weekend and possibly as soon as Friday. As of 3 p.m. on Friday, the National Hurricane Center gave the broad area of low pressure an...Tags: Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Hurricanes, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Theodore Roosevelt
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Drought conditions moderating across Maryland
Sporadic rains have helped moderate drought conditions that had spread across most of the state, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. As of May 22, all of the Baltimore region was considered “abnormally dry” except for southern Anne Arundel...
Tags: Weather Reports, Anne Arundel County, Weather, Droughts, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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