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Flooding Could Free 350 Gators at Texas Sanctuary

August 29, 2017 | Article

Rising floodwaters in southeast Texas could spell big trouble for an alligator sanctuary in Beaumont that houses more than 350 American alligators on its property.
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Waters Rising: How Harvey's Floods Endanger Health

August 28, 2017 | Article

Houston and other parts of southeast Texas are in the midst of historic flooding from Harvey, now a tropical storm, with heavy rain still expected to batter the region in the coming days.
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A Guide to Hurricane Season 2017

August 25, 2017 | Article

Here’s a guide to the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season including predictions, naming conventions and how to make storm preparations.
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Ancient Earthquake Turned Mosaic Workshop into Time Capsule

August 15, 2017 | Article

An earthquake-toppled house in the ancient city of Jerash is providing archaeologists with clues on how artisans constructed mosaics during the eighth century.
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El Nino's Absence May Fuel a Stormy Hurricane Season

August 09, 2017 | Article

This year's hurricane season is likely to be more active than usual, thanks to an absent El Niño and warmer tropical Atlantic Ocean waters.
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Cosmic Tsunami! Galaxy Cluster Flyby Triggers Gravitational Disturbance | Video

May 03, 2017 | Video

A new look at the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a massive wave rippling out into a spiral.
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Major Winter Storm Seen From Space - Set To Wallop East Coast | Video

March 13, 2017 | Video

The winter storm was tracked by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite. It captured the storm in visible, infrared, and colorized Infrared spectrums. It also delivered water vapor imagery of the storm.
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Wind, Rain, Heat: Health Risks Grow with Extreme Weather

February 17, 2017 | Article

As climate change proceeds, there will be more extreme weather events, and these events pose a threat to people's health, experts say.
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Winter Snowstorm Battering Northeast US Seen from Space

February 09, 2017 | Article

As a winter storm blew over the northeastern United States today, a weather-monitoring satellite caught the whole storm on camera from space.
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Raw Video: Tornado Hits NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility In New Orleans

February 07, 2017 | Video

The facility was impacted by a large tornado on Feb. 7, 2017. “Only minor injuries have been reported and NASA employees and other tenants are being accounted for,” according to NASA
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