Weather

Rare, early snowstorm blankets Northeast

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This image from NASA’s Aqua satellite on October 30, 2011 at 11:30 a.m.  shows snowfall  along the U.S. East coast from a Halloween weekend Nor’easter that [...]

Cloud vortices form off of Heard Island

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Cloud vortices form off of Heard Island in the south Indian Ocean on Sept. 19, 2011. (Source: NASA)

Tropical Storm Katia as seen from the International Space Station

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The crew of the International Space Station took this photo of the strengthening tropical storm Katia over the Atlantic Ocean on August 31, 2011.  Later [...]

Full disk image of Earth shows Hurricane Irene

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In this full disk image of Earth captured on August 26, 2011, Hurricane Irene can been seen on the east coast of the United States. [...]

Hurricane Irene off the coast of Florida, approaching Outer Banks

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Category 2 Hurricane Irene moves  northward along the coast of the eastern United States on Aubust 26, 2011, with sustained winds of 110 mph. The [...]

Panoramic view of Hurricane Irene

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The crew of the International Space Station snapped this panoramic view of Hurricane Irene on August 22, 2011. At the time Irene had just passed [...]

Hurricane Irene passes over Puerto Rico

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Over the weekend Irene became the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season. The storm passed over Puerto Rico on Sunday and is heading toward the [...]

Hurricana Dora grows near the coast of Mexico

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On June 21 Hurricane Dora strengthened to a near Category 5 storm of the southwestern coast of Mexico. Although the storm was headed out to [...]

Typhoon Songda heads toward Japan

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Super Typhoon Songda is seen in this photo moving away from the Philippines on May 27, 2011, after lashing the island nation. The storm is [...]

Typhoon Songda strengthens and moves toward Philippines

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On May 24, tropical storm Songda strengthened into a typhoon southeast of the Philippines. This image from NASA’s Aqua satellite shows the storm at 11 [...]