Tag: weather
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NASA astronauts set to depart space station after weather delays
The summary Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are set to leave the International Space Station on Wednesday after weeks of delays. Their return flight was initially postponed as a result of the problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, then again more recently because of poor weather. A primary cause of the delay this month:…
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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed and NOAA winter weather forecast: Morning Rundown
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar opens a window of opportunity for Israel to end the war in Gaza. The Texas Supreme Court halted the execution of an inmate in a “shaken baby syndrome” case. And the actor playing Rob Gronkowski in a new show is also his stunt double and longtime friend. Here’s…
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Biden shoots down Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘beyond ridiculous’ conspiracy theory about controlling the weather
WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden delivered a stark warning Wednesday about the dangerous hurricane barreling toward Florida, he shot down misinformation about the storm, including one particular conspiracy theory propagated by Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. “The claims are getting even more bizarre. Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congressman with Georgia, is now saying…
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As extreme weather forecasts get better, warnings struggle to cut through
Before Hurricane Helene began ravaging swaths of the southeastern U.S., Amanda Wright had expected a little rain and maybe some flooding to hit the area around Knoxville, Tennessee, where she lives. It wasn’t until friends more than two hours away in Asheville, North Carolina, started posting warnings to Facebook that Wright realized how dangerous the…
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Rescuers search for Yellowstone concession worker missing after hike in bad weather
Rescuers in Yellowstone National Park searched the area of Eagle Peak on Sunday in an effort to find a park concession worker who failed to check in at the end of a personal trip, authorities said. Austin King, 22, missed that check-in, at which he was to be picked up by a boat at Yellowstone…