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U.S. Natural Gas Futures Retreat as Storage Tightening Supports Market

U.S. natural gas futures fell 1.7% on Friday to $3.278 per million British thermal units, giving back gains from the previous two sessions as traders assessed a below-average weekly storage injection that highlighted tightening supply in…

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El Nino dampens Atlantic hurricane risk, but raises Pacific storm threat

NOAA forecast Thursday gives a 55% chance of a below-average Atlantic hurricane season, with fewer named storms and fewer hurricanes expected as El Nino develops in the Pacific. Meteorologists said the outlook does not eliminate risk for…

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El Niño may curb Atlantic hurricanes, NOAA still warns of damaging storms

NOAA forecast a below-average Atlantic hurricane season as a developing El Niño pattern weakens conditions for storm formation. The agency put the outlook at a 55% chance of a below-average season, with eight to 14 named storms expected,…

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Punxsutawney Phil forecasts 6 more weeks of winter as crowds gather

Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather at Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania on Feb. 2.
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s handlers said Punxsutawney Phil had seen his shadow during the annual announcement.
Thousands attended the Punxsutawney ceremony in single-digit Fahrenheit temperatures, where handlers limited in-person photo opportunities because of the cold.
In New York, Staten Island Chuck’s ceremony was streamed but closed to the public because of the cold, and Chuck was also said to have predicted six more weeks of winter.

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El Niño dampens Atlantic hurricane risk, but increases it in Pacific

NOAA on Thursday issued its seasonal outlook for the Atlantic, predicting a below-average hurricane season influenced by El Niño. The agency forecast eight to 14 named storms, with three to six becoming hurricanes and one to three reaching…

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Forecasters Warn Strong El Niño May Bring Record Heat and Extreme Weather in 2026

Seasonal forecast models are projecting a powerful El Niño event that could become the strongest on record, fueling extreme weather from heat waves and drought to intensified rainfall, meteorologists and climate researchers said Friday.…

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Forecasters warn strong El Niño could bring heat, drought and heavier rain

Forecasters say a potentially record-strong El Niño event could intensify extreme weather this year, boosting heat and worsening drought in some regions while increasing rainfall and flooding in others. In an interview Friday, WFLA-TV…

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University of Vermont opens weather station to improve flood forecasts

The University of Vermont opened a new extreme-weather monitoring station in Lyndonville on Tuesday, part of a planned statewide network designed to give more localized data for flood and winter-storm predictions. UVM said the station, the…

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Unusual April heat wave threatens records from Georgia to New York

An unusual April heat wave pushed temperatures into the 80s and 90s across the eastern United States on Wednesday, with major cities from Atlanta to New York City facing potential record highs that the National Weather Service said could…

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Every kind of weather is about to hit the US, forecasters warn

Storms, heat and Arctic cold are lined up for the United States in a single stretch of March weather extremes that spans from record warmth to heavy snow, dangerous winds and flash flooding, according to meteorologists and NOAA officials…

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Weather apps can't handle complex winter storms, experts say

Smartphone weather apps have significant limitations during complex winter storms because they oversimplify forecast data, according to meteorologists interviewed by The Associated Press. As a multistate winter storm brought heavy snow,…

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March forecast calls for heat dome, polar plunge, heavy flooding

The United States is bracing for a stretch of March extremes that includes record-setting heat in parts of the Southwest, a forecast polar-vortex chill for the Midwest and East, heavy rain and flooding in Hawaii, and late-season snow in…

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Storm outbreak threatens heartland with tornadoes; 6 million at highest risk

More than 6 million Americans face the highest risk of severe weather Friday as the season's first major storm outbreak threatens the nation's heartland, with strong tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds expected across Oklahoma, Kansas…

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Punxsutawney Phil sees own shadow, predicts six more weeks of winter

Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog at Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania, saw his own shadow Monday morning, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced. The shadow sighting is traditionally taken to mean six more weeks of winter and not…

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Winter storm threatens over half of US with ice, snow and cold

Freezing rain fell in Texas on Friday as a massive winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring ice, snow, sleet and bone-chilling cold to about half the U.S. population over the weekend. Forecasters warned of potential damage that…

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Punxsutawney Phil to reveal verdict on Feb. 2, with more winter or early spring

Punxsutawney Phil is set to deliver his Groundhog Day weather verdict on Monday at Gobbler’s Knob in rural Pennsylvania, with club handlers and a crowd expected to listen for his “groundhogese” cues about what comes next. The Punxsutawney…

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Illustration accompanying article: Winter storm threatens over half of US with ice, snow and cold

Florida braces for frost and possible dusting of snow

Florida residents are preparing for below-freezing nights and the chance of snowflakes, while a major winter storm system moves east toward the Carolinas this weekend. National Weather Service forecasters in Miami and the Tampa Bay area…

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Winter storm dumps ice, snow across 2,000-mile US span

A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on January 25, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and halting air and road traffic. The storm affected areas from New Mexico and Texas to New…

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Eastern U.S. prepares for massive winter storm with ice, snow and bitter cold

Thousands of power line workers were placed on standby and hundreds of flights were canceled Thursday as a massive winter storm moved toward the eastern two-thirds of the United States, threatening widespread power outages and wind chills…

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