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  • Heavy rains hit Pakistan as deaths from flash floods jump to 209 since July

    Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest monsoon rains have swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north ISLAMABAD — Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, offi...
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  • Building Minnesota’s ag weather network

    Minnesota farmers soon will have a more robust system of information about weather conditions to help make agronomic decisions. Farmers can’t control the weather, but they can use information about weather conditions to make decisions. Minnesota farmers soon will have a more robust system of in...
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  • ‘Wall of water’ in Montreal after underground pipe breaks, floods streets and homes

    A broken watermain spews water into the air on a street in Montreal, Friday, August 16, 2024, causing flooding in several streets of the area. MONTREAL — Nearly 150,000 Montreal homes were put under a boil water advisory on Friday after a broken water main erupted into a “geyser” that transforme...
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  • Ask the meteorologist: How to build your own weather station

    With just a few simple steps, you can measure temperature, rain totals and wind speed from your own home or business. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell explains how to build your own weather station, including how to get accurate readings without breaking the bank. What is a weather station? A wea...
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  • New Lake Placid Mesonet Weather Station Celebration

    The New York State Mesonet, a statewide weather observation network operated by the University at Albany, is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new weather station at Uihlein Farm in Lake Placid. About two miles south of the Village of Lake Placid. The 454-acre farm includes a weather stat...
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  • Monitoring the ocean’s health with photo chemical sensor

    Oxygen is essential to the survival of both humans and Marine life. We have developed a new type of light sensor that can effectively monitor oxygen concentrations in seawater and reduce monitoring costs. The sensors were tested in five to six ocean areas, with the goal of developing an ocean mon...
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  • TPWODL builds automatic weather station (AWS) for farmers

    Burla, 12 August 2024: As part of TPWODL’s commitment to the society, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department has successfully established an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) specifically to serve the farmers of Baduapalli village in Maneswar district of Sambalpur. Mr. Parveen V...
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  • Debby triggers flash floods in Pennsylvania, New York

    Aug 9 (Reuters) – The remnants of storm Debby triggered flash flooding in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York state that left dozens of people stranded in their homes on Friday, authorities said. Several people were rescued by boat and by helicopters across the region as Debby sped...
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  • Mother Nature’s Prediction: Weather Stations Help Agriculture and Emergency Response

    New Mexico will soon have the largest number of weather stations in the United States, thanks to federal and state funding to expand the state’s existing network of weather stations. As of June 30, 2022, New Mexico had 97 weather stations, 66 of which were installed during the first phase o...
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