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http://news.yahoo.com/weather/ Get the latest Weather news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Weather news, including analysis and opinion on top Weather stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSat, 27 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/weather/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? A system of thunderstorms across western North Carolina stalled on Saturday and dumped about a foot of rain on the area, causing power outages and flash floods that swamped homes and washed out roads and bridges.http://news.yahoo.com/heavy-rains-flood-homes-roads-north-carolina-211549741.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0400Associated Pressheavy-rains-flood-homes-roads-north-carolina-211549741<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/warm-weather-means-early-calif-142618499.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VrNAQBUJ3J4AKpxyXbhQ7g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/0afa9dc01f5bcc19380f6a706700a975_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Warm weather means early Calif. wine grape harvest" align="left" title="Warm weather means early Calif. wine grape harvest" border="0" /></a>There&#039;s no such thing as &quot;normal&quot; weather in California wine country, and vineyard operators say this year that truism could mean good news for wine lovers. After cool temperatures slowed ripening ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/warm-weather-means-early-calif-142618499.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 17:23:29 -0400Associated Presswarm-weather-means-early-calif-142618499<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/warm-weather-means-early-calif-142618499.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VrNAQBUJ3J4AKpxyXbhQ7g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/0afa9dc01f5bcc19380f6a706700a975_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Warm weather means early Calif. wine grape harvest" align="left" title="Warm weather means early Calif. wine grape harvest" border="0" /></a>There&#039;s no such thing as &quot;normal&quot; weather in California wine country, and vineyard operators say this year that truism could mean good news for wine lovers. After cool temperatures slowed ripening ...</p><br clear="all"/>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? A series of thunderstorms moving across western North Carolina has triggered major flash flooding, inundating roads, apartments and parts of several counties.http://news.yahoo.com/heavy-rains-cause-flash-flooding-north-carolina-201832512.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 16:18:36 -0400Associated Pressheavy-rains-cause-flash-flooding-north-carolina-201832512Update: 3:41 PM The National Weather Service has issued a Severe T-Storm Watch until 11pm for the areas in yellow below, this does include Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Another abnormal July cold front is moving [?]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/26/345pm-t-storm-watch-until-11pm-storm-chances-this-evening-then-a-brief-cool-down/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:46:41 -04002013/07/26/345pm-t-storm-watch-until-11pm-storm-chances-this-evening-then-a-brief-cool-down/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b40MiNLTrihqzLJ..OxYEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Europe%27s_Largest-Ever_Telecommunications_Satellite_Launches-6ad9743b9c6dfef28e7cfdf91d7cecb3" width="130" height="86" alt="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" align="left" title="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" border="0" /></a>PARIS ? A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket on July 25 successfully launched Europe&#039;s largest-ever telecommunications satellite and a meteorological spacecraft for India in the rocket&#039;s 56th consecutive success.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/europes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 14:44:23 -0400SPACE.comeuropes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b40MiNLTrihqzLJ..OxYEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Europe%27s_Largest-Ever_Telecommunications_Satellite_Launches-6ad9743b9c6dfef28e7cfdf91d7cecb3" width="130" height="86" alt="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" align="left" title="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" border="0" /></a>PARIS ? A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket on July 25 successfully launched Europe&#039;s largest-ever telecommunications satellite and a meteorological spacecraft for India in the rocket&#039;s 56th consecutive success.</p><br clear="all"/>Say what you will about us millennials?we?re a wilting bouquet of narcissistic, socialistic, overeducated, underemployed, tatted-up hipsters who still live at home?but, from this day forward, don?t you dare say we?re climate change deniers.http://news.yahoo.com/young-voters-climate-deniers-ignorant-touch-crazy-184303009.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 14:43:03 -0400Takepart.comyoung-voters-climate-deniers-ignorant-touch-crazy-184303009A summer cold front arrives from the northwest this afternoon. It?ll bring us some decent storm chances later today, even a slight risk of severe weather. By tomorrow we?ll enjoy cooler weather (and even slightly [?]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/26/storms-chances-today/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 06:11:35 -04002013/07/26/storms-chances-today/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/being-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mToIK2V21x50OYOgfOM8OQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/828199b3dd8e8918380f6a706700eace.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" align="left" title="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" border="0" /></a>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? The deaths of two people at a scenic overlook in northern Arizona this week bring to 14 the number of people killed by lightning strikes in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service. Many of the victims were enjoying summertime activities like sightseeing, boating, camping and fishing. Weather experts say when thunderstorms roar, you should get out of the water, drop the sporting equipment and flee to a safe area inside a building or a vehicle.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/being-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 20:35:09 -0400Associated Pressbeing-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/being-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mToIK2V21x50OYOgfOM8OQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/828199b3dd8e8918380f6a706700eace.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" align="left" title="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" border="0" /></a>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? The deaths of two people at a scenic overlook in northern Arizona this week bring to 14 the number of people killed by lightning strikes in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service. Many of the victims were enjoying summertime activities like sightseeing, boating, camping and fishing. Weather experts say when thunderstorms roar, you should get out of the water, drop the sporting equipment and flee to a safe area inside a building or a vehicle.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WQ1WBtH52rfzplD4ALkauw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/flooding-vicksburg-110512-02.jpg1320192772" width="130" height="86" alt="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" align="left" title="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" border="0" /></a>Call it weird, call it extreme, maybe even call it the new normal. Wild weather in the United States in the past decade has amassed a long list of toppled records and financial disasters.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 18:13:16 -0400LiveScience.comweird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WQ1WBtH52rfzplD4ALkauw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/flooding-vicksburg-110512-02.jpg1320192772" width="130" height="86" alt="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" align="left" title="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" border="0" /></a>Call it weird, call it extreme, maybe even call it the new normal. Wild weather in the United States in the past decade has amassed a long list of toppled records and financial disasters.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q4pdYhGLP.aBIzrG1swXGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Why_the_Price_Tag_for-4c189e5fb93ddd35d88d50e1c13ff2b6" width="130" height="86" alt="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" align="left" title="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" border="0" /></a>$60 trillion dollars is enough money that you could spend $1 million every minute for a century and still have about $7.5 trillion (roughly the GDP of China) left over. The world will end up spending it a lot faster than that, though, according to new research published in Nature. If the melting in the Arctic remains unchecked, the resulting release of greenhouse gasses from just one region of the world will make addressing climate change $60 trillion more expensive.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/why-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:20:20 -0400The Atlantic Wirewhy-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q4pdYhGLP.aBIzrG1swXGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Why_the_Price_Tag_for-4c189e5fb93ddd35d88d50e1c13ff2b6" width="130" height="86" alt="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" align="left" title="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" border="0" /></a>$60 trillion dollars is enough money that you could spend $1 million every minute for a century and still have about $7.5 trillion (roughly the GDP of China) left over. The world will end up spending it a lot faster than that, though, according to new research published in Nature. If the melting in the Arctic remains unchecked, the resulting release of greenhouse gasses from just one region of the world will make addressing climate change $60 trillion more expensive.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/khZDgNerqBkBMcHYKLON4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/Temperature_2100.jpg1374703438" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" align="left" title="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" border="0" /></a>The United States will be a much hotter place at the end of the 21st century, according to a new climate change visualization released by NASA this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 18:14:40 -0400LiveScience.comnasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/khZDgNerqBkBMcHYKLON4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/Temperature_2100.jpg1374703438" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" align="left" title="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" border="0" /></a>The United States will be a much hotter place at the end of the 21st century, according to a new climate change visualization released by NASA this week.</p><br clear="all"/>A Republican Secretary of State Urges Action on Climate Changehttp://news.yahoo.com/republican-secretary-state-urges-action-climate-change-110100019.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 07:01:00 -0400Scientific Americanrepublican-secretary-state-urges-action-climate-change-110100019WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Tuesday was awarded an Air Force contract worth about $101 million over a decade, to modify the U.S. defense weather satellite program, the U.S. Department of Defense said. The contract work will be performed by Lockheed Martin Space System Corp in Sunnyvale, California, and is scheduled to be completed by October 2020. The program collects various weather, oceanographic and solar data for the Defense Department, and is managed by the Air Force Space Command. It has been in operation for about 50 years. ...http://news.yahoo.com/lockheed-snags-contract-u-defense-weather-satellite-program-221511202.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 18:15:11 -0400Reuterslockheed-snags-contract-u-defense-weather-satellite-program-221511202Entergy Corp. says more than 15,000 customers are without power in Arkansas' Pulaski County as severe thunderstorms roll through the area. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory ...http://news.yahoo.com/storms-knock-power-15k-central-183804126.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:38:04 -0400Associated Pressstorms-knock-power-15k-central-183804126Scattered rain and above-normal temperatures continued to boost crop development in South Dakota over the past week. The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that there were ...http://news.yahoo.com/rainy-warm-weather-continues-boost-132831468.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 09:28:31 -0400Associated Pressrainy-warm-weather-continues-boost-132831468With the summer storm season upon us in full force, you're bound to hear emergency broadcasts, news reports, and videos of massive thunderstorms, with commentary and terminology you might not be familiar with. Knowing what those words mean can tell you a lot more about what's going on than just what's shown on the screen. Here are six lesser-known terms that are associated with the storm season.http://theweek.com/article/index/247150/6-strange-terms-for-weather-phenomenaTue, 23 Jul 2013 06:30:00 -0400The Week (RSS)article/index/247150/6-strange-terms-for-weather-phenomena(Reuters) - A surface low pressure system located couple of hundred miles south-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands has a medium 40 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said early Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms have become a little more concentrated near the center of the storm system and it is expected to move west-northwestward at 15 to 20 miles per hour, the Miami-based weather forecasters said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/nhc-says-40-percent-chance-cyclone-near-cape-052154564.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 01:21:54 -0400Reutersnhc-says-40-percent-chance-cyclone-near-cape-052154564<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qfpV7u4KWMeY56eAi_dd5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/satellite-image-of-antarctica-lrg.jpg1374514757" width="130" height="86" alt="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" align="left" title="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" border="0" /></a>One of the wild cards in estimating future sea level rise from global warming is the enormous East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds more freshwater in its icy expanse than the whole of Greenland.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 14:01:16 -0400LiveScience.comantarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qfpV7u4KWMeY56eAi_dd5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/satellite-image-of-antarctica-lrg.jpg1374514757" width="130" height="86" alt="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" align="left" title="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" border="0" /></a>One of the wild cards in estimating future sea level rise from global warming is the enormous East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds more freshwater in its icy expanse than the whole of Greenland.</p><br clear="all"/>Ken Cuccinelli, the conservative firebrand running for Virginia governor, has taken lots of heat for his views on climate change. The state's attorney general drew a national spotlight for his investigation of University of Virginia climate scientist Michael Mann, and his skepticism of the science that human activities cause global warming. He's been attacked as an ideologue and is the target of an aggressive campaign by the League of Conservation Voters.http://news.yahoo.com/terry-mcauliffe-flip-flopper-thats-just-fine-green-053657417.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:32:56 -0400National Journalterry-mcauliffe-flip-flopper-thats-just-fine-green-053657417KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda expects its July coffee exports to fall 3 percent to 300,000 60-kg bags compared with the same month in 2012 due to unfavourable weather conditions, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. "In Central Region, the weather has been generally very hot and dry... there were fears that the hostile weather may affect development of the coffee berries and consequently reduce volume and quality of coffee expected to be picked next harvest season," state-run UCDA said in its June monthly report. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-july-coffee-exports-seen-edging-3-pct-103705816.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 06:37:05 -0400Reutersuganda-july-coffee-exports-seen-edging-3-pct-103705816Climate change could ensure the wipe out of the Iberian Lynx, considered the world's most endangered cat, new research from Spain suggests.http://news.yahoo.com/climate-change-could-wipe-iberian-lynx-170445697.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 13:04:45 -0400LiveScience.comclimate-change-could-wipe-iberian-lynx-170445697<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oXfU8AXmrcuxzrtHYASHlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d456cb74436d1318380f6a706700e0a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" align="left" title="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Firefighters got little help from Mother Nature on Saturday as much-needed rainfall from expected thunderstorms didn&#039;t materialize for a huge wildfire burning in the Southern California mountains near Palm Springs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 23:47:02 -0400Associated Pressthunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oXfU8AXmrcuxzrtHYASHlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d456cb74436d1318380f6a706700e0a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" align="left" title="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Firefighters got little help from Mother Nature on Saturday as much-needed rainfall from expected thunderstorms didn&#039;t materialize for a huge wildfire burning in the Southern California mountains near Palm Springs.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CjSdtA4eOTmP9NOnwiz.wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7220de4a09f0f718370f6a7067000f0f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" align="left" title="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of unstable weather and erratic winds that could last through the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 02:19:58 -0400Associated Pressmore-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CjSdtA4eOTmP9NOnwiz.wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7220de4a09f0f718370f6a7067000f0f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" align="left" title="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of unstable weather and erratic winds that could last through the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pOtiMX9ue7tIhdiaH9v2CA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T200431Z_1_CBRE96I1JRL00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FIRE-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" align="left" title="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" border="0" /></a>By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters raced on Friday to buttress defensive lines against a fierce blaze roaring for a fifth day near the scenic mountain resort of Idyllwild in Southern California, as thunderstorms in the forecast threatened to hamper efforts to subdue the flames. The so-called Mountain Fire has already burned across more than 24,800 acres of dry brush and timber and forced the evacuation of Idyllwild after destroying seven nearby homes and other property in the rugged San Jacinto range, authorities said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:01:04 -0400Reutersthunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pOtiMX9ue7tIhdiaH9v2CA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T200431Z_1_CBRE96I1JRL00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FIRE-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" align="left" title="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" border="0" /></a>By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters raced on Friday to buttress defensive lines against a fierce blaze roaring for a fifth day near the scenic mountain resort of Idyllwild in Southern California, as thunderstorms in the forecast threatened to hamper efforts to subdue the flames. The so-called Mountain Fire has already burned across more than 24,800 acres of dry brush and timber and forced the evacuation of Idyllwild after destroying seven nearby homes and other property in the rugged San Jacinto range, authorities said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/19/weather-blog-relentless-heat/Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:36:48 -04002013/07/19/weather-blog-relentless-heat/

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