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A Mississippi meteorologist's live report was interrupted by a young boy who passed gas on the weatherman before forecasting "farts" and "toots" in the area ( Read more... )

Officials have closed Paris's Louvre museum so its priceless artworks can be moved to safety amid the threat of flooding from the nearby River Seine.

( Two of the world’s greatest art museums take emergency action to protect their collections as the level of the River Seine rises to a threatening level. )

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A New Jersey town has approved a plan to fine residents $1,000 if they don't run for cover within 10 minutes of a lightning warning. The boro council in Cresskill took the action after sports teams were refusing to get off fields and parks during severe weather ( Read more... )

At least five people have been killed in devastating floods gripping the western Czech Republic. The disaster caused by torrential rains has prompted the evacuation of metro stations, several hospitals and the zoo in the capital ( Read more... )

(Idt I'd call this a ~rant, but okay)

While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail against his Republican colleagues for denying the theory of anthropogenic global warming.

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BOSTON -- Meteorologists might not be sure whether the storm heading into the East Coast will drop 12 inches or 24, but they are sure about one thing - this storm is definitely, absolutely, not called Nemo ( Read more... )