Updated: 8:27 AM The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the sixth warmest October on record, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
Updated: 6:58 PM Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a state disaster declaration to help in the recovery process after this week's severe winter storm in Southeast Nebraska.
Posted: 10:27 AM Some people who lost electricity during Monday's snowstorm in southeast Nebraska could remain in the dark for another couple days.
Posted: 10:44 AM Jefferson County Emergency Management is declaring the southeastern part of the county a disaster area.
Updated: 5:48 PM On Monday, more than 6,000 people in Southeastern Nebraska were left without electricity when a powerful storm dumped six inches of snow in the area.
Posted: 10:32 AM Star gazers will have only one more chance this year to watch the heavens at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead.
Posted: 9:11 AM Flooding and beach erosion are the aftermath of the nor'easter that battered the East Coast for three days before heading out to sea.
Posted: 7:12 AM This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th.
Posted: 7:00 AM The October 2009 average temperature for the contiguous United States was the third coolest on record for that month according to NOAA’s State of the Climate report.
Posted: 4:49 AM Flood watches continue along the East Coast today, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida continue to hover.
Posted: 5:01 PM The heavy rain continues in parts of the eastern United States, where the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida have been leaving streets flooded.
Posted: 11:53 AM Dozens are missing in El Salvador, where floods and landslides have left at least 124 people dead.
Posted: 4:37 AM The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City in northwestern Oregon damaging about a dozen homes.
Updated: 9:00 AM Tropical Storm Ida has reached shore, but it's already spread most of its heavy rain along the Gulf Coast.
Posted: 6:44 PM Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida.
Updated: 9:31 AM Parts of Western and North Central Nebraska reach record high temperatures on Friday.
Posted: 9:10 AM More than 200,000 people's homes have been flooded in Mexico's Tabasco state after days of torrential ran.
Posted: 9:07 AM Countries most vulnerable to climate change expressed anger today at developed nations who are rethinking the timetable for concluding a binding global treaty.
Updated: 8:38 AM Mary Knapp, State Climatologist for Kansas, says a blizzard that dropped 30 inches of snow on Pratt County, Kansas in March set a record for the most snow in a 24-hour period in the state's history.
Posted: 9:51 AM A tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean, prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands.
Posted: 12:14 PM A top European delegate says African countries are continuing to boycott meetings at U.N. climate negotiations after talks with the European Union failed to persuade them to return.
Posted: 12:07 PM The Army Corps of Engineers has broken ground on one of the last major pieces of the improved levee system it is building for the New Orleans area.
Posted: 9:05 AM All Republicans except one are boycotting the start of committee debate on a bill to curb greenhouse gases in a protest that the bill's economic costs have not been fully examined.
Posted: 8:07 AM German Chancellor Angela Merkel is making the case for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of the U.S. Congress.
