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Yesterday at 2:45 PM  Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.

Yesterday at 2:37 PM  Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world's largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S.

Yesterday at 11:54 AM  Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel called Monday for a major overhaul in the way it's run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader.

Yesterday at 9:00 AM  The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a tropical storm warning early Thursday for the coast of Long Island in New York and a hurricane watch was issued for areas of Massachusetts.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Forecasters say Hurricane Earl has become a Category 4 storm with top sustained winds of 135 mph as the dangerous and powerful storm heads toward the East Coast.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Tourists on a North Carolina vacation destination island were ordered to board the ferries and head for the mainland Wednesday and more evacuations could be on the way as powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Panhandle fields that were made lush and green by heavy rains earlier this year will soon be transformed into dead vegetation.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  The Category 4 hurricane, with winds of 135 mph (215 kilometers), was expected to remain over the open ocean before turning north and running parallel to the U.S. coast, potentially reaching the North Carolina coastal region by late Thursday or early Friday.

Monday, August 30, 2010  Gulf Coast residents are marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today by casting wreaths into the water to remember the hundreds killed and listening to their leaders promise a brighter future.

Monday, August 30, 2010  Folks hammered by record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and freakishly cold temperatures in the South can warm up to the latest forecast by the Farmers' Almanac.

Sunday, August 29, 2010  Updated with video: A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years

Friday, August 27, 2010  Hurricane Danielle reaches Category 4 strength over the Atlantic with 135 mph winds

Friday, August 27, 2010  In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory for developing a new, state-of-the-art flood control system.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  Amarillo's Emergency Management Division studies recent flooding to see what can be done in the future to avoid major problems

Thursday, August 26, 2010  Lawmaker John Smithee wants to do away with subsidized premiums for coastal residents paid by all Texans.