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May 2, 2016

Typhoon lifts Boeing 747 off the ground

A video has captured the incredible moment when a Boeing 747 was lifted off the ground by Typhoon Soudelor in Taiwan.

May 2, 2016

Warning for Nepal: April earthquake didn't unleash all its energy

The devastating earthquake that struck Nepal in April released only a fraction of the energy still trapped in the underlying fault, meaning the area has the potential to host another large earthquake in the future, researchers say

May 2, 2016

Powerful El Niño could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes, experts say

Scientists are carefully monitoring the development of El Niño, noting that the Pacific Ocean phenomenon could keep Atlantic hurricanes in check this year.

May 2, 2016

UK gov't: Earth will only have 12-hour warning to deal with massive Sun explosion

It sounds like a scene from a disaster movie – mass power failures, plane crashes, satellite disruptions, and train derailments. These are some of the threats modern society would face in the case of a massive solar storm, according to a new document released by the U.K. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

May 2, 2016

Ancient volcano tattooed the Earth with giant rings

Concentric circles of rocky hills and valleys in South Africa tell the story of a billion-year-old collapsed volcano in newly released photos from NASA

May 2, 2016

'Proof' of little-known mass extinction found

A little-known mass extinction may have killed up to about 80 percent of all vertebrates on land about 260 million years ago, researchers say

May 2, 2016

10 years on, Hurricane Katrina’s lessons still resonate

10 years after it devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina were dissected at the American Meteorological Society’s conference on Broadcast Meteorology, Weather Warnings and Communication Wednesday.

May 2, 2016

Mount Everest shrank as Nepal quake lifted Kathmandu

The first good view of the aftermath of Nepal's deadly earthquake from a satellite reveals that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted vertically, by about 3 feet, which could explain why damage in the city was so severe.

May 2, 2016

Killer beetle attacks trees, costs taxpayers billions

Ash trees in almost half of U.S. states and parts of Canada are under attack by a very small killer called the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).

May 2, 2016

Charity to bring clean water to Nepal earthquake victims

Just days after a magnitude-7.8 quake devastated much of Nepal, a Christian nonprofit group is gearing up to provide a simple, but lifesaving, commodity — clean water.