Usnews.nbcnews.com reports that...

A vast area of the central U.S. was warned to prepare for storms on Monday, after tornadoes killed one and injured 21 in Oklahoma and also hit Iowa and Kansas.
“After over 300 reports of severe weather on Sunday, another round of dangerous severe weather is expected Monday with the greatest threat once again in the southern Plains targeting Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas,” the National Weather Service said. “However, severe weather is possible much further north towards Chicago and Madison as well.”

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Science.nbcnews.com reports that...

The world’s glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 e 2009, making these rivers of ice responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise in that time, new research finds.

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News.yahoo.com reports that...

Six people were dead and seven missing after a powerful tornado ripped through a north Texas neighborhood that included housing for the poor, in the deadliest severe storm outbreak in the United States this year.
Authorities were assessing damage and searching through rubble on Thursday, hoping to find survivors among the twisted metal and splintered wood of flattened homes.

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Nbcnews.com reports that...

Major stretches of river have already gone dry, farmers are leaving their land fallow, and cities are clamping down on water use, but things in New Mexico just went from bad to worse Thursday.
The latest map from federal forecasters shows exceptional drought has spread from a quarter of New Mexico to nearly 40 percent in just one week. At this time last year, less than one-tenth of the state was affected by what is considered the worst category of drought.

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Piquenewsmagazine.com reports that...

The high temperatures recorded by Environment Canada throughout the Sea to Sky corridor were in the upper twenties this weekend, unseasonably high for early May.

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Accuweather.com reports that...

After temperatures soared into the 80s Monday in parts of the Plains, warmth was quickly replaced by temperatures in the 30s and a late-season snow.

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Keloland.com reports that...

Officials say snow and rain in the past month have improved drought conditions in much of South Dakota, but soil deep below the surface is still very dry.

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Usatoday.com reports that...

Sea-surface temperatures from Cape Hatteras, N.C., to the Gulf of Maine were the highest measured in 150 years in 2012, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The average temperature in that area hit a record high of 57.2 degrees last year. The previous record was set in 1951, according to NOAA.

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Kansas.com reports that...

Over the past few days, residents in the Wichita area have spotted something not seen in more than a year: water puddling in their yards.
Water is once again flowing in the Arkansas River, which for much of 2012 in Wichita resembled an elaborate sandbar striated by the occasional rivulet of water.
A wet spring has eased the short-term drought in much of Kansas, including Wichita.

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Circleofblue.org reports that...

Kenya is struggling to help the 90,000 people displaced by spring floods, which have also destroyed crops, AlertNet reported. The country’s cycle of floods and droughts have spurred calls for better disaster management at the national level.

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