Unsettled weather conditions will persist in the southeastern quadrant of the nation on Tuesday as a frontal boundary extends from the Mid-Atlantic through the Southern Plains with waves of low pressure. Moisture pooling along this system will produce rain and thunderstorms in these regions through the afternoon. Strong storms from parts of southeastern Texas through the southeastern states and into the southern Ohio Valley may turn severe with damaging wind gusts and even tornadoes. This system is expected to transition by Tuesday evening, extending from the Mid-Atlantic through the Ohio Valley as a warm front and extending from the Mid-Mississippi Valley through the Southern Plains as a cold front.
China is worried the financial crisis is draining contributions to a multibillion-dollar global warming fund but hopes basic financing to help developing countries deal with climate change can be hammered out this month.
Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are building up so high, so fast, that some scientists now think the world can no longer limit global warming to the level world leaders have agreed upon as safe.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - A major highway between Memphis and Dallas shut down near Little Rock briefly on Monday because of flooding. Heavy rains caused nearby streams to flood all six lanes of Interstate 30 on Monday morning, said Glenn Bolick, a spokesman for the Arkansas Transportation and Highway Department. Traffic was diverted around a 30-mile detour. More than 88,000 vehicles travel that portion of I-30 each day, Bolick said. All lanes were opened by early afternoon. Julie Lasko, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Little Rock, said Little Rock had received 5. ...
Global warming gases have hit record levels in the world's atmosphere, with concentrations of carbon dioxide up 39 percent since the start of the industrial era in 1750, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.