
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is setting up a supercomputer meant to improve weather forecasts ahead of this year's soccer World Cup finals, the authorities said on Tuesday.
A change is bringing cooler conditions, with residents in three states glad to see the back of a short but sharp autumn heatwave.
Australia's weather is influenced by many climate drivers. El Niño and La Niña have the strongest influence on year-to-year climate variability for most of the country, but these work in combination with other weather patterns.
Melanie Segard, a 21-year-old woman with Down syndrome, broke new ground for the disabled on Tuesday by presenting the weather forecast on French national TV.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fluky weather prevented America's Cup racing on Saturday, extending at least one more day a regatta that Emirates Team New Zealand a week ago appeared to have all but won against defender Oracle Team USA.
The search for MH370 will take until about August to complete after poor weather hampered efforts off the West Australian coast.
The wintry weather has sparked travel chaos in the US on one of its busiest weekends, as thousands of flights were hit and people took to the highways.
Jordan Spieth delivered a putting masterclass on the way to setting the clubhouse lead in the weather-hit Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Friday before second-round play was suspended due to thick fog on the Monterey Peninsula in California.
The 23-year-old American was one under through four holes of her third round and sitting on 10-under-par for the tournament after earlier waiting out a five-hour delay for rain and lightning.
Scientists are describing mushrooms as "ingenious engineers" after high-speed filming showed that fungi create wind to help carry their seeds.
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