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- Tornadoes touch down in Dallas-Fort Worth area
- The week in weather
- Tornadoes ravage Midwest, South
- Cold spell grips Europe
- Wildfire in Colorado
- Severe weather hits Midwest
- Reader weather photos
- No rain in Spain
- Storms pound Alabama
- A mild winter in the USA
- Winter storm hammers Colorado
- Hurricane Irene
- Winter storm blasts Pacific Northwest
- Deadly wildfires roar across California
- Tropical Storm Lee
- Tornado strikes North Carolina
- Flooding across Midwest, South
- Summer storm photos
- Snowflakes
- 2011 deadly weather
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Pollen season comes on strong for allergy sufferers
With trees blooming earlier and more pollen in the air, allergy sufferers are feeling earlier symptoms.
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Warm, dry winter could aid wildfire season
Fire experts are concerned that the warm, dry winter could lead to a bad wildfire season across parts of the western and southern USA.
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Feds: 'Meteorological March madness' mostly random
Freak chance was mostly to blame for the warm March weather that hit two-thirds of the US, with global warming providing only a tiny assist.
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World landmarks in the dark for Earth Hour
Hundreds of landmarks around the world, including Washington's National Cathedral, Big Ben and the Great Wall of China were being dimmed.
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Company: Alert system worked in Colo. wildfire
Some people say that after the fire broke out, they didn't get a call telling them to evacuate before they left their homes.
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Global warming linked to deadly, costly weather disasters
Global warming is leading to an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, a panel of climate scientists says.
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Study: Global temperatures could rise 5 degrees by 2050
A new study shows that average global temperatures could climb 2.5 to 5.4 degrees by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated.
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Warm weather cuts short US maple sugaring season
Maple syrup producers across the North have had their season cut short by unusually warm weather.
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Drought cost Texas nearly $8 billion in agriculture losses
Agriculture officials say losses from Texas' historic drought are more than $2 billion more than previously thought.
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Warm, dry weather fuels wildfire season in Plains, Midwest
Unseasonably dry conditions have turned the Midwest and Plains' vast grasslands into a tinderbox.
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For much of the USA, winter never got off the ground
With temperatures in the 70s and 80s across much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation, spring is already feeling more like summer.
- STORY: Snow was mostly a no-show
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A colorful centennial for D.C.'s cherry trees
Boosted by an unusually warm winter, Washington's famous cherry trees are looking fit and healthy this year and are blooming well
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Far-away climate patterns fuel March warm-up
Far-flung climate patterns hundreds or even thousands of miles away are helping fuel the nation's bizarre, record-shattering March heat.
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More of US at risk due to warming-fueled sea-level rise
Global warming-fueled sea level rise over the next century could flood 3.7 million people in 544 U.S. cities temporarily.
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Early spring is a mixed blessing from N.J. to Wyoming
Spring's early arrival is proving to be a mixed blessing from Wyoming to New Jersey to Wisconsin.
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Warm weather to blanket central and eastern USA
For most of the central and eastern USA, temperatures will be more typical of May than March this week.
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Global warming skepticism rose as the economy tanked
Americans’ skepticism about global warming has increased over the past few years, and a study says that the bad economy is the main reason.
- INTERACTIVE: How global warming occurs
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Warm winter helped fuel tornado outbreak
The USA's freakishly warm winter may have played a role in the ferocity of last week's early-season tornado outbreaks.
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March 2012 highs and lows
USA TODAY tracks the national high and low temperatures across the USA each day.
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February 2012 highs and lows
USA TODAY tracks the national high and low temperatures across the USA each day.