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Texas drought losses pegged at $7.6 billion

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college station, texas / Last year’s drought in Texas cost farmers and ranchers a record $7.62 billion, a newly released study says. “The $7.62-billion mark for 2011 is more than $3.5 billion higher than the 2006 drought loss estimates, which previously was the costliest drought on record,” said David Anderson, a livestock economist with Texas
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Seaway opens, expects strong year

The St. Lawrence Seaway is open and officials predict cargo shipments will rise by about three per cent to 38.6 million tonnes this year. Coal from Montana is expected to be a bright spot, but increased grain movement is expected following a $30-million investment by Parrish and Heimbecker in its grain-handling facility at Hamilton, the
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U.S. heat wave breaks records

Reuters / An “unprecedented” March heat wave in much of the continental United States has set or tied more than 7,000 high temperature records, and signals a warming climate, health and weather experts said on Friday. While natural climate variability plays a major role, it is the addition of human-spurred climate change that makes this particular
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U.S. flood risk low, but droughts, wildfires could continue

Reuters / No area of the United States faces a high risk of major flooding this spring for the first time in four years, but continuing drought across the southern and western parts of the country could lead to wildfires, U.S. government forecasters said March 15. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its
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Mexicans see current drought as sign of drier years to come

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Reuters / Authorities fear a severe drought in Mexico is just a foretaste of a drier future. As water tankers race across northern Mexico to reach far-flung towns, and crops wither in the fields, the government has allotted US$2.7 billion in emergency aid to confront the country’s worst-ever drought, which has caused $1.2 billion in
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Spring heat wave comes to an end

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What has been dubbed “summer in March 2012” has now finally come to an end. This rare March heat wave stretched from southeastern Saskatchewan across southern Canada all the way to the eastern seaboard and southward into most of the eastern United States. Last week I explained what conditions came together to bring us this
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Well-above-average temperatures to continue

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After a brief period of average temperatures last weekend, which really felt cold, it looks like we’ll be returning to much-above-average temperatures during this forecast period. While it looks like temperatures will be warm, it also looks like it could be fairly wet, with plenty of potential storm systems poised to affect our region. The
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How we got this spring heat wave

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There are a number of words that have been used over the last week or so to try and describe the weather we’ve been experiencing, and I feel pretty much every one has been valid. Words like unprecedented, never before, amazing, unusual, remarkable, unheard of, and even a little scary all describe the weather perfectly.
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Well-above-average temperatures to continue

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That was one memorable week of weather across pretty much all of agricultural Manitoba, but all good things must eventually come to an end. During this forecast period we are going to see things cool down a little bit, but if this was any other year this forecast would still be amazing. The ridge of
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Climate change blamed as hotter Australia faces more intense rains, droughts

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(Reuters) Australia faces a quickening pace of climate change, according to a snapshot of the nation’s weather. A new government report says rainfall trends are changing and temperatures warming across the country. The report, compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, comes after 18 months of record rains

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