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http://news.yahoo.com/weather/ Get the latest Weather news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Weather news, including analysis and opinion on top Weather stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedWed, 17 Jul 2013 16:49:20 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/weather/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifSpotty showers and thunderstorms continue this afternoon across North Texas.? Coverage is a little lower than yesterday, but if you see rain, it will be a pretty good downpour. Rain chances will linger thru the [?]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/17/rain-totals-since-sunday-plus-forecast-for-your-weekend/Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:49:20 -04002013/07/17/rain-totals-since-sunday-plus-forecast-for-your-weekend/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/housing-starts-fall-ten-month-low-124046675.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E6GzDMg17PL.5q0RLDgJfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T153146Z_1_CBRE96G0Z8500_RTROPTP_2_VEGAS-HOUSING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carpenters work on new homes at a residential construction site in the west side of the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Carpenters work on new homes at a residential construction site in the west side of the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. housing starts and permits for future home construction unexpectedly fell in June, but the decline in activity was likely to be short-lived against the backdrop of bullish sentiment among home builders. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday housing starts dropped 9.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836,000 units. That was the lowest level since August last year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/housing-starts-fall-ten-month-low-124046675.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:30:32 -0400Reutershousing-starts-fall-ten-month-low-124046675<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/housing-starts-fall-ten-month-low-124046675.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E6GzDMg17PL.5q0RLDgJfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T153146Z_1_CBRE96G0Z8500_RTROPTP_2_VEGAS-HOUSING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carpenters work on new homes at a residential construction site in the west side of the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Carpenters work on new homes at a residential construction site in the west side of the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. housing starts and permits for future home construction unexpectedly fell in June, but the decline in activity was likely to be short-lived against the backdrop of bullish sentiment among home builders. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday housing starts dropped 9.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836,000 units. That was the lowest level since August last year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>As the Obama administration intensifies its focus on climate change, electric utilities will be some of the first companies to feel the bite of new regulations. Many started changing how they generate power years ago, shifting away from coal and toward natural gas.?Click Here to Viewhttp://news.yahoo.com/graphic-utilities-changing-generate-electricity-epa-rules-loom-181801164.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:30:46 -0400National Journalgraphic-utilities-changing-generate-electricity-epa-rules-loom-181801164http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/17/bad-weather-complicates-coca-colas-soda-struggles/Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:39:03 -04002013/07/17/bad-weather-complicates-coca-colas-soda-struggles/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/17/coca-cola-says-bad-weather-big-part-of-slumping-sales/Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:46:53 -04002013/07/17/coca-cola-says-bad-weather-big-part-of-slumping-sales/Two days of rain has brought a lot of relief from 100 degree heat. However, it?s also kept some North Texans inside their homes.http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/16/weather-changes-brings-suffering-for-those-with-allergies/Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:48:15 -04002013/07/16/weather-changes-brings-suffering-for-those-with-allergies/By T.G. Branfalt Jr. ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - The northeastern United States sweltered on Tuesday in a scorching summer heat wave, complete with stagnant, sticky air and no winds for relief, forecasters said. Even in a summer already filled with stretches of very hot weather, this week will be stubbornly brutal, with no relief in sight until the weekend brings thunderstorms to the region, they said. "Plain and simple, this week may feel the worst of any week for this summer in the Northeast," said Accuweather.com meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. ...http://news.yahoo.com/heat-wave-brings-sauna-conditions-u-northeast-194908707.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 15:49:08 -0400Reutersheat-wave-brings-sauna-conditions-u-northeast-194908707http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/16/heat-line-offers-help-to-philadelphia-seniors-during-hot-weather/Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:32:02 -04002013/07/16/heat-line-offers-help-to-philadelphia-seniors-during-hot-weather/Timely rains and above-normal temperatures have boosted crop development in South Dakota over the past week. The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that parts of the west ...http://news.yahoo.com/south-dakota-crops-boosted-rainy-160602624.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:06:02 -0400Associated Presssouth-dakota-crops-boosted-rainy-160602624Above-normal temperatures over the past week have quickened the ripening of small grains in North Dakota. But the Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that the hot weather ...http://news.yahoo.com/hot-weather-helping-nd-crops-160518304.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:05:18 -0400Associated Presshot-weather-helping-nd-crops-160518304<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/coca-cola-second-quarter-profit-falls-113902012.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g9wTtr5.jbzSfHuCUaHNzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T142357Z_1_CBRE96F0WDD00_RTROPTP_2_COCACOLA-MYANMAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks near Coca-Cola vehicles during rainfall in Yangon" align="left" title="A woman walks near Coca-Cola vehicles during rainfall in Yangon" border="0" /></a>By Martinne Geller (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co said Tuesday that second-quarter sales were weaker than expected as global economic weakness and cool weather crimped the consumption of soft drinks, sending its shares down more than 2 percent. The company said sales volume rose 1 percent, which was below its expectations, and cited slow economies in Europe, Asia and Latin America. It also said historically wet and cold weather across various regions curbed sales of soft drinks and overall consumer spending. Sales volume measures the amount of drinks sold. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/coca-cola-second-quarter-profit-falls-113902012.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 10:23:57 -0400Reuterscoca-cola-second-quarter-profit-falls-113902012<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/coca-cola-second-quarter-profit-falls-113902012.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g9wTtr5.jbzSfHuCUaHNzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T142357Z_1_CBRE96F0WDD00_RTROPTP_2_COCACOLA-MYANMAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks near Coca-Cola vehicles during rainfall in Yangon" align="left" title="A woman walks near Coca-Cola vehicles during rainfall in Yangon" border="0" /></a>By Martinne Geller (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co said Tuesday that second-quarter sales were weaker than expected as global economic weakness and cool weather crimped the consumption of soft drinks, sending its shares down more than 2 percent. The company said sales volume rose 1 percent, which was below its expectations, and cited slow economies in Europe, Asia and Latin America. It also said historically wet and cold weather across various regions curbed sales of soft drinks and overall consumer spending. Sales volume measures the amount of drinks sold. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/16/extra-tourists-flock-to-jersey-shore-as-weather-heats-up/Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:14:37 -04002013/07/16/extra-tourists-flock-to-jersey-shore-as-weather-heats-up/When two decades? worth of doomsday scientific reports fail to convince a majority of Americans that climate change is A) absolutely real and B) absolutely worth throwing the kitchen sink at to stop, maybe the only recourse is to take the complete opposite tonal approach?and, you know, persuade the disbelievers with biting humor.http://news.yahoo.com/watch-louis-c-k-eviscerate-climate-change-deniers-220132807.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 18:01:32 -0400Takepart.comwatch-louis-c-k-eviscerate-climate-change-deniers-220132807<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-not-reliant-gas-storage-energy-minister-141747224.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4LKI2ypoXmmrydnh6mA9HQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T141747Z_1_CBRE96E13PT00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Davey speaks during the Liberal Democrats annual conference in Brighton" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Davey speaks during the Liberal Democrats annual conference in Brighton" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s natural gas supply mix of domestic production and diverse import sources means it is far from reliant on storage sites, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey said on Monday. Pressure mounted on the government earlier this year to increase gas storage capacity after high winter energy demand depleted storage levels and exposed the country&#039;s growing reliance on imports. &quot;Few countries have the amount of gas (we have) from domestic production and via pipelines from countries with secure supply like Norway. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-not-reliant-gas-storage-energy-minister-141747224.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 10:17:47 -0400Reutersbritain-not-reliant-gas-storage-energy-minister-141747224<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-not-reliant-gas-storage-energy-minister-141747224.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4LKI2ypoXmmrydnh6mA9HQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T141747Z_1_CBRE96E13PT00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Davey speaks during the Liberal Democrats annual conference in Brighton" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Davey speaks during the Liberal Democrats annual conference in Brighton" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s natural gas supply mix of domestic production and diverse import sources means it is far from reliant on storage sites, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey said on Monday. Pressure mounted on the government earlier this year to increase gas storage capacity after high winter energy demand depleted storage levels and exposed the country&#039;s growing reliance on imports. &quot;Few countries have the amount of gas (we have) from domestic production and via pipelines from countries with secure supply like Norway. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-climate-plan-devil-details-081448860.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uz5MlutK4Xz3Dnnp86rYCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70720438a9409c17370f6a706700ba46.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 25, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his brow during an ambitious speech about climate change under a steaming hot sun at Georgetown University in Washington. Frustrated by a recalcitrant Congress, Obama has vowed to take climate change into his own hands and is starting the task of executing his plan to stem the warming of the earth. His plan is a complicated mix of rulemaking and federal permitting that?s tough to encapsulate in a neat sales pitch, and may be even tougher to put into action. But by going it alone and pledging to use his authority under existing laws, Obama has freed himself from the need to sell the plan to skeptical lawmakers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 25, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his brow during an ambitious speech about climate change under a steaming hot sun at Georgetown University in Washington. Frustrated by a recalcitrant Congress, Obama has vowed to take climate change into his own hands and is starting the task of executing his plan to stem the warming of the earth. His plan is a complicated mix of rulemaking and federal permitting that?s tough to encapsulate in a neat sales pitch, and may be even tougher to put into action. But by going it alone and pledging to use his authority under existing laws, Obama has freed himself from the need to sell the plan to skeptical lawmakers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Frustrated by a recalcitrant Congress, President Barack Obama has vowed to take climate change into his own hands. Now he has to deliver.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-climate-plan-devil-details-081448860.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 04:21:39 -0400Associated Pressobamas-climate-plan-devil-details-081448860<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-climate-plan-devil-details-081448860.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uz5MlutK4Xz3Dnnp86rYCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70720438a9409c17370f6a706700ba46.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 25, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his brow during an ambitious speech about climate change under a steaming hot sun at Georgetown University in Washington. Frustrated by a recalcitrant Congress, Obama has vowed to take climate change into his own hands and is starting the task of executing his plan to stem the warming of the earth. His plan is a complicated mix of rulemaking and federal permitting that?s tough to encapsulate in a neat sales pitch, and may be even tougher to put into action. But by going it alone and pledging to use his authority under existing laws, Obama has freed himself from the need to sell the plan to skeptical lawmakers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 25, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his brow during an ambitious speech about climate change under a steaming hot sun at Georgetown University in Washington. Frustrated by a recalcitrant Congress, Obama has vowed to take climate change into his own hands and is starting the task of executing his plan to stem the warming of the earth. His plan is a complicated mix of rulemaking and federal permitting that?s tough to encapsulate in a neat sales pitch, and may be even tougher to put into action. But by going it alone and pledging to use his authority under existing laws, Obama has freed himself from the need to sell the plan to skeptical lawmakers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Frustrated by a recalcitrant Congress, President Barack Obama has vowed to take climate change into his own hands. Now he has to deliver.</p><br clear="all"/>http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/14/weather-blog-if-you-cant-stand-the-heat/Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:20:30 -04002013/07/14/weather-blog-if-you-cant-stand-the-heat/Fish flopping on Venice Boulevard, dolphins circumnavigating palm trees, whales beached on the boardwalk?these are the mental images that artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm?s climate change creations bring to the surface.http://news.yahoo.com/deep-water-climate-change-could-city-photos-161306440.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 19:21:33 -0400Takepart.comdeep-water-climate-change-could-city-photos-161306440http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/12/weather-blog-another-day-another-deluge/Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:34:28 -04002013/07/12/weather-blog-another-day-another-deluge/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/12/phillies-game-postponed-due-to-weather/Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:46:46 -04002013/07/12/phillies-game-postponed-due-to-weather/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weather-helps-firefighters-battle-nevada-190805825.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/64g5l4lT14xpv5d4og2KEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/b604c05f4c4a5317370f6a70670007c5_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Weather helps firefighters battle Nevada wildfires" align="left" title="Weather helps firefighters battle Nevada wildfires" border="0" /></a>Wet weather and clouds helped crews increase containment to 43 percent on a wildfire that has burned for 10 days in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas, blowing smoke into the city for several days as ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weather-helps-firefighters-battle-nevada-190805825.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 15:08:05 -0400Associated Pressweather-helps-firefighters-battle-nevada-190805825<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weather-helps-firefighters-battle-nevada-190805825.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/64g5l4lT14xpv5d4og2KEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/b604c05f4c4a5317370f6a70670007c5_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Weather helps firefighters battle Nevada wildfires" align="left" title="Weather helps firefighters battle Nevada wildfires" border="0" /></a>Wet weather and clouds helped crews increase containment to 43 percent on a wildfire that has burned for 10 days in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas, blowing smoke into the city for several days as ...</p><br clear="all"/>Extreme weather patterns spawned by global warming are a serious threat to the nation's energy infrastructure, according to a new report from the Department of Energy, and their destructive effects are already being felt nationwide.http://theweek.com/article/index/246799/energy-department-global-warming-made-hurricane-sandy-worseThu, 11 Jul 2013 20:10:00 -0400The Week (RSS)article/index/246799/energy-department-global-warming-made-hurricane-sandy-worse<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-climate-change-causing-energy-164012455.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HkFqZ94hgZbiZ3c1t9NUxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/350bdb1830424817370f6a7067001ef1_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Report: Climate change causing energy disruptions" align="left" title="Report: Climate change causing energy disruptions" border="0" /></a>Climate change and extreme weather already are causing disruptions in the U.S. energy supply that are likely to worsen as more intense storms, higher temperatures and more frequent droughts occur, the ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/report-climate-change-causing-energy-164012455.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 15:59:34 -0400Associated Pressreport-climate-change-causing-energy-164012455<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-climate-change-causing-energy-164012455.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HkFqZ94hgZbiZ3c1t9NUxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/350bdb1830424817370f6a7067001ef1_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Report: Climate change causing energy disruptions" align="left" title="Report: Climate change causing energy disruptions" border="0" /></a>Climate change and extreme weather already are causing disruptions in the U.S. energy supply that are likely to worsen as more intense storms, higher temperatures and more frequent droughts occur, the ...</p><br clear="all"/>Did global warming cause Hurricane Sandy? That's still a matter of dispute, but the Energy Department is already citing the storm as a prime example of climate change's toll on the energy sector.http://news.yahoo.com/sandy-katrina-caused-climate-change-says-energy-department-162434511.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 12:24:34 -0400National Journalsandy-katrina-caused-climate-change-says-energy-department-162434511(Reuters) - More than 140,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Ohio, were without power early Thursday following severe thunderstorms on Wednesday, according to local power companies. American Electric Power Co Inc, the hardest-hit utility in Ohio, said a strong band of severe weather traveled across the state Wednesday afternoon, causing "considerable damage" to its electric system. ...http://news.yahoo.com/more-140-000-without-power-midwest-storms-124915108.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 08:49:15 -0400Reutersmore-140-000-without-power-midwest-storms-124915108Did global warming cause Hurricane Sandy? That's still a matter of dispute, but the Energy Department is already citing the storm as a prime example of climate change's toll on the energy sector.http://news.yahoo.com/energy-department-blaming-every-major-storm-climate-change-110037736.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 07:20:20 -0400National Journalenergy-department-blaming-every-major-storm-climate-change-110037736

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