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Isaac Brings Flash Flood Risk to NYC, DC, Charlotte

Tropical humidity and downpours from the all-but-extinct Isaac will push slowly across the East through the middle of the week.

This week’s campaign is all about energy saving, with tips for lowering your electric bill, making your homes and businesses greener, and news reports and studies about the state of our environment.

Amazon Fungi Help Create Clouds & Rain

Fungi create particles on which cloud droplets can form.

Labor Day Weekend Beach Weather

Many beaches across the country will enjoy excellent weather conditions this Labor Day weekend.

doctorswithoutborders:

An Escalating Health Crisis in South Sudan

Since November 2011, MSF has been operating emergency programs in South Sudan for tens of thousands of refugees who fled violence in Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile States. MSF has field hospitals in five refugee camps in Unity and Upper Nile states in South Sudan (Batil, Doro, Jamam, Yida, and Gendrassa). However, resources in the camps are stretched extremely thin, and the humanitarian crisis is only worsening as more refugees arrive. Heavy rains have exacerbated the situation, flooding camps and leaving refugees—many of whom have already endured the journey from Sudan on foot—vulnerable to diseases like diarrhea, malaria, and cholera.

Photo: An MSF clinical officer speaks with a woman on her way to MSF’s outpatient department in Batil camp.
South Sudan 2012 © Nichole Sobecki

Why Isaac Is Moving So Slowly

Isaac is finally leaving Louisiana, but a lot of damage and two reported deaths remain behind. Why is this such a slow-moving storm?

Tsunami Warning for Japan, Watch for Hawaii

A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of the western Pacific rim and the western Pacific islands following a major quake near the Philippines.

Blue Moon to Light Up Night Sky This Week

Skywatchers should circle Friday (Aug. 31) on their calendars, for the date offers the last chance to see a so-called “blue moon” for nearly three years.

nbctally:

What an astonishing photograph. Beautiful from above — perspective really is everything, but be sure to keep all those being affected by the storm in your thoughts!

thedailywhat:

Hurricane Isaac Photo of the Day: The best way to avoid the mess is to fly over it, as Instagram user chrisbutleronline found out. (Who knew hurricanes could be so beautiful?) 

Meanwhile, Isaac’s landfall is wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast: More than 500,000 homes and businesses have lost power and 12-foot waves are overtaking the levees strengthened after Katrina. 

The center of the storm is moving agonizingly slow, and the worst is yet to come, according to National Hurricane Center director Richard Knabb:

Rainfall and inland flooding and river flooding are not captured by [Category 1]. The large size and the slow motion are going to make the numbers associated with those hazards quite significant.

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mocus:

Fascinating wind map shows wind vectors from Hurricane Isaac in near real time!

Click through to see near real time wind action.