50-mile wide, mile-high dust storm (called a haboob) engulfs Phoenix

The air around the Phoenix area was a hazy shade of brown and a layer of dirt coated cars and buildings Wednesday following a massive dust storm overnight that was up to 50 miles wide. - msnbc.com

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Record Wildfire Season Impacting the U.S.

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As wildfires continue to rage in Arizona and Florida, every state in the country now has the potential for a wildfire. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly every state in the U.S. has already experienced a wildfire this year.
Wildfires during the first five months of this year have burned 3.2 million acres, due to soon surpass the 3.4 million acres of land and property that burned during all of last year.  TN Online
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US: Flooding, Heavy Rain Delays Planting for Hundreds of Thousands of Acres

It takes a lot to get a Montana farmer to curse the rain, but some are beginning to. Hundreds of thousands of acres have gone unplanted due to unprecedented rains and the number of growing days needed to produce a crop is quickly dwindling. In addition, federal officials now estimate 1.4 million Montana acres-an area slightly larger than Glacier National Park-has been hit by flooding.  read more...

Heat Grips Much of US; Get Used to It

The mercury climbed into the 90s across half the country in a record-breaking blast of heat, forcing schools with no air conditioning to let kids go home early and cities to open cooling centers. And scientists say we had better get used to it. 

Bizarre Solar Flare may disrupt Power Grids and Satellites

A spectacular solar flare erupted early this morning. But instead of escaping out into space, billions of tons of charged plasma fell back onto the surface of the sun in a coronal rain shower.

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Why so many disasters now?

“The Holy Qur'an prophesies of calamities, one right after the other. This we are witnessing with our own eyes. O America, O America, where shall ye flee?” asked the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, patriarch of the Nation of Islam, in “Fall of America,” published in 1973.
“America was founded and built with blood and established in iniquity. She killed the aboriginal inhabitants (Indians) to establish herself as an independent people at the great loss of lives of the original owners,” explained Mr. Muhammad. America has “robbed many people; and the blood of her slaves, the so-called Negroes, has stained the earth here and elsewhere, slain by her hands.”
Mr. Muhammad warned an old world of injustice and corruption is going out and a new world of justice and righteousness is coming in.  Read more...


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Missouri Tornado Kills at Least 116 in Deadliest U.S. Twister Since 1953

The tornado that killed 116 people in Joplin, Missouri, was the deadliest single U.S. twister since 1953, with winds that may have reached 198 miles per hour (319 kph), according to Jack Hayes, director of the National Weather Service.  Read more....

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