Hot Dust and Moisture Fuel Asian Summer Rainy Season
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Who would think that something like dust in the air could trigger rain? According to a new NASA study, this is just what's happening over South Asia's Tibetan Plateau.
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TOKYO - A rapidly expanding low-pressure system brought typhoon-class winds to the Japanese archipelago from Saturday night to Sunday night, causing blackouts, stranding ships and paralyzing some air and land traffic.
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall in South Asia, and an historic heat wave in Europe.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Thunderstorms, torrential downpours and floods are expected across many parts of the country today.
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Scientists looking into air quality and climate change have found pollutants from as far as Asia over New England and the Atlantic.
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The Asian "brown cloud" of pollution is affecting weather systems globally, according to research.
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A typical summer's day in Los Angeles: temperatures in the mid thirties, the sun blazes high in the sky, palm trees sway in the ocean breeze, and sprinklers spray a fine mist of water into the scorching air.
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Rare torrential rains in the United Arab Emirates forced schools to close on Wednesday and created traffic nightmares in the desert country, while neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Kuwait shivered.
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Smoke from Indonesian brush fires darkened skies across Southeast Asia on Saturday, sending air pollution levels soaring in at least two other nations.
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For the hordes who suffer from seasonal ragweed and grass allergies, all the rain this summer means both good news and bad news. The good news?
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Industrial pollution in China is having a significant impact on local rainfall, according to a scientific study.
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Freak summer storms lashed eastern Australia overnight, dumping record rains on Melbourne, hitting Brisbane with a towering dust storm and leaving at least two people dead, officials said.
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AT LEAST 12 people were injured today as Typhoon Songda brought torrential rains and strong gusts to southern Japan, less than a week after another storm killed at least 13 people in Tokyo.
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By Thomas R. Webber  With the recent heat wave we have all been baking through, it may be hard to believe that this month marks the change of seasons.
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Torrential rains in eastern and southwestern China have taken at least another 38 lives as a grim rainy season continued, with hundreds killed since the start of the month, state press said Thursday.
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A typhoon that killed three people and injured more than 70 in Japan weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday, as it brushed by Tokyo and headed for the Pacific Ocean bringing heavy rain, strong winds and landslides.