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‘Wall of water’ in Montreal after underground pipe breaks, floods streets and homes
A broken watermain spews water into the air on a street in Montreal, Friday, August 16, 2024, causing flooding in several streets of the area. MONTREAL — Nearly 150,000 Montreal homes were put under a boil water advisory on Friday after a broken water main erupted into a “geyser” that transforme...Read more -
Ask the meteorologist: How to build your own weather station
With just a few simple steps, you can measure temperature, rain totals and wind speed from your own home or business. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell explains how to build your own weather station, including how to get accurate readings without breaking the bank. What is a weather station? A wea...Read more -
New Lake Placid Mesonet Weather Station Celebration
The New York State Mesonet, a statewide weather observation network operated by the University at Albany, is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new weather station at Uihlein Farm in Lake Placid. About two miles south of the Village of Lake Placid. The 454-acre farm includes a weather stat...Read more -
Monitoring the ocean’s health with photo chemical sensor
Oxygen is essential to the survival of both humans and Marine life. We have developed a new type of light sensor that can effectively monitor oxygen concentrations in seawater and reduce monitoring costs. The sensors were tested in five to six ocean areas, with the goal of developing an ocean mon...Read more -
TPWODL builds automatic weather station (AWS) for farmers
Burla, 12 August 2024: As part of TPWODL’s commitment to the society, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department has successfully established an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) specifically to serve the farmers of Baduapalli village in Maneswar district of Sambalpur. Mr. Parveen V...Read more -
Debby triggers flash floods in Pennsylvania, New York
Aug 9 (Reuters) – The remnants of storm Debby triggered flash flooding in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York state that left dozens of people stranded in their homes on Friday, authorities said. Several people were rescued by boat and by helicopters across the region as Debby sped...Read more -
Mother Nature’s Prediction: Weather Stations Help Agriculture and Emergency Response
New Mexico will soon have the largest number of weather stations in the United States, thanks to federal and state funding to expand the state’s existing network of weather stations. As of June 30, 2022, New Mexico had 97 weather stations, 66 of which were installed during the first phase o...Read more -
Weather station network expands to Wisconsin, helping farmers and others
Thanks to the efforts of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a new era of weather data is dawning in Wisconsin. Since the 1950s, Wisconsin’s weather has become increasingly unpredictable and extreme, creating problems for farmers, researchers and the public. But with a statewide network of...Read more -
National Study of Nutrient Removal and Secondary Technologies–Water quality sensor
National Study of Nutrient Removal and Secondary Technologies EPA is examining efficient and cost-effective approaches for nutrient removal at publicly owned treatment works (POTW). As part of the national study, the agency conducted a survey of POTWs during 2019 to 2021. Some POTWs have added n...Read more