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September Off to a Cooler Start

A cold front will work its way south across the Cowboy State today and tonight bringing cooler temperatures, brisk winds and a few showers and thunderstorms. A secondary push of cooler air will arrive Friday night. Expect cooler temperatures statewide through Saturday before

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Hurricane Irene Clean-Up Begins, Despite FEMA Funding Concerns [VIDEO]

Hurricane Irene may end up being one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in U.S. history. Industry experts currently put the storm’s damage at $7 billion to $10 billion; however, much of that destruction may not be covered by insurance because it was caused by flooding and not winds. Flooding is often excluded from standard insurance policies.


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Weather Changes Around the Corner

Continue to expect warm temperatures across the state again today with many areas in the 80s and 90s. However, gusty southwest winds will be developing across the state today and Thursday which will cause increasing fire danger. S

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Tuesday Forecast With Don Day [AUDIO]

Tuesday was hot with afternoon winds as a weather front pushes warm air into the state.

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Streaker Flashes a Live Weather Channel Broadcast

The Weather Channel has never really needed a delay button before, but it may want to look into getting one now.

During a live broadcast from Hurricane Irene-ravaged Virginia on Saturday, reporter Eric Fisher was unexpectedly upstaged when a dude dressed in swim trunks ran behind him, pulled his trunks down and gave “weather front” a whole new meaning.


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Hurricane Irene Aftermath — At Least 44 Dead and Millions Without Power [VIDEO]

Cleanup efforts have begun in communities that were devastated by Hurricane Irene over the weekend. Although trucks and supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are en route, access to some areas has been cut off by floodwaters that washed out or damaged roads and bridges.

“Irene was gonna land somewhere. We’re not Manhattan, our small streams quickly became big rivers,” Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin told The Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer. “We’ve lost churches, homes and historic bridges. But we will rebuild.”


Temperatures Rebound, Fire Danger Increases

After a slight cool down a few showers and thunderstorms over the past couple of days expect warmer temperatures to return along with brisk southwest winds. Increasing wind and decreasing humidity will lead to increasing fire danger across Wyoming

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Monday Forecast With Mark Heuer [AUDIO]

Monday was warm with widely scattered thunderstorms.

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Hurricane Irene Washes Away 141-Year-Old Vermont Bridge [VIDEO]

One of Hurricane Irene‘s unfortunate structural victims this weekend was the 141-year-old Bartonsville Covered Bridge in Bartonsville, Vermont.

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Hurricane Irene as Seen From Outer Space [VIDEO]

Hurricane Irene is on her way and preliminary reports suggests she’ll be a big one. To get an idea of just how big though, check out this aerial video of Irene filmed from the International Space Station as it passed over the Eastern seaboard.

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Hurricane Irene Set to Wreak Havoc Along Eastern Seaboard [VIDEO]

Much of eastern United States is getting ready for the arrival of Hurricane Irene. More than 50 million people live in the projected path of the Category 2 storm, which is expected to make landfall along North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday.


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Shark Swims Down Puerto Rico Street [PICTURE]

As Hurricane Irene nears the East coast, there’s been talk of evacuating below-sea-level areas from Florida all the way to New England. If you’ve got a fear of flooding, it’ll only be bolstered by this horrifying photo out of water-logged Puerto Rico. In the shot taken from a car, a shark can be clearly seen swimming down the highway, like something out of a terrible Samuel L. Jackson movie.

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