Disasters in US: An extreme and exhausting year (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110903/ap_on_sc/us_sci_weather_extremes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110903/capt.3b3df4ef0e714946b8c80fe6d50b7d49-3b3df4ef0e714946b8c80fe6d50b7d49-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=ZixOJdyM_ywjYMM7k27lIg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 25, 2011 file picture, a line of severe storms crosses the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., passing by the Memphis Pyramid. The dark formation was reported a few minutes earlier as a tornado in West Memphis, Ark. Nature is pummeling the United States in 2011 with extremes. There have been more than 700 U.S. disaster and weather deaths. What's happening, say experts, is mostly random chance or the bad luck of getting the wrong roll of the dice. However, there is something more to it, many of them say. Man-made global warming is loading the dice to increase our odds of getting the bad roll. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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