World Weather News of the Week gathered by CASI President Jesse Ferrell from Internet News Resources. 5/23/98 Featured Site: "A Shocking Spectacle" : An Educational Section Dedicated to Lightning Includes definitions, explanations, a slide show, and a lightning quiz. Thanks to Member Frank Noonan for the tipoff on this one. http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/lightning980522.html General News: Hurricane Strikes Jewish Autonomous Region http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2596344 Hurricane Strikes Bangladesh - Kills 14 http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2593452 Hurricane Tools to be Used This Season For Predictions http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARO4.htm In Alabama Town, Class of 1998 Graduates amid Tornado Wreckage http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2596273 La Nina Could Cause Many Landfalling Hurricanes This Season http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARNZ.htm Insurance Companies Cancel Florida Residences' Insurance Due to Hurricane Threat http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMY.htm Chinese Scientists Predict Next El Nino in 2002 http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2593622 Severe flooding kills 10 in northwestern Turkey http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARNL.htm Black Rain Falls in Africa http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2595691 Rebuilding after El Nino will cost Ecuador $2 billion http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMZ.htm Snow Closes Campgrounds in California for Memorial Day Weekend http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2599190 Smoke Closes Airports in Central America Weekly http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2598398 Heavy rains flood Tajikistan's capital, cut power http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMW.htm Floods and Landsides Kill 20 in China http://www.gopbi.com/Weather/nws/ATWIARMU.htm -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "And here a twister comes... here comes the twister." --Talking Heads || ICQ No. 136862 ||