It's late at night, and you want to learn the latest news about a war
going on across the globe, or to discover any news of a major
hurricane that's headed in your direction. Visit the Internet, where
you'll find the most recent news and weather reports from around the
world.
One of the most impressive sources for up-to-the-minute news is MSNBC.
You can get a local weather report, including a four-day forecast, as
well as news on health, world events, technology, sports, and even the
local news. Enter your stock symbols to learn what your stock is doing
in the market, or discover the latest scores from your favorite sports
teams.
http://www.msnbc.com/news
Another excellent source for news is CNN Interactive, where the news
is broken down into categories such as World, U.S., Sports, Business,
Weather, and Politics. What can you do when an airline goes on strike?
What are the latest fashions for the coming season? Learn all of this
and more at CNN Interactive.
http://www.cnn.com/
Do you enjoy hearing news that, though it is true, is nothing but
strange? At Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird, you'll learn
newsworthy (but weird) items such as the Copenhagen Zoo adding an
exhibit to its primate collection, amid the baboons and chimpanzees: a
Homo sapiens couple.
http://www.newsoftheweird.com
As with everything they do, Yahoo! offers a superb news site. Not only
can you learn the latest news on subjects such as technology, human
interest, entertainment, and top stories, but you can also read the
news in other languages.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/
At Intellicast, you'll find weather reports from around the world;
golf, sailing, and ski reports; and even a health section that
discusses allergies in season, air pollution, and ailments that can be
aggravated by weather conditions. Under world news, you'll find
satellite images, radar images, precipitation images, high and low
temperature maps, and much more.
http://www.intellicast.com/
For up-to-date information on hurricanes, visit the Hurricane Weather
Center. Use their survival guide to prepare for a hurricane, where
you'll find a grocery list, a survival kit, how to prepare your home
for a hurricane, and more. Learn the current position of the tropical
storms, view their location on a map, and track their path. Read the
latest National Weather Service advisories, or learn how storms are
named. Did you know that some names have been retired, because storms
by those names inflicted heavy damage? Examples are Betsy, Camille,
Frederick, and Andrew.
http://hurricane.weathercenter.com/
