UN to upgrade ``space weather'' forecasts
A UN plan to upgrade ``space weather'' forecasts can help the world cope with solar storms that might wreak up to $2 trillion in damage if the sun repeated a giant flare of 1859, experts said.The sun is entering a more active phase due to peak in 2013 on a roughly 11-year sunspot cycle, the World Meteorological Organization said.
AccuWeather.com has released its much anticipated 2011-2012 winter forecast and is calling for a rather stormy and often cold winter for much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation.