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A recent study found that the long-range predictions issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center for the 1997-1998 El Niño led California to conduct major mitigation efforts leading to a reduction in losses of about $1 billion.

One of the main reasons for the development of the modern computer was to forecast weather.

The United States has more severe weather than any other country on earth.

The Middle Atlantic States and New England region are about the only areas of the world that can have three of the most spectacular storms—tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.