He said the situation had been exacerbated by many farmers having to keep their cattle housed for so long because of the weather.

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The currents are what keep Europe's weather from taking after that of Canada, its latitudinal partner across the ocean.

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With Hurricane Wilma making menacing circles around the Gulf of Mexico, the 20 expert writers and producers who keep Weather.com fueled with content are pulling all-nighters.

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The optional voice-activated Garmin navigation system includes Sirius Travel Link to keep revelers appraised of all the current sports scores and weather information, gas prices for a fill-up on the way home and movie times for those leaving a blowout before the final gun sounds.

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Bad weather may keep some of its more remote villagers from the polls on May 25th, but an honest, well-attended election is expected.

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With a bigger field this year, play is in danger of being even slower and organisers can only keep their fingers crossed when it comes to the vagaries of the Scottish weather in October.

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