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Weather permitting, a total lunar eclipse Sunday night, Jan. 20, will be visible from North Phoenix as well as all of North and South America. It will be easy to view. Just grab the kids or your friends or neighbors and go out and look up. See our complete guide for times and what to look for.
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The camera is set, zoomed in and ready to broadcast the day-to-day life of a pair of bald eagles hoping to raise a family inside their nest at Lake Pleasant Regional Park.
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If clouds clear this Thanksgiving evening — and that’s an iffy proposition at best — the full moon rising will offer a nifty sky treat. Find out when, plus a cool illusion to look for.
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On this Election Day, some good news about the national bird: The number of bald eagle breeding sites set a statewide record, as did the number of hatchlings.
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On Friday, the National Weather Service predicted a few tenths of an inch of rain for the Phoenix Metro Area over the weekend. Now with 1.32 inches at Sky Harbor today, added to Rosa’s rains, it’s the wettest October in recorded history. See what happened, and get rainfall totals for North Phoenix.
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The roughly 2-3 inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Rosa, along with other October rains, has changed the state’s drought picture noticeably, state officials announced today.
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That incredible light in the west last night, seen by many Valley residents, was the second such highly visible launch of a rocket by the company Space X from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. See photos and videos.
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An overnight storm dumped more than 1/3 of an inch of rain across North Phoenix by mid-morning. At Sky Harbor airport, rain set a record for the date of 0.41 inches already. Added to Rosa’s rains, this October has been the third wettest since record-keeping began in 1895. See rainfall totals and snow photos.
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It’s too soon to say if Hurricane Sergio’s remnants will drench Arizona. But just days after Rosa blew through, the National Weather Service is eyeing another Pacific hurricane that could … could … bring more moisture our way next week. First, though: Unrelated rain is coming this weekend.
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With North Phoenix’s primary water supply from the Colorado River facing increasing odds of a shortage, the city is considering raising water rates and spending $500 million to build infrastructure that would bring the precious commodity up the I-17 corridor from the city’s other water sources.
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At one time a Category 4 Hurricane in the Pacific, Rosa’s remnants dumped more than 3 inches of rain in New River and near the Arroyo Grande neighborhood on the far west side of Anthem. And the storm smashed a daily rainfall record in Phoenix. Get all the numbers, plus videos and photos.
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