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A report from the medical examiner's office in Oklahoma confirms 24 fatalities, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.
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At least 51 people have been killed by a tornado near Oklahoma city. Alex Wallis from the weather centre has the latest on its path.
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Violent tornadoes are moving through Oklahoma, and there is widespread damage, with CNBC's Tyler Mathisen.
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William Happer, Princeton University professor, argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions are weakly linked to global warming and could actually increase agricultural productivity.
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*Corn planting pace seen improving. *Corn production prospects seen threatened. "Today will be the best day," said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc. "Then showers develop tonight, with scattered showers into the weekend."
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*Early-week dry spell to boost plantings. CHICAGO, May 14- Drier weather early this week in the U.S. "It will remain dry today," said Don Keeney, meteorologist for MDA Weather Services. "
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CHICAGO, May 9- Drier weather in the U.S. "Showers will scatter from the central into the eastern Midwest and Delta during the next two days, with a break of five days ahead of the next chance of rain...," said Commodity Weather Group meteorologist Joel Widenor.
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*Front month well below recent 21- month high. NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. natural gas futures sank to their lowest level in just over a month on Tuesday, pressured by forecasts calling for moderating temperatures over the coming days and weeks.
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*Front month well below recent 21- month high. NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. natural gas futures sank to their lowest level in just over a month on Tuesday, pressured by forecasts calling for moderating temperatures over the next few weeks. As of 9:12 a.m. EDT, front-month June natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures lost ground on Monday, pressured by milder weather this week that should slow demand despite the cooler temperature outlook next week for the Midwest and South. "I think the market is just pulling back after the run up, but there are some concerns that storage builds are starting to get bigger," a Texas- based producer said.
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*Front month well below recent 21- month high. NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures sank to a one-month spot chart low under $4 per million British thermal units early on Monday, pressured by forecasts calling for moderating temperatures over the next two weeks.
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NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures sank to a one-month spot chart low early on Monday, under $4 per million British thermal units again, as forecasts called for moderating temperatures over the next two weeks. As of 9:17 a.m. EDT, front-month June natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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May 4- A fierce wildfire threatening 4,000 homes northwest of Los Angeles was about 30 percent contained on Saturday as higher humidity and cooler temperatures helped firefighters, fire department spokesmen said. It was not expected to be under control until May 13, Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Tom Kruschke said.
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May 4- A fierce wildfire threatening 4,000 homes northwest of Los Angeles was about 30 percent contained on Saturday as higher humidity and cooler temperatures helped firefighters, fire department spokesmen said.
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*Kansas wheat tour reporting results of drought damage. "The current system is bringing rains of 0.50 inch to 1.5 inches or more with widespread coverage in a line roughly west of Louisville to Chicago, with lighter amounts in the east," said John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring.
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Discussing how staples, including corn, wheat and soy, are holding up in the Midwest amid cold weather, with Weather Channel's Reynolds Wolf and Jeff Kilburg, KKM Financial.
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*Corn seedings already slowest on record. There is a big storm system starting Tuesday that will spread in intensity and coverage by Thursday and linger into the weekend, "said Don Keeney, a meteorologist for MDA Weather Services.
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New Jersey settled the first civil suit for price gouging - as much as 34 percent - at 2 gas stations in the wake of Super Storm Sandy, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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Cooler than usual weather is taking a bite out of retail sales in the Northeast. The situation could impact first quarter margins – when retailers report quarterly earnings.
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FRANKFURT, April 29- European prompt power prices rose in France and Germany due to low German wind power output and cool temperatures for the time of year, which raised demand. France's electricity contract for Tuesday delivery rose 3.25 euros over what was paid for Monday to 36.25 euros a megawatt hour.
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Floods in the Midwest have made it harder to plant corn this spring, but the question is what might happen in the wheat belt as unusually late snows melt in the northern Plains.