Likelier explanations of the decrease in suicide attacks are, simply, that the weather is now too hot, or that Islamist insurgents may be storing up an especially violent campaign for the referendum period, just as they did for the weeks in April after the founding of the government.
Earlier, Northern Ireland Electricity said all the homes without power due to the weather are now back to normal.
While Britain's wettest June in more than a century may have cast a cloud over the final preparations for the Games, forecasters say the weather is now set to brighten.
The extreme weather the world is seeing now is a precursor to more, he said.
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The weather is pleasant now in Sydney -- but that won't last forever, either.
ScottishPower said all homes in Dumfries and Galloway affected by the severe weather had now been reconnected to a main line electricity supply.
With the Tribe now off to a terrific start, the weather warming up, and less local money now going toward NBA tickets, expect a nice attendance spike at Progressive Field.
"We had a bit of a problem with the weather before Christmas, but now the work's developing really well, " said Alan Carter of The Land Trust.
Weather officials say the cyclone now appears weakening - but the huge effort to rebuild homes and ensure adequate food and medical supplies is only just beginning.
But perhaps the calculation has now become that the banking system has had two years to get ready and can now weather such a storm.
The UK Chief Scientist tells me weather extremes now worry scientists as much or more than overall global warming.
So everyone now is looking at the weather forecast, hoping the smog will be blown away by winds forecast for Friday.
"I think everybody is hoping it won't be the type of weather they're having now, " said Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith.
Thames Valley Police officers can now keep warm in the winter weather with a uniform-issue woolly hat.
Former CNN journalist Robert Johnson, now director of photography at The Weather Channel, said she will be missed.
"There's nothing we can do now but I worry about the weather and the animals we depend on for our survival, " he said.
Weather.com is the online version of the Weather Channel, the 24-hour cable and satellite television channel launched in 1982 and now available in 86 million American households.
First held at the now-disused Nad Al Sheba racecourse 18 years ago, the races were moved in 2010 to the new Meydan Grandstand, where the horses now run on tapeta (all weather turf) instead of dirt.
According to an unscientific survey of users by mobile deals site BuyVia, the top five features respondents said they'd like to see in a smartwatch were e-mail and texting, phone calls, GPS, Wi-Fi and weather updates -- the same features people now rely on in their smartphones.
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But we also offer practical advice about how to weather the worst, and what to invest in now.
The publican, who has now left the business, claimed a musician failed to turn up due to bad weather, but that the bar normally had live music on that night of the week.
Now that we were less confined by the weather, we could see that the house needed paint.
And, Air Force officials say, with radar systems now installed in Hungary and Bosnia, the weather should be less of a problem -- although it could still shut down transports for days.
Twelve people have now died in weather-related incidents over the last 10 days.
Additionally, the iPod touch now features Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather, and Notes, all of which were previously exclusive to the iPhone.
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Analysts are now debating whether the labour market is strong enough to weather a series of public spending cuts, known as the sequester, and whether the Federal Reserve will continue with its loose monetary policy.
Now that I think of it, why not let the weather forecasters do both jobs?
Travelers can now check up-to-the-minute information for weather-related delays at forty major U.S. airports using the Federal Aviation Administration's web site www.fly.faa.gov.
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