The top weather headlines for Nov. 7

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AccuWeather's Kevin Coskren breaks down the top weather headlines for Nov. 7.

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Good morning guys, it's time to check on the weather

00:04 that's making news this week.

00:05 And this first story really is nuts.

00:08 Has your car been getting pelted with acorns lately?

00:11 Have you found yourself running through a hailstorm

00:13 of walnuts with your hands protecting your head?

00:16 If so, then chances are the trees in your region

00:19 are experiencing what's known as a mast year.

00:22 Nut bearing trees like black walnuts

00:24 and those acorn producing oaks have on and off years,

00:28 on years called mast years,

00:30 see vigorous production of nuts.

00:32 After a mast year, the trees take a break

00:34 for a year or two, producing little if any nuts.

00:37 Our next story brings us to India,

00:39 where this time it's not flooding that's the problem,

00:41 it's poor air quality.

00:43 New Delhi was smothered by toxic smog this weekend,

00:46 primarily blamed by stubble burning

00:48 by farmers in the neighboring agrarian states.

00:51 Stubble burning is the practice of setting fire

00:53 to the straw stubble that remains

00:55 after grains have been harvested.

00:57 The Indian capital once again ranked

00:59 as the world's most polluted city on Sunday.

01:02 And finally, we take a trip to the Lone Star State

01:04 and a very happy elephant.

01:06 Meet Brazos, a two year old elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo.

01:09 Brazos is one of only four Asian elephants

01:12 to be born at the zoo in the last 112 year history.

01:15 And the zookeepers are pretty sure

01:17 this is the first one to be caught dancing in the rain.

01:21 Okay guys, you know the expression,

01:22 dance like nobody's watching.

01:24 Now personally, I've tried that and it did not go well.

01:27 I ended with people laughing at me,

01:28 asking what are you doing?

01:29 I'm like, I'm dancing, like nobody's watching.

01:32 Now that I see this video,

01:33 I think maybe I should have been an elephant.

01:35 - Maybe, but you know what?

01:37 I think they were laughing with Kevin.

01:39 - You know what I would be a bear?

01:40 You know what I would be if I would be an animal?

01:42 - What's that? - A bear.

01:43 - Why? - To hibernate in the winter.

01:45 - That sounds amazing. - Doesn't it sound amazing?

01:47 - Look, when you wake up at 3 a.m.

01:48 and nap at any time, it sounds great.

01:50 - It does. - That's awesome.

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