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and launched in mid-October 2010. Weather Zombie provided worldwide weather forecasting for current, seven-day and hour-by-hour conditions. There was also radar information; however, it only covered the United States and parts of Canada. Aside from weather forecasting, Weather Zombie irregularly posted comic strips based on images loosely depicted from radar images as well as comic strips that feature the site's zombies in various situations. In October 2011, Weather Zombie released a

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. By May 2012, the mobile app was no longer available.

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