A storm will rapidly intensify along the Atlantic Coast of the United States this weekend and is forecast to bring accumulating snow to parts of the Southeast and a close call with heavy snow along the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts. As AccuWeather reports, the powerful storm will raise winds and seas, leading to significant […]
The arctic blast that blanketed most of the nation earlier this week is now reported as responsible for over 40 deaths, knocked out power that still hasn’t been restored to hundreds of thousands in the South and crippled travel across the country. At Least 42 People Have Died So Far As the Associated Press (AP) […]
John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students last week when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along its trunk. As CNN Weather reports, Seiler, a professor and tree physiology specialist at the university, knew immediately that the scar was the aftermath […]
We’re officially only a few weeks into winter, but the season is already raging, with snow blanketing huge swaths of the country. Even if you live in an area that regularly experiences severe weather, dealing with a blizzard or icy conditions can prove incredibly stressful, especially if your home loses power. So what should you do? […]
More than 1 million Americans were without power Sunday afternoon as a historic winter storm barreled across large portions of the U.S. As Fox Weather reports, as of 11:30PM EST, Tennessee was the hardest-hit state, with over 256,000 customers experiencing outages. Mississippi followed with over 157,000 outages, while Louisiana reported over 123,000, according to data from PowerOutage.us. Significant outages […]
It’s that time of year when temperatures drop to near or below the freezing mark, wind, snow and blizzard-like conditions become more frequent across the U.S. On average, weather-related vehicle crashes kill more than 6,200 people and injure more than 480,000 per year across the nation. To make sure you get to your destination safely, […]
A major arctic outbreak spurred by a brutal polar vortex is stretching from the Midwest to the Northeast, bringing bringing dangerously low temperatures, arctic wind chills, and potential blizzards to several regions, affecting 43 million Americans. In what’s being called an “epic, generational arctic blast,” a brunt of the cold snap is impacting the Midwest, Northeast, […]
Powerful solar activity released by the sun is heading for Earth and it’s likely to create dazzling auroral displays in unexpected areas early this week. It could also disrupt satellite-based communications and GPS accuracy. As CNN Weather reports, a solar radiation storm, ranked at a level four out of five on a severity scale, is […]
While we are suffering through the depths of winter’s chill it may not feel like the world is continuing to heat up, but well, it is. As E360 Digest reports, 2025 will conclude as the second hottest on record, surpassed only by 2024. It continues a recent trend of exceptional, unexplained warming. The last three […]
From above, ice rings appear like a bull’s-eye, creating intricate circular patterns on lakes and ponds. Experts say this striking winter phenomenon only forms under the right set of weather conditions. As AccuWeather reports, the breathtaking phenomenon, known as ice rings or ice swirls, was spotted just last week in drone video over a frozen […]