Wildfires in North America made international headlines in 2023 as millions of people were cast under thick clouds of smoke from massive infernos. Air quality plummeted to dangerous levels and transformed famous skylines into views more akin to an apocalyptic horror movie. The 2024 wildfire season is right around the corner, and although AccuWeather meteorologists […]
After years of delays and a dizzying array of setbacks during test flights, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to make its inaugural crewed launch. As CNN weather reports, the mission is on track to take off from Florida as soon as May 6, carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station, […]
We are smack dab in the middle of Tornado Season, and it seems like every day we’re getting reports of another storm or series of storms leaving death and destruction in its wake. While you can’t prepare for every possible scenario, there are some standard protocols that could just save your life. Preparing for a […]
Tornado season has begun, and it’s already wreaking havoc on many southern and midwestern U.S. states. You’re sitting at home, and suddenly the National Weather Service (NWS) interrupts your programming with a Tornado Watch or Warning. What is the difference between a Tornado Watch and a Tornado Warning? And what should you do? According to […]
In Antarctica, gold literally rains from the sky. Tucked in among the glaciers, fiery Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, providing a bit of heat amid the frozen landscape, but it also provides a wealth of gold mixed within its ashes. As AccuWeather reports, according to a 2017 study, the frozen continent […]
The United Arab Emirates was hit by a year’s worth of rainfall in 12 hours which caused severe flooding to the desert nation’s roads, houses and Dubai’s airport. In dramatic footage, residents were seen jet-sking down streets, planes were forced to land in what looked like an ocean, and high-end Rolls-Royce cars were swept away in the deluge. By […]
Tornadoes can occur in the U.S. at any time throughout the year, but there’s a distinct seasonal peak in tornadic activity, and it starts in April. Long-term severe weather records show April, May and June are the three most active months for tornadoes in the U.S. As Fox Weather reports, between 1991 and 2020, an average of 1,333 tornadoes were […]
50 Years ago, on April 3, 1974, the South and part of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys were devastated by one of the most significant weather events in U.S. history. Infamously known as the 1974 Super Outbreak, which lasted from April 3-4, 1974, the Outbreak was the first on record to produce more than 100 tornadoes […]
April has been a fantastic month for stargazing. Hot on the heels of the awe-inspiring total solar eclipse is the first meteor shower in four months – the Lyrids. Most meteor showers are caused by debris from a passing comet. For the Lyrids, the comet is named Comet Thatcher. The Lyrid meteor shower – spawned by […]
The European Union’s (EU) Copernicus Climate Change Service has reported that, at 1.68 degrees Celsius hotter than the “pre-industrial” era, March was the warmest March on record and the tenth straight temperature record-breaking month. Globally, the temperature in March averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius, 0.73 degrees Celsius higher than the 1991-2020 average for March and 0.10 […]