Fire crews in California are mounting an all-out effort to protect a grove of ancient giant sequoias from the Garnet Fire. As AccuWeather reports, the fire was sparked by lightning on August 24 and has scorched nearly 55,000 acres in the Sierra National Forest east of Fresno. The blaze is just 14% contained, according to CAL […]
The unusually quiet start to September in the tropics may not last much longer. A surge in tropical development is expected around the middle of the month, AccuWeather hurricane experts warn. The Gulf and Caribbean, in particular, could breed dangerous hurricanes that quickly strengthen and threaten coastal communities. “Atmospheric conditions will be primed for tropical […]
As Hurricane Kiko gradually loses wind intensity in the coming days, its center is forecast to pass north of the Hawaiian Islands. However, as AccuWeather meteorologists reports, expanding moisture will bring rough seas, rain and gusty winds of concern. Swells spreading outward from the center of the storm will forecast to reach Hawaii and Maui […]
The moon will turn red this weekend during the second and final total lunar eclipse of 2025, an event that most of the world’s population should be able to see, weather permitting. As AccuWeather reports, it’s often called a Blood Moon, because the eclipsed moon will take on a deep red hue at its peak. […]
It’s September, but you wouldn’t know it from the temps that are currently baking the Pacific Northwest region. According to AccuWeather meteorologists, one of the most significant heat waves of the year will build from the interior of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia toward the Pacific coast in the coming days. Some areas east of […]
It happens almost every year—after a hot, sunny summer, a week or two of cool weather moves in at the end of August, or for the first part of September. And as pumpkin spice lattes start to pop up and Halloween decor appears in stores, you might be fooled into thinking that fall weather has finally arrived. But as […]
The autumnal equinox marks the start of fall across the Northern Hemisphere, but meteorologists commonly consider a different date to mark the start of the new season. As AccuWeather reports, equinox comes from the Latin words aequi, which means equal, and nox, which means night. On the day of the equinox, the sun’s rays are most direct […]
They can seem to appear from nowhere, swirling and pulsing as they grow to cover the horizon, reducing visibility to zero as they swallow freeways, streets and entire neighborhoods. They are haboobs, the huge clouds of dust that develop ahead of a thunderstorm during the Arizona monsoon. As AZcentral reports, a powerful dust storm rolled […]
On Sunday, July 27, Tampa, Florida, made history by hitting 100 degrees for the first time since record-keeping began in 1890. A day later, the thermometer at Tampa International Airport topped out at 95 degrees in the afternoon, a narrow miss for a second consecutive day of triple-digit heat. As AccuWeather reports, for Northern dwellers […]
Twenty years ago on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm, raged into New Orleans, and laid the soul of our nation bare. As Forbes reports, the storm caused catastrophic damage after massive levee breaches resulted in widespread flooding throughout the city. The water stayed there […]