One year after deadly wildfires swept through Los Angeles County and destroyed thousands of homes, Southern California is working to rebuild and prevent future fires from becoming as catastrophic. As AccuWeather reports, on Jan. 7, 2025, the first of a dozen wildfires ignited near the Palisades, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and sending families scrambling to evacuate. […]
If done incorrectly, shoveling snow can lead to injury and even death. Not only is shoveling snow a lot of work, but did you know that about 100 people in the United States die every winter while shoveling? That’s a sobering statistic. Changing the way you shovel can make your cleanup much easier, quicker and save you from […]
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, designated as one of the world’s most active, began its latest “eruptive episode” on January 12. This will mark the volcano’s 40th eruption since December 23, 2024. According to the USGS, the volcano is currently at a Volcano Alert Level of “Watch” and an Aviation Color Code of “Orange.” This designation indicates […]
January is the heart of meteorological winter across the Northern Hemisphere, and many associate the month with snowy scenes. However, as AccuWeather reports, two recent outbreaks of severe weather that spawned more than 100 tornadoes across the southern United States prove this month can pack a punch in terms of severe weather. “It is generally […]
A brilliant “star” rising in the eastern sky after sunset this winter is drawing attention across the Northern Hemisphere. Well, as Forbes reports, it’s not a star at all, but Jupiter, now just a two days from its direct opposition on Jan. 10, 2026, when it becomes the brightest and most visible planet of the […]
“Don’t go out in cold weather with wet hair or you’ll catch a cold!” As AccuWeather reports, many people have heard this sentiment throughout their lifetimes from well-meaning parents or grandparents. Many have passed the advice along to their own children. But just how true are these cold weather warnings? “I call these ‘everybody knows […]
“It never rains in California,. But girl, don’t they warn ya? It pours, man it pours.” Never has that song by Albert Hammond ever been more true than in the last two weeks across California and the western states. A nearly relentless wet pattern has soaked California and the West for the last fourteen days, […]
Folks sick of winter’s cold should see a reprieve from the icy weather this week, forecasters predict. As USA Today reports, temperatures are likely to be much warmer than average across a wide expanse of the country, the National Weather Service said in an online forecast posted Jan. 2. “Milder air will surge east next week as […]
From extreme winds and heat to unprecedented snow and an unusual hurricane season, 2025 will be remembered as a year that continually rewrote the weather record books. In chronological order, here’s is AccuWeather’s list of the top 10 record-breaking weather events of the year: Jan. 20-22: Historic snowstorm blasts Gulf Coast The year began with […]
A distant exoplanet appears to sport a sooty atmosphere that is confusing the scientists who recently spotted it. As LiveScience reports, the Jupiter-size world, detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), doesn’t have the familiar helium-hydrogen combination we are used to in atmospheres from our solar system, nor other common molecules, like water, methane or carbon […]