Spring weather can be unpredictable. When severe weather hits unexpectedly, the risk of injury and weather-related death increases, so planning makes sense. Prepare for storms, floods, and tornadoes as if you know in advance they are coming, because in the spring, they very likely will. Temperatures can swing back and forth between balmy and frigid. […]
It will probably come as no surprise that hailstorms across the country are causing more damage than they used to. The size of hailstones also seems to be growing with comparisons to baseballs, softballs, and even cantaloupes, being reported more often year after year. Both are trends that have caused people to wonder whether global warming is to blame. […]
Wildfires made international headlines in the opening weeks of 2025 after deadly infernos fanned by extreme winds swept through neighborhoods in Southern California. And the fire threat is expected to rise again in the coming months as heat, drought and the aftermath of destructive weather events set the stage for another busy wildfire season. As AccuWeather […]
This time of year, there’s nothing quite like packing up your rod and reel, pushing off and rowing out to the middle of a lake for a nice relaxing day of fishing, right? Well, sorry to harsh your mellow, but already this spring, two Americans have been struck and killed by lightning, both while fishing […]
A wildfire in New Jersey exploded to 13,250 acres after igniting Tuesday in Ocean County and threatening more than 1,000 structures, shutting down a major highway and causing thousands of people to flee the flames. Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey’s commissioner of Environmental Protection, said fire officials expect the blaze to grow and that it could turn out […]
Over Easter weekend, violent tornadoes ripped through midwestern states, even reaching as far north as Montana. Tornadoes can strike certain parts of the U.S. at any time of year, but April, May and June are overwhelmingly the most active when it comes to thunderstorms spawning these destructive forces of nature. As The Weather Channel reports, […]
Every April 22, millions around the world come together for Earth Day—a global call to protect the planet that began in 1970 and has grown into one of the largest environmental movements on Earth. As AccuWeather reports, what started as a single day of awareness has deep roots in a growing sense of environmental urgency […]
Severe weather threatened more than 45 million Americans on Easter Sunday, as a treacherous string of thunderstorms described as “a historical weather event” continued to strike parts of the southern and midwestern United States, causing flooding and at times tornado risks across a substantial block of the country from East Texas to southeastern Iowa and […]
People are breathing a sigh of relief as an asteroid the size of a 10-story building previously predicted to be destined to collide with Earth is now more likely to make impact on the Moon. As UPI reports, both NASA observers and members of the worldwide planetary defense community initially predicted that the asteroid designated […]
The first major meteor shower of 2025 – the Lyrids – is due to arrive this weekend. 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 this comet – seems to outburst, or produce an unexpectedly large number of […]