September started with a typhoon that ripped through Hong Kong, uprooting trees and flooding the city. It was the first of a slew of extreme weather events that have hit ten countries and territories in just 12 days – the most catastrophic being the floods in Libya, which have killed more than 11,000 people according to the […]
Forecasters are warning a new tropical depression that formed Friday in the central Atlantic has the potential for explosive intensification that will make it a major hurricane this week, becoming the latest intense storm as New England and Novia Scotia are barely recovering from Lee’s impact over the weekend. As Forbes reports, the National Hurricane […]
The ferocity of Lee was unleashed on New England and the Canadian Maritimes over the weekend, ending the nearly two-week journey of the most powerful storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. As AccuWeather reports, the monstrous storm cut power to more than 280,000 electric customers across Maine, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as it roared ashore on Saturday afternoon. […]
After a sizzling hot, record-breaking summer, some people may be ready for the arrival of cooler autumn air and the colorful displays that accompany the changing of the seasons. The weather throughout the entire year plays a significant role in how vibrant — or how dull — the fall foliage appears as autumn shifts into gear. […]
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been oozing lava for more than three decades, but it seems to have been ramping up this year, erupting for the third time this year after nearly three months of quiet, with glowing lava flows bursting within one of its craters Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. The eruption started […]
Rescuers in Morocco are racing against the clock to find survivors in the rubble and reach isolated communities after Friday’s powerful earthquake. At least 2,497 people are confirmed dead and 2,476 injured, according to state media. Authorities warn the death toll is still expected to rise. As CNN reports, Friday’s disastrous quake is the worst to hit Morocco in […]
There is no time of year more likely for a tropical system to be spinning in the Atlantic than September 10, which is the climatological peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. As AccuWeather reports, around 50% of all Atlantic hurricane seasons since the dawn of the satellite era in 1966 have had at least one […]
A new tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Tuesday morning, and it’s expected to strengthen to a powerful Category 4 hurricane by the weekend as it nears the eastern Caribbean. The first forecast track by the National Hurricane Center points the storm toward the east coast, with a possible northern scrape for the Leeward and […]
In the event of an extended power outage, particularly following hurricanes and other kinds of severe weather events, having a generator at home can be a huge advantage. But if used improperly, the devices can seriously harm or kill unsuspecting families. Carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution and fire are all potentially fatal risks of misusing portable generators. […]
As Texas baked in record-breaking heat this summer and a growing drought pushed water levels down, a group of volunteers uncovered something sort of magnificent: new giant dinosaur tracks that are believed to be from around 110 million years ago. Paul Baker, the retail manager at Dinosaur Valley State Park, said in an interview with CNN that […]