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 […]
Residents in Alaska’s largest city are bracing for a looming volcano eruption that scientists have warned could happen in a few weeks. As The Daily Mail reports, dozens of mini earthquakes have rattled Alaska’s Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano, which sits just 81 miles from Anchorage, and is home to nearly 300,000 people. According to the Alaska […]
The short-lived reign of La Niña has come to an end. As CNN Weather reports, La Niña – a natural climate pattern that can influence weather worldwide – arrived at the start of this year but had a very short and odd life. The atmosphere first started to take on a La Niña look last fall, but […]
As waters recede along small streams and secondary rivers, flooding is just getting underway along the largest rivers and related problems may last well into the spring. As AccuWeather reports, rains have ended over the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi river basins, but runoff from 8-16 inches of rain over just a few days will continue […]
Does it seem like it was unusually windy last month? You’re not wrong. This March came in like a lion — but the lion never left. Even though it is typically the windiest month of the spring, this March was the windiest on record in many U.S. cities and in the nation at large. AccuWeather […]
Relentless rounds of heavy rain have inundated parts of the central United States, triggering rapidly rising waterways and prompting multiple flash flood emergencies across several states. A “generational flood event” refers to a flood of such magnitude and rarity that it’s expected to occur only once in a person’s lifetime or the lifespan of a generation, […]
The Atlantic hurricane season is fast approaching, and early indications have forecasters worried that it will have similarities to the 2024 season, which was one of the most devastating and costliest on record. “Super-charged” encapsulates the ferocity of last year’s deadly hurricane season. Beryl entered the record books as the earliest Category 5 on record, Helene pummeled […]
Get ready for an insect phenomenon that has been 17 years in the making. Starting this spring, when temperatures are warm enough, parts of the eastern United States will witness the emergence of Brood XIV periodical cicadas. After spending nearly two decades underground, these cicadas are set to emerge in droves, creating a spectacle that […]