AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking a feature over the Atlantic Ocean that has a chance of evolving into a tropical storm before approaching the United States later this week or early next. The feature has some hurdles along the way, but conditions may become more favorable for development later on, especially as it approaches the U.S. During […]
Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring residents. One inferno has reportedly destroyed the historic mining community of Havilah in Kern County, California. And in Northern California, the Park Fire has scorched more than 360,000 acres – an area larger than the […]
Yellowstone National Park’s Biscuit Basin will remain closed for the remainder of the 2024 season following a hydrothermal explosion last week that launched debris hundreds of feet in the air and damaged the surrounding area, officials with the National Park Service and the US Geological Survey said in a statement on July 24. As AccuWeather reports, Biscuit Basin – […]
A surprise eruption in Yellowstone National Park shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt high into the sky Tuesday and sent sightseers running for safety. As ABC News reports, the hydrothermal explosion happened around 10 a.m. in Biscuit Basin, a collection of hot springs a couple miles north of the famous Old Faithful Geyser. Video posted […]
Heat is normal during the summer, but this year’s has been anything but, and halfway through the season’s hottest month it’s clear this one is for the record books. As CNN Weather reports, hundreds of cities in nearly every US state – including parts of Alaska and Hawaii – are on track for one of […]
The cosmos provided a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing over the weekend, and plenty of other events honored Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap. Aldrin, 94, the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, headlined a gala at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on Saturday night. He […]
June 2024 was hotter than any June previously on record, leaving people exposed to life-threatening temperatures and more extreme weather, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Monday. As AccuWeather reports, Copernicus researchers found that temperatures worldwide each month for the past 12 months were 1.5 degrees Celsius greater than the average before the pre-industrial age. […]
A slight respite from hot, dry weather Monday slowed the hunger for acreage among Oregon’s eight major wildfires, but an ominous forecast loomed as the state welcomed outside help. As NBC News reports, Oregon’s largest blaze, the Cow Valley Fire along the state’s desolate eastern flank, stood at 132,528 acres Monday, with 5% containment reported […]
The latest made-ya-look image from the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived, and it looks like … a penguin. A giant penguin in space. As AccuWeather reports, on Friday NASA officials marked two full years of scientific results from the telescope with the release of the image, which actually shows a pair of intertwined galaxies, […]
The heat wave that has set temperature records across the Western United States and left dozens of people dead continues to scorch tens of millions of Americans. And as Yahoo reports, forecasters say most of the country won’t be seeing relief anytime soon. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), dangerous and record-breaking heat will continue for […]