The United States was lashed by 18 catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion each last year, a new report shows. They came in the form of tornadoes, extreme heat and cold, deadly flooding and hurricanes and a climate change-fueled drought in the West. As CNN reports, when taken together, the country’s so-called billion-dollar disasters inflicted at […]
As the planet warms, hurricanes are changing, but not for the better. They’re getting stronger faster, bringing more flooding rain, pushing farther inland after they make landfall and tracking farther north in general. As CNN reports, those changes are exposing more people and properties to hurricanes’ damaging winds – according to a new report from nonprofit organization First Street Foundation – with […]
Less than a year after going through one of the worst droughts on record, residents living in California could reap the benefits of rain and snow levels that returned to more normal levels this winter. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water allocations to numerous agencies in Northern California, announced Wednesday that senior water […]
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer back in time to the early days of the universe — and they spotted something unexpected. The space observatory revealed six massive galaxies that existed between 500 million and 700 million years after the big bang that created the universe. The discovery is completely upending […]
“All systems go for a major and unusual storm,” the National Weather Service said in its forecast last Wednesday. The powerful winter storm that moved through California dropped heaps of rain, sleet and snow across much of the state, including Southern California, where several feet of fresh powder fell in the mountains of Los Angeles and […]
Evening stargazers may have noticed Venus shining bright above the western horizon in recent weeks, appearing higher in the sky with each passing night. The planet will continue to be a prominent feature through the remainder of February, and on Thursday evening, it will have some company. The crescent moon will appear to align with […]
Ice Storm Warnings have been issued for the northern part of the country this week. A lot of regions across the U.S. have had their fair share of snowfall this winter, but dealing with ice is a whole different battle. Just a thin coating of ice can result in a travel nightmare, while heavier amounts […]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in both countries. As CNN reports, the quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency […]
Lake Powell, the nation’s second-largest reservoir and one that provides water and power to millions of people in southern California, has reached its lowest levels since its first filling in the 1960s, and its companion reservoir, Lake Mead, is at levels almost as low. As USA Today reports, these two reservoirs alone, fed by the mighty […]
From Wednesday night into Thursday morning, people across Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee need to be prepared for the possibility of nighttime tornadoes, which historically are significantly deadlier than tornadoes in the day. Hail and high winds were threatening southeastern Oklahoma Wednesday, with storms beginning to develop in Jefferson County just north of the Texas border. The storms are […]