The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was reportedly made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the DOGE budget cuts from earlier this year. There is a gaping hole in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska — a critical shortage bedeviling US […]
With over a month left in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific tropical season, AccuWeather meteorologists warn that more named storms could be brewing. As AccuWeather reports, while a tropical wind and rainstorm pounds mid-Atlantic and New England beaches with coastal flooding, beach erosion and gusty winds, another tropical storm spun up in the Atlantic Ocean. “At 5 […]
A powerful coastal storm, dubbed a “nor’easter,” tracked up the East Coast over the weekend and into the start of the new week, bringing pounding surf, heavy rain and gusty winds that flooded streets, eroded beaches and snarled travel from the Carolinas to New England. The storm’s strongest impacts were felt along the shoreline, where […]
High winds and years of drought didn’t help, but the cause of the deadly fire that ravaged the Pacific Palisades community, causing the deaths of 12 people and millions of dollars in damage wasn’t an accident, and it wasn’t a result of neglect or dereliction of duty by Los Angeles county or the state of […]
October is finally here, and with it comes more fall foliage reaching its peak throughout the U.S. As USA Today reports, each year, as trees begin to store a chemical called chlorophyll, their leaves lose their green coloring, leaving yellow, orange, red, brown, and sometimes purple tints instead. The changing of the leaves draws nature enthusiasts, often […]
The leaves may be turning and the temperature may be falling in parts of the U.S., but the tropics are far from done for the season. AccuWeather hurricane experts are warning that a tropical storm may soon form in the Atlantic, while a hurricane will be on the prowl close to Mexico this week. These tropical threats […]
Get ready for one of the most magical nights of the year! Tonight, the Super Harvest Moon – the first super moon of 2025 – will rise, appearing bigger, brighter, and closer than usual. This stunning full moon marks the closest full moon to the autumn equinox and has guided farmers for centuries as they […]
Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda swirling off the Southeast coast, bringing high winds and surf to the East Coast – as well as some homes disintegrating into the Atlantic Ocean – are a stark reminder that the government shutdown has happened during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season. As CNN Weather reports, forecasters at the National […]
People in the southeastern United States have Hurricane Humberto and high pressure over the Northeast to thank for Imelda’s upcoming right turn to sea this week. However, the two hurricanes and the high will combine forces to bring long-lasting rough surf, dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding. As AccuWeather reports, Imelda strengthened to a hurricane on Tuesday […]
A new nationwide survey highlights America’s deepest weather fears, and the results show striking gaps between the threats people worry about and how prepared they actually feel to face them. As AccuWeather reports, the poll of 2,500 adults, conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Master Lock, found tornadoes ranked as the scariest natural disaster overall (46%), […]