As AccuWeather reports, a woman and two dogs were reportedly killed by lightning while out on a morning walk on Wednesday, June 22, in Southern California, authorities said. The woman’s death was the first known lightning fatality in the United States this year. The lightning strike was reported near the San Gabriel River in Pico […]
Nepal is moving the Everest base camp off of the melting Khumbu glacier, the BBC reports. Research shows that the Khumbu glacier is rapidly thinning as a result of the changing climate. “We see increased rock falls and movement of melt-water on the surface of the glaciers that can be hazardous,” Scott Watson, a researcher at the University of Leeds […]
The summer solstice, which takes place at 5:13 a.m. EDT on June 21, ushers in the year’s longest season, a shade over 93 days, according to timeanddate.com. The summer season also creates a unique phenomenon in the sky, known as noctilucent clouds. The clouds, also called “electric blue clouds,” are formed approximately 50 miles above the Earth’s surface, […]
State officials in Kansas are blaming a heat wave and its abrupt onset for the deaths of thousands of cattle earlier this week. The scorching heat challenged records across the nation’s midsection and produced temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in many locations. The AccuWeather RealFeel® temperature was 102 degrees Thursday afternoon in southwest Kansas. And this week, the United […]
As AccuWeather reports, a rare planetary alignment that won’t occur again for nearly two decades has taken shape in the night sky, and while it will remain visible through the end of June, viewing the spectacle may be tricky and could require losing some sleep. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have lined up in […]
After severe flooding closed Yellowstone National Park for the first time in history, visitors will have to wait a little longer to reenter as upcoming storms could aggravate existing flood conditions. According to AccuWeather, the timing of the reopening of Yellowstone National Park remained unknown Wednesday as cleanup continues and the threat of additional storms […]
An incoming plume of dust from the Sahara Desert will create vivid, picturesque sunsets and sunrises from Texas to Florida over this week, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. Thanks to a weather pattern called the “African easterly jet,” which consists of strong low- to midlevel winds in the atmosphere over central Africa, an enormous plume of dust has […]
The maker of one of the United States’ most beloved condiments has been forced to suspend production of its iconic spicy sauces until at least Labor Day. A worsening drought and rising temperatures are to blame. In a letter sent out to customers in mid-April, the company said it is facing a severe shortage of chili and […]
Summer isn’t the only season that begins this month. June also marks the start of supermoon season for astronomy lovers. Supermoons are annual occurrences happening in sets of three or four and provide skywatchers and photographers with great opportunities to observe Earth’s celestial companion. This year features a trilogy of supermoons with the first of the […]
This week, meteorologists are watching a potentially damaging atmospheric river headed to the Pacific Northwest and British Colombia, raising severe flooding concerns for this series of late season storms. All of this begs the questions: What is an atmospheric river, anyway? And how do they form? When you think of the atmosphere, you probably think […]