According to the NOAA, in 2023 (as of June 8), there have been 9 confirmed weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect the United States. These events included 1 flooding event, 7 severe storm events, and 1 winter storm event. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 99 people and […]
July begins with a gorgeous planetary event that you won’t want to miss! July 3: First, we have a our first supermoon of the year on the eve of Independence Day! Not only will the “Buck Moon” be closer to Earth than it typically is, but according to Live Science, for most observers, the moon will […]
People in Utah have been seeing snow on the ground tinged with a red and pinkish hue. It’s certainly pretty to look at, but what’s behind the natural phenomenon that’s nicknamed “watermelon snow”? As CNN reports, weather experts say it’s actually a normal occurrence that appears across mountainous locations all over the world. Though you […]
Flash flooding is one of the most dangerous and deadly aspects of severe weather and is responsible for around 127 deaths per year, according to the National Weather Service. As Accuweather reports, earlier this month, one storm chaser came across one such dangerous flash flood and jumped into action to help rescue those in need, an […]
For a state that sees natural disasters regularly, the words “Florida” and “tsunami” rarely, if ever, go together within a sentence. According to Storm Advisor, there have been just eight tsunamis in Florida since 1848, with the most recent one being in 2001. But as USA Today reports, some residents of Clearwater Beach found themselves at the scene of […]
The brutal heat wave punishing Texas is expected to worsen and expand in the coming days, according to forecasting models, before extending its reach to other states. “The never-ending and dangerous heat wave in Texas will persist through the weekend into next week,” the National Weather Service said on its website. ” On Friday, Texas, Arizona, New […]
Plumes of smoke spewing from wildfires across Canada have filled the sky over the contiguous United States in recent weeks, resulting in unhealthy air quality and hazy conditions hundreds and even thousands of miles away from the blazes. With the Canadian wildfire season off to an unprecedented start and wildfire season in the U.S. still months […]
The upcoming week will bring the shortest nights of the entire year across the United States, but there will still be plenty to look for in the night sky including a planetary duo glowing next to the moon. According to AccuWeather, the 2023 astronomical summer will officially kick off on Wednesday with the solstice, which […]
The third topical depression of the 2023 hurricane season has formed in the central tropical Atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane in a few days, according to the NOAA’s U.S. National Hurricane Center. As Reuter’s reports, the depression, about 1,425 miles (2,295 km) east of the southern Windward Islands, is packing maximum sustained […]
An especially insidious form of turbulence has gotten worse because of climate change, according to new research. It’s turbulence that forms in cloudless skies that’s typically invisible to a plane’s radar, called clear-air turbulence. And it’s projected to become a bigger problem as the world warms. As The Verge reports, severe clear-air turbulence (CAT) has […]