Rescuers in Morocco are racing against the clock to find survivors in the rubble and reach isolated communities after Friday’s powerful earthquake. At least 2,497 people are confirmed dead and 2,476 injured, according to state media. Authorities warn the death toll is still expected to rise. As CNN reports, Friday’s disastrous quake is the worst to hit Morocco in […]
There is no time of year more likely for a tropical system to be spinning in the Atlantic than September 10, which is the climatological peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. As AccuWeather reports, around 50% of all Atlantic hurricane seasons since the dawn of the satellite era in 1966 have had at least one […]
A new tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Tuesday morning, and it’s expected to strengthen to a powerful Category 4 hurricane by the weekend as it nears the eastern Caribbean. The first forecast track by the National Hurricane Center points the storm toward the east coast, with a possible northern scrape for the Leeward and […]
In the event of an extended power outage, particularly following hurricanes and other kinds of severe weather events, having a generator at home can be a huge advantage. But if used improperly, the devices can seriously harm or kill unsuspecting families. Carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution and fire are all potentially fatal risks of misusing portable generators. […]
As Texas baked in record-breaking heat this summer and a growing drought pushed water levels down, a group of volunteers uncovered something sort of magnificent: new giant dinosaur tracks that are believed to be from around 110 million years ago. Paul Baker, the retail manager at Dinosaur Valley State Park, said in an interview with CNN that […]
In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather. As CNN reports, the new money, which will come from Congress’s bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, is being announced just as the agency is running out of disaster-relief funds and […]
On Wednesday (Aug. 30), one of the biggest and brightest moons of the year will rise. This full moon is referred to as a Blue Moon, a term that can represent one of two things: Either the third full moon in a season that has four full moons; or, more commonly, the second of two full moons that […]
The Atlantic Hurricane Season is ramping up, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking three systems in the Atlantic basin: Tropical Storm Idalia, Hurricane Franklin and a tropical wave expected to move off the coast of Africa. Tropical Storm Idalia was intensifying Monday, and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday as […]
Summertime means hot weather — sometimes dangerously hot — and extreme heat waves have become more frequent in recent decades, due to human-induced climate change. High heat and humidity have blanketed numerous states in the U.S. South, Midwest, and Great Plains in this latter part of August of 2023, resulting in what is referred to […]
As an extreme drought grips Mexico, leading to crop losses, a lack of water and higher food prices, the government is trying to bring desperately-needed rain by turning to a controversial technology: cloud seeding. As CNN reports, in mid-July, more than 40% of Mexico was in moderate to extreme drought, according to the national weather service. The country […]