As summer heat builds, more people will rely on air conditioning units to keep cool. But what do you do if you don’t have central AC? A lot of people don’t. In fact, in places like England, France, Coastal Communities, and in locations where adding a costly AC unit has never really been necessary before, […]
AccuWeather reports that a new all-time record high was set in the United Kingdom Tuesday, and the brutally hot weather helped exacerbate a growing outbreak of house fires across London. The London Fire Brigade was forced to declare a major incident Tuesday in response to a huge surge of fires across the capital. The fire brigade […]
An unprecedented heat wave in France that has scorched the country, leading to raging wildfires, dragged on Monday with all-time high temperatures of nearly 108 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in some parts. As AccuWeather reports, Météo-France, the country’s national weather agency, reported over a dozen record-smashing highs Monday, including a reading of 107.6 F (42 degrees […]
As AccuWeather reports, a spate of shark sightings off the coast of New England that started in May, including one so dramatic that video caught onlookers screaming, kicked off an earlier season than expected. July is typically when the large predators arrive along the shoreline. And right on cue, as the height of the season […]
President Joe Biden unveiled the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Monday, an image that borders on the line between science and science-fiction as it is one of the deepest and highest-resolution views of the universe ever captured. NASA followed this up on Tuesday with more mind-boggling photos from the […]
Summer storms – thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods – are no joke. When disaster strikes, you want to be ready. Government agencies and the Natural Resources Defense Council recommend having a “Go Bag” ready so that at a moment’s notice you can throw it in the car and hit the evacuation routes. Whether you choose […]
The term “tropical wave” is one that comes up time and time again during the Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons. As AccuWeather reports, tropical waves happen most often over the ocean, but the term “wave” is atmospheric in nature and does not refer to undulations occurring in the ocean water. According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist […]
Atlantic hurricane season is usually still slow in July, but there is a slight uptick in activity and the areas of potential development begin to expand farther east into the Atlantic Ocean. Major hurricanes – Category 3 or stronger on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale – in July are rare. Since 1950, only four major hurricanes have […]
In the Fall of 2021, in the wake of Hurricane Ida, thousands of utility workers in Louisiana were scrambling to get the power back up and running, and that could take weeks. And in New Orleans, a natural gas plant that was supposed to provide emergency power failed, compounding the recovery efforts. But at one […]
Hot and humid summer days are often followed by warm nights, comfortable weather conditions for stargazers hoping to set up a telescope, watch the International Space Station fly overhead or just sit back and gaze at the stars. This year is no exception with July offering a slate of astronomical sights for young stargazers, those […]