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 […]
One of Northern Italy’s worst droughts in recent memory has dried up the country’s Po River, unearthing relics that are typically covered up by the river’s flowing currents. The Po River, Italy’s largest river at 405 miles long, is also the biggest reservoir of fresh water available in the country. According to euronews, persistent drought, […]
Water levels at Lake Mead dropped to historic lows this week with persistent drought exacerbated by climate change and increased water demands driving the reservoir closer to becoming a “dead pool.” The nation’s largest reservoir on Thursday measured at 1,043.8 feet, its lowest level since the lake was filled in the 1930s. The minimum elevation to […]
As the Pacific Northwest braces for its first heat wave of 2022, many residents are remembering – and not fondly – the deadly wave of 2021, when a dome of heat that settled near the western edges of North America last summer produced an unrelenting and historic heat wave across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada. […]
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 […]