Lake Powell, the nation’s second-largest reservoir and one that provides water and power to millions of people in southern California, has reached its lowest levels since its first filling in the 1960s, and its companion reservoir, Lake Mead, is at levels almost as low. As USA Today reports, these two reservoirs alone, fed by the mighty […]
From Wednesday night into Thursday morning, people across Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee need to be prepared for the possibility of nighttime tornadoes, which historically are significantly deadlier than tornadoes in the day. Hail and high winds were threatening southeastern Oklahoma Wednesday, with storms beginning to develop in Jefferson County just north of the Texas border. The storms are […]
The Hubble Space Telescope captured images of a mysterious show playing out on Saturn’s rings — ghostly, fleeting “spokes” that appear to move along the planet’s rings. And scientists can’t yet explain why the phenomena happen. As Accuweather reports, the return of the spokes is one of the earliest signs that Saturn is entering a […]
An annual ice fishing tournament on Vermont’s Lake Champlain has been forced to cancel after the deaths of three fisherman due to the lake’s historically thin ice this winter. The derby raises money for conservation on Lake Champlain, and the community looks forward to February for the ice fishing competition, but the organizers felt they […]
The deadliest earthquake in over a decade hit Turkey and Syria last week. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed over 30,000 people (and those numbers continue to rise) and left hundreds of thousands without homes, prompting an unfathomable humanitarian crisis. The latest figures show that 33,181 have died across both countries, and the death toll in Turkey […]
For the third winter in a row, La Niña had a significant influence on the storm track and overall weather across North America, but the “triple-dip La Niña” may soon come to an end. La Niña is part of a regular climate pattern called ENSO that occurs when the water temperatures near the equator in the […]
About one month before the start of spring is the most well-known meteorological holiday of the year: Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil declared six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow on Thursday morning, but what do the meteorologists say? Meteorological spring is right around the corner with the season kicking off on the first day of […]
With so much to experience this month, try observing Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) each clear night, no matter the Moon or light pollution. Rivaling the brightness of summer’s M13 cluster at 5th magnitude, according to astronomy.com, ZTF could be “the best comet of the year.” It’s visible in the evening, has two tails, changes shape, […]
At least two people have been killed in car crashes in Texas as a long-duration, crippling ice storm continues to slide across the region leading to treacherous driving conditions and mounting power outages. The storm is the result of a bitter blast of arctic air that is in place across the central U.S. and is expected to have a significant impact on the […]
Despite being less than a month into the new year, tornado records are already close to falling after an unusually high number of twisters touched down during intense rounds of severe weather across the country. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center estimates between 140 and 165 tornadoes touched down from the start of the […]