This winter the arctic blasts just won’t stop, and things are about to get worse before they get better. As AccuWeather reports, life-threatening cold air will continue to surge across the central United States through midweek and build into the East into the end of this week before it begins to ease up, adding it […]
Power outages during frigid winter months can endanger lives. Being prepared can help you and your family stay safe and comfortable. As AccuWeather repots, if your power goes out, first you need to make sure you haven’t blown a circuit by checking the breakers in your home’s electrical panel. Think ahead and unplug electronics and […]
According to AccuWeather, a frenetic weather pattern will send persistent winter storms across more than 20 states through the end of February, disrupting daily routines and causing cascading travel delays. “It’s been a disruptive start to February, and this onslaught of winter storms is expected to stick around for most of the month,” AccuWeather Chief […]
If you spent much of last month shivering in the United States, you were not alone. A preliminary look at temperature data shows that the U.S. is likely to have experienced its coldest January average mean temperature since at least 2011, with records going back to 1895. As AccuWeather reports, Climate Central’s preliminary findings for […]
An atmospheric river originating from near Hawaii known as a ‘Pineapple Express,’ will send copious amounts of moisture into a large portion of the Northwest and California into the new week, resulting in heavy rain and waist-deep snow, warn AccuWeather meteorologists. The Pineapple Express, already evident on weather maps this weekend, will bring a variety of hazards to the […]
Punxsutawney Phil is predicting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at Gobbler’s Knob Sunday morning. As CBS News reports, thousands of people gather every Feb. 2 to watch Phil make his big prediction at Gobbler’s Knob, about an hour and a half drive from Pittsburgh in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. This year’s crowd was […]
The chilly morning of Jan. 28, 1986, ended in disaster as the space shuttle Challenger broke apart off the coast of Florida in one of the worst tragedies in the history of NASA. As AccuWeather reports, the mission, known as STS-51-L, was Challenger’s 10th flight and the 25th flight of the space shuttle program. The […]
Just when they thought it was over…. While gusty winds took a long break over Southern California this past weekend, allowing ample progress to be made in containing existing wildfires, AccuWeather meteorologists have warned that winds will ramp up into Tuesday. A strong zone of high pressure is building across the Rocky Mountains early this week. As […]
Amid the ongoing devastation from the multiple wildfires happening across Los Angeles, a number of the city’s most beloved businesses and institutions have been impacted, if not destroyed entirely. According to a preliminary estimate by AccuWeather, the fires are expected to cost California up to $57 billion in damages and economic loss. As Fashionista reports, Elyse […]
The year 2024 will go down in history as the second-worst tornado season on record, beating 2011, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s said Friday. After a late December tornado outbreak with at least 88 twisters, 1,735 tornadoes have been confirmed so far in the United States from 1,880 preliminary reports during the year. As AccuWeather reports, that […]