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 […]
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 […]
After severe flooding closed Yellowstone National Park for the first time in history, visitors will have to wait a little longer to reenter as upcoming storms could aggravate existing flood conditions. According to AccuWeather, the timing of the reopening of Yellowstone National Park remained unknown Wednesday as cleanup continues and the threat of additional storms […]
An incoming plume of dust from the Sahara Desert will create vivid, picturesque sunsets and sunrises from Texas to Florida over this week, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. Thanks to a weather pattern called the “African easterly jet,” which consists of strong low- to midlevel winds in the atmosphere over central Africa, an enormous plume of dust has […]
The maker of one of the United States’ most beloved condiments has been forced to suspend production of its iconic spicy sauces until at least Labor Day. A worsening drought and rising temperatures are to blame. In a letter sent out to customers in mid-April, the company said it is facing a severe shortage of chili and […]
Tourists on Lake Powell captured astounding video of massive red rocks on the side of the reservoir toppling over into the water, generating a wave powerful enough to capsize a small watercraft. As reported by AccuWeather, Mila Carter and her husband Steve were out boating on Lake Powell — a human-made reservoir on the Colorado […]
Call it the bright side of the planet’s climate crisis. An extreme drought in Iraq helped a team of Kurdish and German archaeologists to uncover what is believed to be the ancient city of Zakhiku. Zakhiku had long been lost underneath the waters of the Mosul reservoir, according to a press release from the University […]
Unusual dryness has affected large portions of Europe so far this year, and a new report that analyzed the ongoing drought situation across the continent has revealed concerning signs in some of the region’s vital river basins as the summer months quickly approach. The report by the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) of the Copernicus Emergency Management […]