May is the start of Tornado Season, and boy, has it ever. Severe weather that led to torrential rainfall in Texas also spun up a tornado early Saturday morning, killing one person, according to officials. As AccuWeather reports, the deadly tornado touched down in Laguna Heights, on the eastern coastline of Texas, around 4 a.m. […]
Smoke from Australia’s worst wildfires in decades may have contributed to the rare triple La Niña weather event that impacted continents thousands of miles away, according to new research. As CNN reports, those flames burned through 46 million acres from June 2019 to January 2020 — during Australia’s summer months — thrusting emissions into the Earth’s […]
A marine heat wave is unfolding on a global scale that is setting records that have stood for decades, and forecasters say it could get worse in the coming months as El Niño takes hold in the Pacific Ocean. As AccuWeather reports, underwater heat waves occur when water temperatures in parts of the ocean are […]
It’s been a challenging season for residents who live along the upper Mississippi River. Snowmelt from a record-setting winter snowfall in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan sent a deluge of water into the Mississippi River this spring, flooding several cities and towns. AccuWeather experts warn it will take some time for the water levels to recede […]
April was an exciting month for stargazers and space enthusiasts thanks to an outburst of northern lights, the first meteor shower since early in the winter and an explosive inaugural launch of SpaceX’s newest rocket. But there are more must-see celestial events are lined up in the first week of May, including another meteor shower, the […]
On average, 1,200 tornadoes hit the United States each year, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), and while twisters can happen at any time and in any state, the prevailing wisdom has held that most of the large twisters occur in Tornado Alley, an expansive area within the central U.S. designated by meteorologists in […]
The weather pattern across portions of southwestern Europe has been more reminiscent of August than April over the past week as temperatures have soared well above the historical average, shattering monthly all-time record highs in multiple countries, as well as the continent as a whole. As AccuWeather reports, blistering conditions have primarily settled across Portugal […]
California’s winter featured torrential rainfall from beginning to end, helping to fill the state’s reservoirs and putting a major dent into the state’s long-term drought conditions. As Accuweather reports, the transition to spring has brought another positive effect to the Golden State, as a “superbloom” of wildflowers has residents and tourists alike rushing to get a glimpse […]
Spring is fully underway across the United States, although it might not feel like it in some locations. And to the delight of baseball fans, it’s also the kickoff for the Major League Baseball season. Unfortunately, as AccuWeather reports, this season will be matching up all too well with the peak of severe weather. In […]
AccuWeather forecasters say that the latest California storm fell just short of being considered an atmospheric river, but it was still a force to be reckoned with. As the center of the system strengthened on its final approach to the California coast, it underwent a meteorological process known as bombogenesis, otherwise known as a “bomb […]