“Don’t go out in cold weather with wet hair or you’ll catch a cold!” As AccuWeather reports, many people have heard this sentiment throughout their lifetimes from well-meaning parents or grandparents. Many have passed the advice along to their own children. But just how true are these cold weather warnings? “I call these ‘everybody knows […]
“It never rains in California,. But girl, don’t they warn ya? It pours, man it pours.” Never has that song by Albert Hammond ever been more true than in the last two weeks across California and the western states. A nearly relentless wet pattern has soaked California and the West for the last fourteen days, […]
From extreme winds and heat to unprecedented snow and an unusual hurricane season, 2025 will be remembered as a year that continually rewrote the weather record books. In chronological order, here’s is AccuWeather’s list of the top 10 record-breaking weather events of the year: Jan. 20-22: Historic snowstorm blasts Gulf Coast The year began with […]
As the calendar turns from 2025 to 2026, gone will be the record warmth in the Central and Southern states, as well as the deluge of rain that soaked California through Christmas week. The snow and cold that have plagued parts of the Northern and Eastern states, however, could still present issues for those with travel or […]
Colorado has opened the largest wildlife overpass in North America in an effort to reduce animal-related crashes by as much as 90% along a stretch of Interstate 25 in Douglas County. As AccuWeather reports, the Greenland Wildlife Overpass connects 39,000 acres of habitat on both sides of the interstate, allowing elk, deer, bears, mountain lions and […]
A strengthening storm off the West Coast is creating yet another atmospheric river to pump copious amounts of rain from the Pacific Ocean to much of California through Christmas Day, potentially creating life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in burn scarred areas from 2025 fires. As AccuWeather reports, heavy rain will create a significant risk to […]
For snow lovers, the big holiday question isn’t what’s under the tree, but what’s on the ground: Will there be a white Christmas this year? As AccuWeather reports, a “White Christmas” is typically defined as having at least an inch of snow on the ground on Dec. 25, which includes any new snow that may fall on […]
A levee breach in a suburb of Seattle prompted officials to issue emergency evacuations Monday for businesses and residents in the area in the area near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. As AccuWeather reports, the evacuation warning was issued at 11:51 a.m. PST in Tukwila, Washington, and canceled around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Traffic backed up on local highways as around 500 people […]
California’s Death Valley National Park just experienced its wettest November on record, resulting in a rare phenomenon that is not often associated with one of the driest places on Earth. As AccuWeather reports, the lowest areas of the park have turned into a shallow lake, the second time in two years that heavy rain has transformed […]
Back-to-back atmospheric rivers have doused the Pacific Northwest as of late, resulting in flash flooding, damaging mudslides and swollen rivers. Some locations have already picked up over a months’ worth of rainfall within just a few days amid the active pattern. Although the region caught a brief break from the intense storminess over the weekend, […]