Flooding sent giant chunks of ice crashing into Michigan homes last week after record snowfall melt and rounds of heavy rain created dangerous flooding around the Great Lakes. As AccuWeather reports, the statewide flooding dashboard from the Michigan Police showed 40 counties under a state of emergency (red) and road closures due to flooding at dozens of locations. Worse […]
Explosive wildfire activity in Georgia and across the Southeast last week has destroyed dozens of homes and sent people fleeing as drought conditions show no signs of improving anytime soon. As AccuWeather reports, Georgia remains under a state of emergency with a historic burn ban covering 91 counties in the southern part of the state. Fires have consumed […]
Severe thunderstorms are known for producing hazards such as dangerous winds, damaging hail and large, destructive tornadoes. But medical experts say there’s another reason to take precautions before a storm. “Thunderstorm asthma” was first reported in the 1980s in England and Australia, and doctors have described it as an attack of asthma that starts or […]
Ongoing drought is expected to worsen and continue raising the wildfire risk across multiple parts of the United States this spring, with vast areas facing heightened drought and fire danger in the weeks ahead. As AccuWeather reports, abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions persist across the Southeast. A front pushing through the region this weekend […]
A man in his 40s died after being struck by lightning during a storm in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the evening of April 15, marking the first lightning-related fatality in the United States in 2026, according to the National Lightning Safety Council. As AccuWeather reports, emergency responders were dispatched around 7:43 p.m. to a gas station in Waukesha […]
The sight of an eerie, almost fluorescent green sky before a fierce thunderstorm is sometimes perceived as a warning sign of an approaching tornado, but forecasters say that this long-standing myth might not be true. As AccuWeather reports, scientists aren’t completely sure why some intense thunderstorms turn the sky green, but research meteorologist Scott Bachmeier at University […]
The third storm in less than a month is bringing more downpours to Hawaii, and as AccuWeather reports, the added rainfall is expected to renew dangerous flooding and mudslides into next week. “The wet weather is being produced by a developing Kona storm approaching from the west,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson. “The storm is […]
After swinging around the moon and capturing breathtaking pictures of Earth’s celestial companion, the four astronauts are starting their journey home. As AccuWeather reports, on Tuesday, Orion left the lunar sphere of influence, meaning the spacecraft is now feeling stronger gravitational effects from the Earth rather than the moon. The Dark Side of the Moon NASA […]
A developing El Niño will be one of the biggest forces shaping the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins on Monday, June 1, and is one reason the number of storms could be near to below historical averages. Still, hurricane preparedness is critical as multiple storms could make landfall in the United States this […]
A key monarch butterfly population is showing signs of improvement this year, but scientists warn the species remains in long-term decline—especially in the western United States. Increase in Eastern Monarch Butterflies wintering in Mexico As AccuWeather reports, new data released by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and conservation partners show the eastern monarch population, which overwinters in central Mexico, […]