Every year, 26 million children attend summer camp across the United States. AccuWeather is now partnering with local organizations and community leaders in the Texas Hill Country, which was impacted by last year’s historic and deadly flooding, to take additional steps to better protect campers and staff and to improve severe weather preparedness and responsiveness. […]
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NASA says it’s ‘go’ for Artemis II launch on April 1
NASA has set April 1 as the target launch date for the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a 10-day test flight around the moon. According to NASA, at 11:21 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 20, NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad 39B after an 11-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building at […]
The March Heat Dome Threatens to End Death Valley’s Superbloom
The rare superbloom that lit up Death Valley National Park in recent weeks is fading as an early-season heat wave bakes the Southwest. “Due to hot weather and high winds, many areas are now past peak,” the National Park Service said last week. As AccuWeather reports, on March 17, the temperature in Death Valley reached 100 degrees, […]
There’s a Growing Potential for a ‘Super El Niño’ Later this Year
A major shift in the Pacific Ocean known as the El Niño climate pattern is increasingly likely to develop this summer and continue through the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. As AccuWeather reports, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) says La Niña conditions — when waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator are […]
A Tale of Extremes: Midwest and East Get Slammed with Record-Breaking Blizzards while the Western Region Bakes in a Spring Heat Dome
It’s been a tale of two extreme weather conditions across America this week. As the Midwest and Eastern region freeze under record-breaking blizzard conditions not seen in over 100 years, the western states are frying inside a heat dome that’s bringing the hottest temps to hit the month of March, ever. Record-Breaking Blizzard conditions and […]
Nine States Just Recorded their Warmest Winters Ever, and the entire US had its Second-Warmest
Winter barely showed up the way it usually does for millions of people from Oregon to Texas, as nine states logged their warmest meteorological winter on record. As AccuWeather reports, the winter season is defined as Dec. 1 through the end of February. These dates are agreed upon by meteorologists for record-keeping and comparison purposes, […]
Nocturnal Tornadoes – What They Are and How to Prepare
This week, the midwestern region and some parts of the south are on high alert for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, including nocturnal tornadoes. Nocturnal Tornadoes are Twice as Deadly Tornadoes at night are more than twice as likely to be deadly as those during the day, according to a study done at Northern Illinois University. After examining […]
The Central US is Facing a Renewed Threat of Severe Storms and Tornadoes this Week
After a multiday risk of severe thunderstorms sprang to life across the central United States much of last week, responsible for the deaths of at least 8 people in the region, AccuWeather meteorologists warn that more severe weather is on the way toward the middle of this week across the Plains and Ohio Valley. A […]
Echinus Geyser in Yellowstone Erupts for First Time Since 2020
Yellowstone National Park’s Echinus Geyser is doing something visitors have not seen in years: it’s erupting again. As AccuWeather reports, on Feb. 7, the geyser logged its first eruption since 2020, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. More eruptions followed, and by Feb. 16, activity had ramped up to eruptions every 2 to […]
March Is When Daylight Returns with a Vengeance
March can still deliver wintry weather, but the month comes with a quieter shift that’s easier to notice by the day: The sun hangs around longer in the evening. And as AccuWeather reports, the change isn’t really subtle. By the end of March, many locations will have gained well over an hour of daylight compared […]