It has been one rainy weekend after another in the Northeast recently, and there’s a strong signal that a significant storm will develop along the East Coast this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say. It has the potential to become a full-fledged nor’easter, which will bring soaking rain and strong winds. Past Nor’easters have been responsible for billions of […]
The weather pattern across the Great Lakes and Northeast will suddenly switch from summerlike to brrrisk autumn conditions in the coming days. A November-like chill will sweep in and may even trigger snow in some places this weekend. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the transition will be preceded by a dose of heavy rain and the risk of […]
A coastal storm unleashed a deluge of heavy rain on the New York City Tri-State area from late Thursday night into Friday night, leading to flash flooding, stranded motorists, street closures, subway suspensions and hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. Water rescues were reported in neighboring New Jersey. AccuWeather reports that as the flash flood emergency unfolded, […]
The “summer of the supermoon” has come to an end. Every full moon throughout summer, which started on June 21 and concluded on Sept. 23, was a big and bright supermoon. However, the cosmos is about to perform an encore that will coincide with one of the most well-known full moons of the entire year. As AccuWeather reports, […]
Ophelia tracked northward across eastern North Carolina into southeastern Virginia on Saturday. Although it lost wind intensity while moving over land and was classified as a tropical depression by Saturday evening, it continued to pack a punch across much of the East, unleashing drenching rain and threatening flooding from eastern North Carolina to southern New […]
The ferocity of Lee was unleashed on New England and the Canadian Maritimes over the weekend, ending the nearly two-week journey of the most powerful storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. As AccuWeather reports, the monstrous storm cut power to more than 280,000 electric customers across Maine, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as it roared ashore on Saturday afternoon. […]
There is no time of year more likely for a tropical system to be spinning in the Atlantic than September 10, which is the climatological peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. As AccuWeather reports, around 50% of all Atlantic hurricane seasons since the dawn of the satellite era in 1966 have had at least one […]
In the event of an extended power outage, particularly following hurricanes and other kinds of severe weather events, having a generator at home can be a huge advantage. But if used improperly, the devices can seriously harm or kill unsuspecting families. Carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution and fire are all potentially fatal risks of misusing portable generators. […]
The Atlantic Hurricane Season is ramping up, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking three systems in the Atlantic basin: Tropical Storm Idalia, Hurricane Franklin and a tropical wave expected to move off the coast of Africa. Tropical Storm Idalia was intensifying Monday, and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday as […]
There are hundreds of thousands of tiny, black worms emerging from a vast expanse of white snow across Paradise Glacier, high up on Mount Rainier in Washington state. According to AccuWeather, ice worms were first discovered in 1887 on Alaska’s Muir Glacier. They have since been spotted on most of the coastal glaciers in Alaska, British Columbia, […]