Travelers are still stranded in Dubai due to the historic floods that hit the desert nation as visitors camp out at the airport with very little food and scenes of chaos.
India faces drought in 125 districts as per SPEI data by IMD, Pune, impacting agriculture and water resources. States like Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu affected. El Nino effect observed in some districts.
Heavy rain has devastated Dubai causing massive floods and damage.
Parts of Ecuador were facing power cuts of up to 13 hours on Thursday amid an electricity crisis sparked by a drought that has left key hydroelectric reservoirs nearly depleted.
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry has maintained that no one was killed directly by the floods.
Bad-faith scapegoating around the attacker’s identity shows Australian media needs to shake its addiction to Elon Musk’s rapidly toxifying platform Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The harrowing local news stories of the last week have confronted Australians with the limitations and opportunities of our contemporary media environment. Between the disinformation hurricane that absorbed the slaughter in Bondi Junction and the sober verdict of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, Australians have been provided with an unusually clearcut choice between the media we have … and the media we may want. It’s less than a week and an aeon ago that six innocent people – five of them women – were...
PEROVSKY, Russia - As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and started building a homemade dam.
Dubai has been hit by record floods, sparking misleading speculation about cloud seeding.
The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.”
Our guiding light will be progressive realism and an end to the reckless, gaffe-prone diplomacy of the Tory years Every time you look at social media, a new international crisis is unfolding. Drones from Iran or one of its proxies hurtling towards Israel. Another Israeli strike kills civilians in Gaza. A Ukrainian city faces a fresh wave of attacks from Putin’s war machine. The revelation of another cyber attack from a hostile state on UK soil. Another threat of a land grab in my ancestral home of Guyana. Another coup in the Sahel . A new flood, wildfire or hurricane – the latest manifestation of the climate emergency that is too often treated as an afterthought. The world order – which once appeared governed, at least to a large extent, by the rules we helped set up with our allies after...
GENEVA - The United Nations on Tuesday said it was seeking to raise $1 billion to boost humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, which has been hit by conflict, drought and floods.
A wet spring in the United States will dampen early fires, but some regions will see elevated risk this summer. The post Forecasters expect slow start to U.S. wildfire season appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
ALMATY - More than 98,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan, the country's emergencies ministry said on Thursday.
A large 60ft crack was discovered in the Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday. State and local leaders said that there is no imminent danger to the 1,8000 residents but have set up an evacuation plan.
Historic floods have engulfed towns across Russia after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks.
Four workers at Tanskeys Bistro, West Kirby, Wirral, were left stranded when water submerged the South Parade on Tuesday.
CNN — Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking protests against the authorities. The Ural River, which flows from Russia’s Ural Mountains through Kazakhstan to the Caspian Sea, was swelled this week by snow melt, causing a deluge … The post Floods ravage regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, but worse is yet to come appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The third-longest river in Europe has burst from its banks joining others as floods have swept across parts of Russia and Kazakstan with more flooding on the way, according to multiple reports.
Dozens of flood warnings and alerts remain in place as communities count the cost of latest floods.
Floods are threatening Russia's southern Kurgan region, putting more than 19,000 people's lives at risk, the state news agency said on Tuesday, days after unprecedented flooding displaced thousands of people and inundated a city in the Ural region.
Lee County gets 30 days to show it followed flood regulations while rebuilding after Hurricane Ian.
HARARE - Mandisireyi Mbirinyu, 70, and her 13-year-old grandson Tinotenda sit in the blistering sun, shelling the few maize cobs they managed to retrieve from land parched by a drought ravaging southern Africa.
A flood warning is in place for coastal areas from today (Sunday) until Tuesday. Flood warning amid high tides and storm surges
Flood and wind warnings remain in place, with Sepa warning of ‘real danger to life’ on coastal roads and paths Scotland will continue to face the threat of power cuts and travel disruption as high winds and heavy rain from Storm Kathleen persist into Sunday. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has 18 regional flood alerts and 43 flood warnings in place in Scotland. They have been in force since Saturday. Continue reading...
Met Office says temperatures may hit 22C in East Anglia on potentially hottest day of year but warns of strong gusts and rain Dozens of UK flights have been cancelled as Storm Kathleen is expected to bring winds of up to 70mph – and potentially the hottest day of the year so far. About 70 flights departing from and arriving at UK airports before midday on Saturday were cancelled as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind. Continue reading...
Colorado State University is forecasting an extremely active 2024 hurricane season, amid concerns over record-warm ocean surface temperatures and atmospheric conditions.
Colorado State University on Thursday predicted high levels of Atlantic hurricane activity in an initial 2024 forecast.
Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is calling for a near-record active season with 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and five major hurricanes. The post Forecasters predict an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
After the recent wet weather it is going to turn very windy this weekend as Storm Kathleen hits the UK.
[DW] Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is asking for $2 billion (€1.85 billion) in food aid to help milllions of people impacted by drought brought about by the El Nino weather pattern.
Emmerson Mnangagwa says country needs $2bn of aid as severe dry spell caused by El Niño afflicts southern Africa Zimbabwe has declared a national disaster over a drought caused by the climate event known as El Niño and President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country needs $2bn in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry. The severe dry spell is wreaking havoc across southern Africa. Continue reading...
An early spring storm is bringing high winds and heavy rain to parts of Ontario as Environment Canada warns of significant snowfall in other areas of the province.
Ex-Schlagzeuger Herman „The German“ Rarebell erinnert an die dicken Hosen der 1980er-Jahre Am 17. Mai starten die Scorpions ihre „Love As First Sting“-Tour mit einem Konzert in der Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi (Vereinigte Arabische Emirate). Eine Reise durch die Geschichte der Hartkerle aus Hannover, die mit dem 1984 veröffentlichten Album endgültig in internationale Superstar-Dimensionen abhoben. Bis heute wurden bemerkenswerte 10 Millionen „Einheiten“ abgesetzt; mit einem Cover,... Der Beitrag The Scorpions: Nicht „Rock …“, sondern „Fuck you like a Hurricane“ erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
A year ago, much of this region was drenched by deadly tropical storms and floods.
The crunchy grain could gain popularity as the climate warms. The post Colorado farmer finds success with drought-resilient millet appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[The Herald] IN the face of the current challenges caused by the El Niño weather, Government is pushing for the adoption of new agricultural technologies and research projects that proffer solutions on drought mitigation and avoidance.
And some of it’s hazardous. The post After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A potentially significant storm could arrive in Southern California this weekend, a rarity for this time of the year, the National Weather Service says.
The storm hit with parts of the country still in recovery mode from their own severe weather, particularly in the Northeast. Tens of thousands of people still lacked power in Maine, where a storm coated parts of the state in thick ice.
Fredericton residents respond to a recent storm that covered everything with a layer of snow and ice. The storm left thousands of people without power, and damaged a couple roads.
The researchers found that with AI, they could predict floods five days in advance in river basins without gauges.
The FOX Forecast Center said it'll all begin later Friday as upper-level energy from a Midwest snowstorm combines with energy and moisture coming up from a Gulf of Mexico storm aimed at Florida.
Unsettling climate forecasts, human neglect, lack of resources and “zombie” fires risk turning Russia’s annual wildfire season into a crisis.
Cyclone Megan weakened to tropical low, impacting Borroloola. Groote Eylandt received heavy rain. Australian cyclone season Nov-April. Defence Force standby for recovery. Cyclone Jasper hit in December. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily caused power outages in January.
Town of Borroloola was due to be evacuated before cyclone arrived but dangerous weather prevented aircraft from landing Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Tropical Cyclone Megan continues churning in Australia’s north-east where remote communities are waking up to assess damage from the severe weather. About 700 residents in the town of Borroloola faced the worst of the cyclone, which made landfall on the south-western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria on Monday afternoon as a category 3 storm before weakening to a category 1. Continue reading...
Planes unable to land to evacuate 700 people in Borroloola as torrential rain floods roads and winds of up to 200km/h forecast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Track the path of the cyclone with the BoM radar map Northern Territory residents attempting to flee Tropical Cyclone Megan have been left stranded, after dangerous weather prevented evacuation aircraft from landing. The storm system was less than 90km away from the remote fishing town Borroloola in the NT, where residents had been hoping for Australian defence force planes to fly them out of town on Monday afternoon after roads flooded. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for...
Jake Guentzel scored the only goal of the shootout to go along with two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes came back from a 4-2 deficit late in regulation to down the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Saturday.
NASA photos show the state replenished by rain and snow from winter storms. The state is entirely out of the drought and snowpack levels are near normal.
Hurricane force winds are expected to hit Davis and Weber counties on Thursday and Friday. A high wind warning is in effect until noon on Friday across northern Utah.
Salisbury, Massachusetts trucked in 14,000 tons of sand to protect homes and roads – but a storm swept it out to sea. The incident exemplifies the challenges with shoreline restoration, a strategy to shield waterfronts as the climate crisis intensifies.
Record Western Australian rainfall has closed the Eyre Highway that links Perth to the eastern states and flooded outback stations, including Australia’s largest operating sheep station Rawlinna. Parts of WA experienced more than half a year's rain in 24 hours over the weekend, with more than 155mm of rain recorded at Rawlinna WA floods: ‘serious welfare concerns’ for seven people, including four children, missing amid heavy rain Continue reading...
Researchers simulated the wind damage from seven historical hurricanes to identify just a few key electrical lines that were crucial to protect the whole grid from cascading power failures
Air Zermatt chief Anjan Truffer explained how his team found several bodies scattered on the mountain after the six-person strong group, five from the same family, pushed on despite hurricane-force winds
Indonesia said at least 19 people were killed and 80,000 more were displaced by floods and landslides that hit several regions in West Sumatra province after days of torrential rains.
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel is on the move. Pittsburgh has traded the left winger to the Hurricanes less than 24 hours before the NHL trade deadline on Friday, Carolina announced. The deal will send the forward to Carolina along with defenseman Ty Smith. Pittsburgh will retain 25 percent of Guentzel’s salary as part of the...
A man has been seen repeatedly damaging wildfire detection equipment in Irvine. Police want to know who he is.
Coastal land is dropping, known as subsidence. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans to inundation by 2050.
Lower-than-usual snowfall resulting in a thin snowpack has heightened concerns about another year of drought, with spring on the way in B.C.
Planes drop fire retardant on blazes that have destroyed up to 500 homes and businesses as weather change may offer some respite Strong winds spread flames and prompted at least one evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle as firefighters worked to stop the largest wildfire in state history. The large Smokehouse Creek fire was 15% contained and two other fires were 60% contained. Authorities have not said what ignited the fires, but strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. Continue reading...
The goal is to ensure consumers are benefiting from major public investments in wildfire risk reduction.
Nearly a quarter of coastal land could be lower than sea levels, putting hundreds of millions at risk of inundation.
Much of the Northwest Territories is entering its third year of drought, said officials during the first wildfire briefing of the year.
Image: Dubai floods seen from space
CNN — Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said. In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 others, according to preliminary reports from Mullah Janan Sayeq, a spokesman for the Ministry of … The post More than 100 killed across Pakistan and Afghanistan as flash floods and heavy rains sweep the region appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake of unusually heavy rain Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods Dubai is wrestling with the aftermath of extraordinary torrential rains that flooded the desert city, with residents describing harrowing stories of spending the night in their cars, and air passengers enduring chaotic scenes at airports. Up to 259.5mm (10.2in) of rain fell on the usually arid country of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the most since records began 75 years ago . The state-run WAM news agency called the rains on Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949”. Continue reading...
American tourists are stuck in Dubai after the desert nation was hit with 'historic' floods that drenched the city and shut down its airport.
It comes after Britons who are in Dubai opened up about their nightmarish experiences in the city after a storm dumped more than a year's worth of rain in the space of a matter of hours.
Rahul Vaidya, amidst Dubai's storm, shared flooded images humorously on social media, highlighting the city's unpreparedness for heavy rains. The storm led to floods in UAE, Bahrain, and fatalities in Oman.
City records over 120mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year as rain floods highways and homes Heavy rains have hit the United Arab Emirates, flooding major highways and disrupting flights at Dubai international airport – in what the government has described as the largest amount of rainfall in the past 75 years. The rains began on Monday night, and by Tuesday evening, over 120mm (4.75in) had soaked the desert city of Dubai – normally the average amount it gets for the whole year. Continue reading...
The Islanders and Hurricanes, who squared off in the playoffs last season, are coming into the playoffs looking much better than they did last year.
This phenomenon that could multiply fivefold by the mid-century.
Grandparents living in a historic cottage are forced to use a Portaloo in their garden and beg neighbours to wash their clothes because floods keep blocking their drains.
The lawsuits allege Enable and Symmetry used various tactics to reduce natural gas supplies and drive up the price during a winter storm.
Canada risks another \"catastrophic\" wildfire season, the federal government said on Wednesday, as it forecasted higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much of the country, boosted by El Nino weather conditions.
MOSCOW/ALMATY - Floods gripped cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing over 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the Russian city of Orenburg.
The federal government says Canada could face another destructive wildfire season, after an unusually warm winter, widespread drought conditions and a forecast of above-normal temperatures in the months ahead.
Fast-melting snow and ice has caused rivers that cross the two countries' border regions to surge, flooding cities and roads and prompting local evacuation orders.
Reuters — At least 100 Russians asked for help from President Vladimir Putin on Monday in a city struck by the worst flooding ever recorded, chanting “shame on you” at local officials who they said had done too little to help their plight. Russia declared an emergency in the Orenburg region near Kazakhstan after the … The post Anger boils over for some amid record floods in Russia’s Urals appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, as cities braced for a new peak in the southern Urals and western Siberia.
The floods forced over 4,000 people, including 885 children, to evacuate in the Orenburg region, the regional government said. More regions are under threat.
Gusts of more than 70mph recorded on Irish Sea coast, as temperatures rose above 30C in mainland Europe Storm Kathleen brought strong winds to Ireland and the UK at the weekend, causing travel and power disruption. The storm, named by Met Éireann, developed in the Atlantic on Thursday, deepening explosively as it pushed northwards to the west of Ireland. Peak wind gusts of 40-60mph (65-95km/h) were recorded quite widely across Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and western parts of England and Wales on Saturday, with some Irish Sea coastal regions experiencing gusts above 70mph. A gust of 72mph was recorded at Drumalbin, Lanarkshire. Continue reading...
More than 4,000 people have been evacuated in the Orenburg region after the Ural River overflowed Russia’s government has declared flooding in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media has reported. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced more than 4,000 people, including 885 children, to evacuate, the regional government said. The state news agency Tass said that a further 2,000 homes were flooded, bringing the total to nearly 6,300 in the region. Continue reading...
Yellow wind warnings issued while storms also brings hottest day of the year, reaching 20.9C in Suffolk Storm Kathleen in pictures Dozens of UK flights were cancelled on Saturday as Storm Kathleen brought winds of up to 70mph and triggered the warmest day of the year so far. About 140 flights departing and arriving at UK airports were cancelled, leaving travellers stranded in Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester and Birmingham. The Met Office also issued a yellow weather warning for the north-west and south-west of England and parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Continue reading...
Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University, is expecting 23 named storms to form in 2024, with 11 that could reach hurricane status, with winds of at least 75 mph.
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Meteorology Institute (INAM) is forecasting torrential rain and floods for Friday in southern Mozambique.
An April storm has not only cancelled flights, closed schools and shut off power for hundreds of thousands in Ontario and Quebec, it also has hit Global Affairs Canada's email.
Zimbabwe’s declaration follows similar actions by neighbouring Zambia and Malawi, where drought linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has scorched crops.
The declaration was widely expected following similar actions by neighboring Zambia and Malawi, where drought linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon has scorched crops.
[Oxfam] Millions of people across Southern Africa, are grappling with the dual crises of hunger and flooding. Over half of Malawi's 19 million population, six million people in Zambia, over three million in Zimbabwe, and three million more in Mozambique are facing hunger. Meanwhile, in Mozambique's capital Maputo, floods wreaked havoc due to persistent heavy downpours that affected more than 50,000 people, barely two weeks after Tropical Storm Filipo hit parts of the country.
Zimbabwe declared drought a national disaster on Wednesday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the country needs $2 billion in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry.
Documents show how federal paperwork delayed the state’s recovery from Hurricane Florence and left low-income renters in the lurch.
Environment Canada says an "early spring storm" is expected to move into Toronto over the next few days.
Section of highway crumbled during major storm on Saturday, leaving nearly 2,000 travelers stranded during Easter weekend A famous California highway remained closed on Monday after a portion of the road collapsed, leaving nearly 2,000 travelers stranded during Easter weekend. A section of California’s Highway 1 – which winds along the state’s cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean – crumbled during a major storm on Saturday, the Associated Press reported . Continue reading...
A late-season storm has brought as much as 2 inches of rain in the L.A. area, flooding on freeways and a rare tornado warning in Santa Barbara County.
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity of wildland fires. Historically a natural part of the region’s ecology, fires have been exacerbated […]
The east Malaysian state is surrounded by water, but years of infrastructure neglect and an El Nino-triggered drought have brought severe shortages as tankers are deployed to supply water to villages ‘around the clock’.
The storm, rated 4 out of 5, fizzled out before northern lights could shine on the United States.
This is the third geomagnetic storm to reach G4 status during the current 11-year solar cycle, which began in 2019, officials said.
Less than a quarter of the country is in drought with just 0.14 percent of the nation experiencing the highest level of drought, which is unusually low, says NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.
States in the southern High Plains will be "quite vulnerable to high wildfire risk, especially during high wind events," said Jon Gottschalck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
McArthur River at community of Borroloola predicted to peak at 18 metres, three metres higher than previous 2001 record Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola was expected to face dangerous record flooding just days after it was lashed by Tropical Cyclone Megan . The McArthur River at the township was forecast to peak at 18 metres by Thursday afternoon, three metres than the previous 2001 flood record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...
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Tropical Cyclone Megan continues churning in Australia's northeast where remote communities are waking up to assess damage from the severe weather.
Meanwhile, South Sudan has ordered schools to shut amid extreme heatwave A cyclone warning has been issued in northern Australia for coastal communities from the island of Groote Eylandt to the Northern Territory/Queensland border. Tropical Cyclone Megan, which developed in the Gulf of Carpentaria on Saturday, has been declared a category 3 cyclone by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Megan is forecast to make landfall on Monday, but has already brought gale-force winds and heavy rainfall to some areas over the weekend. Groote Eylandt was cut off after more than 400mm of rain in just 24 hours on Sunday. There is a chance that Megan could strengthen further into a category 4 storm before making landfall, with the potential for damaging wind gusts of up to 125km/h. Megan is the fifth named...
Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communities Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Top End communities are bracing for the crossing of severe Tropical Cyclone Megan , with destructive wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring widespread damage, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to coastal communities into next week. The cyclone formed over the Gulf of Carpentaria, east of Groote Eylandt, on Saturday afternoon and was moving south towards the Northern Territory and Queensland border as a category-two system on Sunday morning. Continue reading...
Bureau of Meteorology expects tropical low to develop into cyclone on Saturday Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Northern Territory residents have been warned to prepare for destructive wind gusts, heavy rainfall and potential flooding as a second cyclone in as many months forms over the eastern coast. The warning comes just a month after ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln crossed the territory’s coast in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria as a category one, bringing high winds, heavy rainfall and minor to moderate flooding. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Areas damaged by wildfires pose challenges the federal government isn't well equipped to meet, the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers Thursday.
The storm, which began Wednesday night, delivered the slushy, wet snow typical for March, one of the snowiest months in Denver, and wasn't expected to wind down until Friday morning.
[Oxfam] Millions of people have nothing left to eat but wild roots as they have lost their crops to repeated extreme weather
The Rangers will go as far as Igor Shesterkin will take them. The Blueshirts' 1-0 win over the Hurricanes Tuesday night was more proof of that.
New York has secured points in 13 of its last 15 games, but the Hurricanes continue to tailgate them by four points atop the Metropolitan Division standings entering Tuesday.
Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy.
Flash floods and landslide triggered by heavy rains have resulted in the loss of at least 19 lives in Indonesia's Sumatra island, seven people are still reported missing, according to officials on Sunday. Head of the local disaster management agency, Doni Yusrizal said rescuers by Saturday pulled out seven bodies in the worst-hit village of Koto XI Tarusan.
Investigation by forest service into Smokehouse Creek fire says decayed Xcel Energy pole ‘had broken off at ground level’ The biggest wildfire in Texas state history, which killed two people and scorched more than 1m acres, was caused by a power line pole that had decayed at the base, an investigation has concluded. The finding comes from a Texas A&M forest service investigation into the Smokehouse Creek fire, which blazed through the state’s Panhandle region and into neighbouring Oklahoma after breaking out near the small town of Stinnett on 26 February. Continue reading...
Wednesday's storm dumped even more rainfall across Southern California, pushing up yearly rain totals well above average.
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy Chelle Walton remembers how the water rushed into her home, the night Hurricane Ian made landfall. The 68-year-old found herself chin-deep in water, scrambling to grab essentials like her husband’s medication. “Strangely enough, things float in saltwater,” Walton said. Walton and her husband Rob had decided to shelter in place, despite repeated evacuation notices. Continue reading...
People often think of disasters as great equalizers. After all, a hurricane, tornado or wildfire doesn't discriminate against those in its path. But the consequences for those impacted are not "one-size-fits-all."
The statewide snowpack by Monday had swelled to 104% of normal for the date, with a snow water equivalent of 24.4 inches. Snowpack was about 94% of its average for April 1, the date when it is typically at its deepest.
A winter storm brought heavy snow to much of Utah on Saturday and into Sunday morning, and more snow is on the way, according to the forecast. High wind gusts also knocked out power to about 8,000 Salt Lake City area residents.