California has closed nine of its national forests as firefighters struggle to contain 11 wildfires burning across the state. The US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region issued an emergency forest service closure through at least September 6. “Extreme fire conditions ...
Nearly 20 North Carolina residents remain missing after the remnants of Tropical Depression Fred brought severe weather to the mid-Atlantic. The tally of those missing previously stood at 35. Two additional were reported deceased overnight but have yet to be ...
Two people have died from flooding caused by monsoon-type rains in the Southwestern US. A young girl died from injuries sustained in the collapse of a basement wall at her family’s Texas home. Her 65-year-old grandmother was also killed in ...
The world is battling historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires, and deadly floods. A landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we ...
As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021′s onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming’s wrath in the past. Wealthy countries such as the United States, ...
Showers and storms will build throughout the week along the Gulf and East coasts as a cold front stall in the Southeast. Following a week of triple-digit heat index values, a cold front sagging into the region will provide cooling ...
Tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin amid powerful thunderstorms that caused widespread damage that contributed to the death of a man who crashed into a fallen tree and power line. The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down ...
Authorities have recovered the body of a third person who died during flooding and mudslides in an area of northern Colorado. One person is still missing. The flooding and slides in the area were burned last year by the 326-square-mile ...
The Bootleg fire in southern Oregon has already consumed an area greater than the metropolis of Los Angeles. At least 2,000 people have been displaced from their homes, and 160 homes and buildings have been destroyed. There are more than ...
Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling raging wildfires in the western US, charring more than a million acres, requiring evacuations, and creating smoky conditions visible from space. Additionally, due to high winds, smoke from the West Coast wildfires stretched ...