• Planet recorded hottest year in 2024, broke key 1.5 degree Celsius threshold

    Planet recorded hottest year in 2024, broke key 1.5 degree Celsius threshold

    Jan 10, 2025 04:01 PM EDT

    ... to a car's dashboard warning light, University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd said, "Hurricane Helene, floods in Spain and the weather whiplash fueling wildfires in California are symptoms of this unfortunate climate gear shift." There were 27 weather disasters in the United States that caused at least $1 ...

  • Schools close, flights canceled across parts of the South as winter storm sweeps through

    Schools close, flights canceled across parts of the South as winter storm sweeps through

    Jan 09, 2025 09:56 PM EDT

    ... tracking platform FlightAware, with more than 3,100 delays and 2,100 cancellations reported nationally. The cold snap coincided with rare January wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area, forcing residents to flee from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. Snow, sleet hammering Texas, Oklahoma

  • How the economic toll of major storms reaches far beyond their direct paths

    How the economic toll of major storms reaches far beyond their direct paths

    Oct 20, 2024 09:40 PM EDT

    ... events. And they're not just talking about hurricanes in Florida. They're also talking about, you know, California residents who may be exposed to wildfires. They're talking about folks in the Midwest who may be dealing with tornadoes and heck, even places in like Austin, Texas that have ...

  • News Wrap: Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrike on a tent camp killed at least 19

    News Wrap: Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrike on a tent camp killed at least 19

    Sep 10, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... case, these heavy rains,as well as the tornadoes that could come from the storm, still are a possibility.Geoff Bennett: Abbott also said that Texas has sent trucks and firefighters to California to help authorities there battle wildfires. Extremely hot weather has fanned the flames, leaving behind a scorched ...

  • News Wrap: Putin sign deals with Vietnam during trip to bolster Russian support in Asia

    News Wrap: Putin sign deals with Vietnam during trip to bolster Russian support in Asia

    Jun 20, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... made its way inland over Mexico. Alberto brought heavy rain and sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. Three people have died. Parts of Southern Texas were also hard-hit. Rain is also in the forecast in New Mexico, where two massive wildfires have burned more than 35 square miles ...

  • News Wrap: Netanyahu claims U.S. seeking to lift restrictions on arms deliveries to Israel

    News Wrap: Netanyahu claims U.S. seeking to lift restrictions on arms deliveries to Israel

    Jun 18, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Bennett: In the West, firefighters are battling multiple blazes including this one in Colusa County, California, while, in New Mexico, thousands of residents fled from wildfires. The governor there declared a state of emergency after more than 500 structures were damaged. That's as the first potential tropical storm of ...

  • As farmer protests grow, the EU offers more environmental concessions

    As farmer protests grow, the EU offers more environmental concessions

    Mar 15, 2024 10:38 PM EDT

    ... millions of euros due to transportation delays. Others have included shelving legislation on tighter pesticide rules and requirements to let some land lie fallow. WATCH: Texas farmers and ranchers see long road of recovery ahead after devastating wildfires On top of the EU itself, member states have also caved in ...

  • Strong winter storm and snow to hit the West while the Midwest gets unusual taste of summer

    Strong winter storm and snow to hit the West while the Midwest gets unusual taste of summer

    Feb 26, 2024 06:35 PM EDT

    ... winds were creating what it called critical fire weather conditions, and issued red flag warnings and fire weather watches in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, up to Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and east to Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. Nearby states, including parts of Arkansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, were ...

  • Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says

    Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says

    Jan 10, 2024 06:47 PM EDT

    ... with six more than any other year, accounting for inflation. The year’s most expensive disaster started with an unprecedented heat wave that sat over Texas for weeks over the summer and then spread into the South and Midwest, helping fuel a destructive drought. The extreme heat and lack of ...

  • At COP 28, global consensus on how climate change affects health

    At COP 28, global consensus on how climate change affects health

    Dec 13, 2023 05:00 PM EDT

    ... humidity —leaving billions more people vulnerable to this threat decades sooner than expected. Then there are the other extreme weather events, including storms, floods, and wildfires, which combined with heat, cause the disruption of food systems and increases in water borne illnesses like cholera and dysentery. While some effects of ...