• News Wrap: Wildfire forces evacuations near Reno

    News Wrap: Wildfire forces evacuations near Reno

    Aug 24, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Plains states. Forecasters are expecting triple-digit temperatures with records likely to fall in the coming days, while, in Hawaii, the National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Moke is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds as it passes to the south. Hawaii is still recovering from Hurricane Lala ...

  • News Wrap: 7 dead after storms and catastrophic floods in Midwest

    News Wrap: 7 dead after storms and catastrophic floods in Midwest

    Aug 17, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... flood watches and warnings across parts of the Midwest and mid-Atlantic even today. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Hurricane Lala has weakened to a tropical storm, but not before leaving a trail of destruction across the Big Island of Hawaii and the other Hawaiian Islands. Authorities say raging rivers ...

  • Cleanup begins in Hawaii after intense rain and flooding from Hurricane Lala

    Cleanup begins in Hawaii after intense rain and flooding from Hurricane Lala

    Aug 17, 2026 05:48 PM EDT

    HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala left behind a muddy mess Monday caused by intense rainfall and flooding as it moved past Hawaii's main islands. Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall. The storm was projected to continue moving westward ...

  • Lala strengthens into a hurricane and bears down on Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain, winds

    Lala strengthens into a hurricane and bears down on Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain, winds

    Aug 15, 2026 03:17 PM EDT

    ... large,” said Caputo, 50, a local fire captain. “They can make roads impassable." Warnings posted everywhere The Big Island was under a hurricane warning, and tropical storm warnings were issued for the islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. A Category 3 hurricane hit the northeast corner ...

  • News Wrap: Record-breaking heat wave grips Europe

    News Wrap: Record-breaking heat wave grips Europe

    Aug 14, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    There's similar concern for Americans out in the Pacific. Hawaii is now preparing for significant rain and strong winds from Tropical Storm Lala, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the island this weekend. The National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane warnings for Hawaii's ...

  • News Wrap: Trump signs order calling for MMR vaccine split into 3 shots

    News Wrap: Trump signs order calling for MMR vaccine split into 3 shots

    Aug 10, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... heavy rains caused major flash flooding after Tropical Storm Dolphin made landfall in Eastern China. More than 300,000 people were evacuated ahead of the storm, and Shanghai's airports canceled more than 1,300 flights. Meantime, in the Philippines, rescue operations are under way after the storm intensified the ...

  • Climate change may be making us lonelier. How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections

    Climate change may be making us lonelier. How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections

    Aug 09, 2026 06:23 PM EDT

    The loss of shared places and traditions Another way climate change can weaken social connection is by altering places and traditions that hold cultural and community significance. I witnessed this firsthand when Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee hit my hometown of Cherry Valley, New York, in 2011. After floodwaters ...

  • They lost their work permits and their legal status. Returning to Haiti is still ‘unimaginable’

    They lost their work permits and their legal status. Returning to Haiti is still ‘unimaginable’

    Aug 05, 2026 03:22 PM EDT

    ... months went on, conditions in Haiti deteriorated. In July 2021, President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, gang violence exploded and the country suffered an earthquake and tropical storm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoFsW-DMR9o Watch the PBS News Hour segment in the player above. As of March, gangs controlled ...

  • News Wrap: Trump announces new tariffs on dozens of countries

    News Wrap: Trump announces new tariffs on dozens of countries

    Jul 23, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... as some people remain unaccounted for. Meantime, Tropical Storm Bertha made a second landfall today, this time near the Texas-Louisiana state line, causing a storm surge and flooding in some coastal areas. But its heaviest rains have mostly stayed offshore, and the storm is expected to weaken as it ...

  • News Wrap: UK's Starmer says he will not 'walk away' amid threat to leadership

    News Wrap: UK's Starmer says he will not 'walk away' amid threat to leadership

    Jun 19, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... National weather officials are warning of significant and potentially life-threatening flash flooding across the Gulf Coast and Southeastern U.S. as the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur sweep across the region. In Mississippi, strong winds dislodged this storage trailer and some areas in the state have seen about a ...