• California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning

    California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning

    Sep 10, 2021 09:02 PM EDT

    ... disastrous outcomes in parched California. Last year's record amount of land burned included huge Northern California fires that were ignited when remnants of a tropical storm unleashed thousands of bolts. A cluster of 2020 lightning fires known as the August Complex burned more than 1,615 square miles (4 ...

  • News Wrap: Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban

    News Wrap: Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban

    Sep 09, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    ... 15,000 firefighters are already battling 14 major fires across the state.In the Southeastern U.S., the problem is too much water. Remains of Tropical Storm Mindy poured rain over Georgia and South Carolina today in areas already soaked by previous storms. In the Pacific, Hurricane Olaf headed toward ...

  • News Wrap: Trial begins for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Islamic State

    News Wrap: Trial begins for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Islamic State

    Sep 08, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, a long-awaited trial opened in Paris on the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attack that killed 130 people. The World Health Organization asked that rich nations not give COVID-19 booster shots until next year. A new tropical storm, Mindy, has formed in the Northeastern ...

  • WATCH: Biden surveys New York and New Jersey storm damage, talks climate change

    WATCH: Biden surveys New York and New Jersey storm damage, talks climate change

    Sep 07, 2021 02:00 PM EDT

    ... Jersey's Raritan River, is almost always hard-hit by major storms. It was the scene of catastrophic flooding in 1998 as the remnants of Tropical Storm Floyd swept over New Jersey. It also sustained serious flooding during the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 ...

  • Biden walks storm-ravaged Louisiana: ‘I know you’re hurting’

    Biden walks storm-ravaged Louisiana: ‘I know you’re hurting’

    Sep 04, 2021 04:14 PM EDT

    ... anew on the threat posed by climate change and the prospect that disaster zone visits may become a more regular feature of the presidency. The storm has killed at least 14 people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and at least 48 in the Northeastern U.S. The president has pointed ...

  • WATCH: Biden surveys storm damage in Louisiana neighborhood

    WATCH: Biden surveys storm damage in Louisiana neighborhood

    Sep 03, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    ... anew on the threat posed by climate change and the prospect that disaster zone visits may become a more regular feature of the presidency. The storm has killed at 13 people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and at least 48 in the Northeastern U.S. The president has pointed to ...

  • Biden's message to battered Gulf Coast: 'We are here for you'

    Biden's message to battered Gulf Coast: 'We are here for you'

    Sep 03, 2021 01:49 PM EDT

    ... a pair of hurricanes last year had blown out the windows. Scientists say climate change increases the frequency of extreme weather events — such as large tropical storms, and the droughts and heatwaves that create conditions for vast wildfires. U.S. weather officials recently reported that July 2021 was the hottest ...

  • Despite being downgraded to a storm, Ida pummeled East Coast states

    Despite being downgraded to a storm, Ida pummeled East Coast states

    Sep 02, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Nature has its own way of handling it. Roby Chavez: New York Governor Kathy Hochul spoke about the devastating rainfall, which surpassed records set during Tropical Storm Henri just 11 days ago. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY): Because of climate change, unfortunately, this is something we are going to have ...

  • AP EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1,000 miles from landfall

    AP EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1,000 miles from landfall

    Sep 02, 2021 10:19 PM EDT

    The storm dumped more than 3 inches of rain on New York's Central Park in just an hour Wednesday night, obliterating a record set less than two weeks earlier by Tropical Storm Henri. Parts of New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania got more than 9 inches of rain ...

  • Death toll rises after Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit Northeast

    Death toll rises after Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit Northeast

    Sep 02, 2021 01:08 PM EDT

    ... ended up getting 3.15 inches just in one hour, surpassing the previous recorded high of 1.94 inches (5 cm) in one hour during Tropical Storm Henri on Aug. 21. Wednesday's storm ultimately dumped over 9 inches (23 cm) of rain in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts ...