• PHOTOS: Atmospheric river leaves California inundated, with another in the forecast

    PHOTOS: Atmospheric river leaves California inundated, with another in the forecast

    Mar 12, 2023 06:46 PM EDT

    Wet, miserable weather continued across huge swaths of California on Sunday as an atmospheric river that caused major flooding flowed eastward and makes way for another onslaught of rain and snow — accompanied by strong gusts — that could yet again pummel the beleaguered region as soon as Monday night.

  • Blizzards forecast in California mountains as massive winter storm continues

    Blizzards forecast in California mountains as massive winter storm continues

    Feb 25, 2023 07:06 PM EDT

    ... service said. In Arizona, the heaviest snow was expected late Saturday through midday Sunday, with up to a foot of new snow possible in Flagstaff, forecasters said. Weekend snow also was forecast for parts of the upper Midwest to the Northeast, with pockets of freezing rain over some areas of ...

  • News Wrap: More rain forecast in already-flooded California

    News Wrap: More rain forecast in already-flooded California

    Jan 14, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Saturday, more classified documents have turned up at Biden’s Delaware home, another weekend of severe storms could bring 6 to 8 inches of rain to parts of California already underwater, a barrage of Russian missiles targeted multiple Ukrainian cities, and Robbie Knievel, daredevil motorcyclist and son of legendary stuntman Evel Knievel,...

  • EU forecasts recession this year amid persistent inflation

    EU forecasts recession this year amid persistent inflation

    Nov 11, 2022 07:19 PM EDT

    ... expected to tip the EU, the euro area and most member states into recession in the last quarter of the year." Going forward, the growth forecast for all of 2023 was lowered to 0.3 percent from 1.4 percent expected in the previous forecast from July. "The EU economy ...

  • Biden administration forecasts $1.03 trillion deficit, down by nearly $400 billion

    Biden administration forecasts $1.03 trillion deficit, down by nearly $400 billion

    Aug 23, 2022 09:50 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all of the jobs lost during the multi-year ...

  • Weather forecasters increasingly address climate change

    Weather forecasters increasingly address climate change

    Jul 01, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    Jeff Berardelli is one of about 1,100 TV forecasters now using Climate Matters content. Jeff Berardelli: We have a choice to how much warmer we get, and that depends on how inflated we let greenhouse gases get. Bernadette Woods Placky: I do think that Climate Matters had a role ...

  • Stocks plummet in worst day since 2020 as economic forecast darkens

    Stocks plummet in worst day since 2020 as economic forecast darkens

    May 05, 2022 10:54 PM EDT

    ... the economy overall? To what extent does that play in, inflation and so forth? Catherine Rampell: Over the last few months, I think the economic forecast has darkened somewhat, because we have gotten hit with a series of really unfortunate and bad shocks. I'm talking about things like the ...

  • CDC launches new forecasting center for future pandemics

    CDC launches new forecasting center for future pandemics

    Apr 19, 2022 09:26 PM EDT

    A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. The new Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics launched Tuesday. Its leaders say predicting the course of the COVID ...

  • News Wrap: Pfizer forecasts COVID-19 pandemic will last until 2024

    News Wrap: Pfizer forecasts COVID-19 pandemic will last until 2024

    Dec 17, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Friday, Pfizer, in light of the new omicron variant, forecast the pandemic will last until 2024. Russia published demands that NATO get out of central and eastern Europe, and deny membership to Ukraine. The U.S. Senate headed toward the holidays with President Joe Biden's ...

  • Forecasters predict warmer winter for two-thirds of U.S.

    Forecasters predict warmer winter for two-thirds of U.S.

    Oct 21, 2021 07:31 PM EDT

    NEW YORK (AP) — Expect a drier, warmer winter down south and a wetter winter up north, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday. The National Weather Service predicted two-thirds of the U.S. will see above average temperatures from December through February, while the Pacific Northwest and southern Alaska will ...