• Haiti's troubled history may slow aid to earthquake victims

    Haiti's troubled history may slow aid to earthquake victims

    Aug 16, 2021 06:55 PM EST

    Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake there and a death toll that has reached 1,297. However, the Caribbean nation's political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian ...

  • Death toll of powerful eathquake in Haiti soars to 1,297

    Death toll of powerful eathquake in Haiti soars to 1,297

    Aug 14, 2021 04:04 PM EST

    ... with their few salvaged belongings while overloaded hospitals scrambled to help those who were injured. Yet the devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center demoted the tropical storm to a depression ...

  • News Wrap: Third vaccine dose recommended for people with weakened immune systems

    News Wrap: Third vaccine dose recommended for people with weakened immune systems

    Aug 13, 2021 10:40 PM EST

    ... Landlord groups that challenged the moratorium plan to appeal the ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court. The Florida Keys and Florida Bay are under tropical storm warnings tonight, as Tropical Depression Fred moves closer to the state. The storm is gaining strength as it lashes the northern coast of ...

  • News Wrap: Record heat drives wildfires across Italy

    News Wrap: Record heat drives wildfires across Italy

    Aug 12, 2021 10:50 PM EST

    ... to fight fires in Montana, California and elsewhere. Tropical Storm Fred weakened to a depression overnight, as it heads for the U.S. mainland. The storm dumped heavy rain on the Dominican Republic, flooding streets and knocking out power for some 300,000 customers. It's expected to regain tropical ...

  • News Wrap: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing new criminal charges

    News Wrap: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing new criminal charges

    Aug 11, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... swept through last week. Making matters worse, a new heat wave moved into the Pacific Northwest, which could send temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Tropical storm "Fred" formed in the Caribbean overnight, and crossed the Dominican Republic hours later. The storm is on track to pass north of Cuba ...

  • News Wrap: A surge in COVID-19 infections is pushing hospitals to the breaking point

    News Wrap: A surge in COVID-19 infections is pushing hospitals to the breaking point

    Aug 10, 2021 10:45 PM EST

    In our news wrap Tuesday, Hospitals and medical staff are overwhelmed in some parts of the country as COVID infections continue to rise, the Taliban claimed they have captured a seventh provincial capital in Afghanistan, much of the northern Caribbean is hunkered down as Tropical Storm Fred approaches, and Wisconsin ...

  • Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them

    Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them

    Jul 28, 2021 03:50 PM EST

    ... and condense the vapor as rainfall. The more water is in the air during a strong updraft, the more rain can fall. 7) Hurricanes and tropical storms: These derive their energy from evaporation from the warm sea surface. As oceans warm, larger regions can spawn these storms and provide more ...

  • Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

    Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

    Jul 26, 2021 05:48 PM EST

    Any sort of rain — typhoon, tropical storm, or even light sprinkling — will be a wild swing from the first three days of the Games. Svetlana Gomboeva collapsed from heatstroke on the first day of archery but recovered to win a silver medal. Top-seeded Novak Djokovic and Medvedev, who who ...

  • News Wrap: Vaccinated teachers, students can ditch masks inside schools, CDC says

    News Wrap: Vaccinated teachers, students can ditch masks inside schools, CDC says

    Jul 09, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    Meanwhile, the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration said fully immunized Americans do not currently need a booster shot. That comes after Pfizer announced plans to seek approval for one in the next month. Tropical Storm El -- Elsa, that is, triggered flood warnings across the Northeastern U.S. today ...

  • Elsa soaks NYC and New England as it races up East Coast

    Elsa soaks NYC and New England as it races up East Coast

    Jul 09, 2021 09:46 PM EST

    ... flooding streets, toppling trees and hindering some rail service. Maximum sustained winds from the storm were 50 mph (85 kph) by late afternoon as the storm moved northeast from Boston toward Maine. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Elsa was no longer considered a tropical storm but still warned ...