Dec 30 Death toll rises to 20 as severe floods threaten Midwest By Joshua Barajas Widespread flooding in the South and Midwest has killed at least 20 people, while the winter storm continues to swell waterways along the Mississippi River to heights nearing the records of the disastrous flood of 1993. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 6:10 What’s stirring up this winter’s extreme storms? By PBS News Hour Violent weather has battered the South and Midwest in recent days, bringing the death toll from up to 45. On Saturday, at least nine tornadoes swept through the Dallas area, blasting neighborhoods with winds of about 200 miles an hour. Continue watching
May 03 Watch 3:16 How did Iowa’s Avian Flu outbreak get so bad? By PBS News Hour Iowa, the country's largest egg-producing state, declared a major outbreak of the Avian Flu. And to try and contain the disease, millions of chickens and turkeys there and in Wisconsin and Minnesota have been killed. Amy Mayer, a reporter for… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 2:05 More extreme winter weather wallops Northeast, Midwest By PBS News Hour By this morning, a foot of snow was already on the ground across much of Eastern Massachusetts, and 20 inches had already fallen in some coastal areas. Much of the Midwest also suffered through extreme cold last night and this… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch How drones could limit fertilizer flow into Lake Erie By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 14 Watch ‘All Our Names’ tells story of war, love and identity across two continents By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch Coping with exceptional ice in the Great Lakes By PBS News Hour A brutally cold winter has covered the Great Lakes with more ice than they have seen since 1979. Special correspondent Elizabeth Bracket of WTTW reports on the struggle to keep shipping lanes open to Chicago’s ice-clogged harbor to Lake Michigan. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Demand, infrastructure affects price and delivery of heat amid very cold winter By Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Timing of widespread wave of strong storms in the Midwest is ‘very unusual’ Timing of widespread wave of strong storms in the Midwest is 'very unusual'… Continue watching