Aug 06 Watch 3:00 Tropical Storm Debby dumps historic amounts of rain as its stalls over Southeast By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson Tropical Storm Debby is dumping historic amounts of rain as it stalls over South Carolina. At least five deaths have been reported since the storm made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane. Communities are now submerged across several… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 3:19 Hurricane Debby lashes Florida's coast and brings potential for historic rainfall inland By William Brangham, Jonah Anderson Hurricane Debby barreled into Florida as a Category 1 storm on Monday. Now a tropical storm, it's slowly moving inland and is expected to affect Georgia and the Carolinas. Debby's gusty winds are packing a punch, with hundreds of thousands… Continue watching
Jul 31 Storms bring new round of heavy flooding to Vermont with more downpours on the horizon By Lisa Rathke, Nick Perry, David Sharp, Kathy McCormack, Associated Press Vermont’s governor says the latest storm to the hit the state was “much worse than a punch or a kick.”… Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 6:50 How storm chasers and meteorologists are working together to improve tornado forecasts By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman Millions of moviegoers are expected to see "Twisters" this weekend, a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster. It's a summer escapist thriller that you might say goes well beyond the science and true boundaries of tornado prediction. Miles O'Brien spent some… Continue watching
Jul 16 1 dead, thousands without power after severe storms, possible tornadoes hit Chicago area By Associated Press The National Weather Service says 5-7 inches of rain fell in eight hours. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 2:31 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid scorching heat By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson Millions of Texans are left without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The outages come amid a stretch of extreme heat that is connected to at least five deaths in the West this week. Beryl is now a smaller… Continue watching
Jul 08 How discriminatory housing policies of the past are shaping heat waves today in minority and low-income neighborhoods By Ryan Doan-Nguyen, Associated Press In big cities, the heat hits hardest for people of color and low-income residents. Continue reading
Jul 08 World set for week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes more likely By Associated Press As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas, the world is set for another week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes like these more likely. Continue reading
Jul 08 After slamming Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, Beryl is downgraded to a tropical storm By Mark Vancleave, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg urged residents to stay off the roads, reporting that one of its high-water rescue vehicles had been hit by a falling tree while returning from a rescue. Continue reading
Jun 25 Floodwaters breach levees in Iowa as Midwest faces another round of severe storms By Hannah Fingerhut, Dave Collins, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press Floodwaters have breached levees in Iowa, creating dangerous conditions that prompted evacuations as the deluged Midwest faces another round of severe storms. Continue reading