Jun 17 Dangerous flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur, first of the Atlantic season, threatens Gulf Coast By Associated Press Flash flooding was the main threat from Arthur, a weak tropical storm that the National Hurricane Center in Miami said would be short-lived. Continue reading
Jun 11 How to avoid heat-related illness and stay cool this summer By Associated Press More above-average temperatures could be on the books this summer, and they are more than an inconvenience. Continue reading
Jun 11 3 tips for traveling during extreme heat By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Aya Diab, Associated Press Travelers can take precautions to have fun with heat preparedness in mind. Continue reading
Jun 11 El Nino is here. It'll be big, bad and costly, scientists fear By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Continue reading
May 28 Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. Continue reading
May 26 Spring heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The United Kingdom smashed a century-old temperature record for the second time in 24 hours on Tuesday. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: NOAA forecasts milder Atlantic hurricane season thanks to El Nino By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won't make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict. Continue reading
May 07 Survivors of Mississippi tornadoes crawled under furniture and held onto their kids By Jack Brook, Kathy McCormack, Associated Press A dozen people were hurt at a trailer park in the small community of Bogue Chitto, in rural Lincoln County, said Scott Simmons, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Continue reading
Apr 24 Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter, destruction of 120 Georgia homes By Emilie Megnien, Russ Bynum, Associated Press An unusually large number of wildfires are burning this spring across the Southeast, where scientists the threat of fire has been amplified by a combination of drought, gusty winds, climate change and dead trees still littering some forest nearly two… Continue reading
Apr 24 Tornado barrels through Oklahoma, damaging 40 homes and shutting down roads By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Communities began cleaning up Friday after a powerful tornado in Oklahoma damaged at least 40 homes, ripping roofs off of some and reducing others to rubble in a rural community as emergency crews rescued trapped residents, authorities said. Continue reading