Aug 08 Watch News Wrap: A Thousand Firefighters Battle Wildfire in Southern California In other news Thursday, firefighters in southern California are racing to save communities from a rapidly growing wildfire. More than 15 square miles burned out of control, causing at least 1,500 residents to leave their homes. Also, flash flooding in… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Japan May Create Frozen Ground Barrier to Stop Radioactive Leak in Fukushima Since an earthquake and tsunami shattered the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in 2011, radioactive water has been pouring into the sea off the coast of Japan at a rate of 300 tons per day. Jeffrey Brown reports on the revelation… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch News Wrap: Toronto Hit With Flash Flooding, Widespread Power Outages In other news Tuesday, a severe storm caused flash floods and knocked out power for at least 300,000 people in Toronto. Also, Congressional Democrats said they would not consider an immigration reform bill that doesn't include a path to citizenship… Continue watching
Jul 04 Wildfire Moves On, but Arizona Town Deals With the Aftermath Firefighter Cody Harwood attends the candlelight vigil in honor of the 19 fallen firefighters in Prescott, Arizona on July 2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Federal officials say the deadly Yarnell Hill Fire is nearly half… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Hotter Temps, Long-Term Drought, Development Drive Fire Problems in the West Hotter Temps, Long-Term Drought, Development Drive Fire Problems in the West… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Firefighters Who Perished in Arizona Faced High Heat, 'One of the Hardest' Tasks Firefighters Who Perished in Arizona Faced High Heat, 'One of the Hardest' Tasks… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch In Arizona, Out of Control Wildfire Kills 19 Members of Elite Firefighting Team A fast-moving blaze in Arizona, fueled by extreme heat and high winds, has killed 19 members of an elite firefighting team trained to survive the worst conditions. Judy Woodruff offers an update on the inferno, which quadrupled since the day… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Wildfire Near Colorado Springs Is Most Destructive in State History Wildfire Near Colorado Springs Is Most Destructive in State History… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Storms, Science and Risk: Challenges Facing Extreme Weather Researchers Storms, Science and Risk: Challenges Facing Extreme Weather Researchers… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Death of Storm Researchers Is Testimony to Inherent Danger of Studying Tornadoes Three storm researchers -- Carl Young, Tim Samaras and his son Paul -- were killed while following a tornado classified as an EF-5 with winds of 295 miles per hour near Oklahoma City. The Storm Prediction Center says the men… Continue watching