Jul 10 Watch Extreme Weather Records 'Like a Baseball Player on Steroids' As temperatures soared past 110 degrees in some states and thunderstorms pummeled the deep South, raising fears of flooding, a new report says climate change has likely influenced the odds of extreme weather. Judy interviews Thomas Karl, director of NOAA's… Continue watching
Jul 06 Were More Than 3,000 Heat Records Actually Set in June? Here at the NewsHour, the record heat has hit close to home. Our managing editor Tom Kennedy, for example, spent six of the last nine days of 95-degree-plus heat without power. The thermostat peaked at 90 degrees inside his Maryland… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Power Outages Linger in Storms' Aftermath Six days after fierce storms hit numerous mid-Atlantic states, more than 500,000 people still remained without power. Also, Pakistan reopened routes to Afghanistan after having closed them for seven months, and the first trucks rumbled through Thursday. Continue watching
Jul 04 Before and After Satellite Images Show Storm Effects NASA Earth Observatory released satellite images that show the power outages in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area that occurred as a result of a rare, fast-moving "derecho" thunderstorm system on Friday, June 29th. These images were taken with the day/night… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch Danger Rises with Prolonged Searing Heat, Maryland Governor Says Danger Rises with Prolonged Searing Heat, Maryland Governor Says… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch What's Causing Unusually Hot Temperatures in U.S.? Lack of water, "the great air conditioner", is causing unusually high temperatures and extreme weather events in the United States, Kevin Trenberth with the National Center for Atmospheric Research tells Judy Woodruff. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch From Wildfires to Heat Wave, Extreme Weather Batters U.S. The continuing U.S. heat wave has killed at least 22 people, while states try to grapple with storm-driven power outages on the East Coast and wildfires in the West. Tom Bearden reports on the experiences of families in Fort Collins,… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Obama Visits Colorado's Wildfire Sites President Obama traveled to Colorado to assess the damages wreaked by record-breaking wildfires. One person has died in the fires and more than 300 homes were destroyed. Continue watching
Jun 29 Flames Encroach on Colorado Springs By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Some of our viewers in Colorado Springs sent us their pictures of the fire in Colorado Springs as they saw it unfold. Continue reading
Jun 29 Views of the Colorado Wildfire By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Denver Post has been covering the fires since they first began. Here are some of their shots of the flames and the Coloradans who have been affected. Continue reading