May 27 Storms carve path of ruin across multiple states, killing at least 21 By Bruce Schreiner, Julio Cortez, Associated Press A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 21 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages. Continue reading
May 22 Watch 3:16 Small Iowa town becomes latest community devastated in active tornado season By Geoff Bennett, Solveig Rennan Search efforts continue in Iowa where a devastating tornado tore through a small city and led to multiple deaths. It was part of a series of twisters hitting the state on Monday. The most powerful tornado cut through the heart… Continue watching
May 12 La Nina is on its way back. An atmospheric scientist explains what to expect By Pedro DiNezio, The Conversation After a year of record-breaking global heat with El Nino, will La Nina bring a reprieve? That depends on where you live and how you feel about hurricanes. Continue reading
May 09 Wave of new storms pummel U.S. South as week of deadly weather marches on By Kristin M. Hall, George Walker IV, Associated Press A heavy line of storms swept into Atlanta near the end of the morning rush hour Thursday. Continue reading
May 01 1 person dead, homes devestated after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas By Associated Press One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Continue reading
Apr 18 United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall, massive flooding, hits desert nation By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, allowed global carriers on Thursday morning to again fly into Terminal 1 at the airfield. Continue reading
Apr 17 UAE deluged after historic storm dumps record rain across the desert nation By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The state-run WAM news agency called the rain "a historic weather event" that surpassed "anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949."… Continue reading
Apr 15 Central U.S. faces severe thunderstorm threat and possible tornadoes By Associated Press The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said a large storm system hitting much of the central U.S. over the next few days is expected to bring severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes Monday evening to Kansas and Nebraska. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 8:23 Scientists harness power of artificial intelligence to battle wildfires By Miles O'Brien Machines that think like humans, the dream of artificial intelligence, is becoming a reality. It brings concerns that AI will displace jobs, fuel online bias, supercharge deep fake videos and slip from human control. But it is not as grim… Continue watching
Mar 14 Massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri as storm threatens tornadoes By Jim Salter, Associated Press Meteorologists issued thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches Wednesday into Thursday. Alex Sosnowski of AccuWeather said some were calling it "gorilla hail" because of its potential to be so big. Continue reading