California is facing major trouble and while its climate related it isn’t just wildfires. The snow from the Sierra Nevada Mountains is quickly disappearing. The state is dependent upon this snow for water, as more […]
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Florida Declares State Of Emergency As Tropical Storm Erika Nears Landfall
10 years to the day after hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Erika neared the Florida coast. The storm could hit the peninsula as […]
After Over 100 Years The BBC Won’t Get Its Weather Forecasts From Britain And The Country Is Freaking Out
The Met Office, the iconic British weather forecaster, has lost the deal it has held for about a century to supply public broadcaster the BBC with weather forecasts, marking the end one of the longest […]
Volunteers Join The Battle Against Raging Washington State Forest Fires
A reduction in winds on Saturday helped firefighters battling a series of massive fires in north-central Washington that have resulted in three deaths thus far. As of late Saturday, the Okanogan Complex wildfires were estimated […]
California Is Now Under Attack From Two Different Types Of Swarming Insects
At a California gas station the ground covered with the tiny winged insects. Heaps of carcasses, running inches deep, are brushed to the sides. On the highway, they rained onto car windscreens. They flew in […]
National Hurricane Center Warns Of First Possible Storm Of The Season
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is closely monitoring an area of low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean that could turn into a tropical cyclone within the next five days. NHC forecasters said the “disturbance which […]
47 Million Americans To Be Affected By Extreme Weather Over The Next 24 Hours
Around the country areas already hit by heavy rains will see more rain and severe weather throughout the day Monday and into Tuesday, affecting over 47 million Americans with a chance of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes […]
North Korea Looks For Sympathy Claiming Drought Hurting Farm Production
North Korea is tugging at the heart, and purse, strings of the global community, saying it has been hit by its “worst drought in a century” and has suffered extensive damage to agriculture. In a […]
Carolinas Spared Serious Damage From First Storm Of The Season
South Carolina dodged its first bullet of the summer storm season as tropical storm Ana made landfall in South Carolina early Sunday. The storm weakened as it came ashore just north of Myrtle Beach yet […]