Snow, sleet, fierce winds and a freezing drizzle swept across the North Carolina mountains on Saturday, prompting warnings of slippery roads and black ice. Higher elevations and areas bordering Tennessee were most at risk, National Weather Service meteorologists said in a special weather statement at 6:16 a.m. “Snow accumulations will be light, with mostly one-half […]
Jan. 29—The Texas Department of Transportation has issued traffic alerts for the following dates and locations. IH 20 in Midland County — January 29-30: Pavement repairs on westbound IH 20 between Loop 250 and County Road 1110. (MM 144-143) — Jan. 31 until Feb. 2: Debris removal on IH 20 between Midland/Ector County line and […]
Boaters, swimmers, hikers and their pets should avoid two areas of Lake Norman this weekend due to a raw sewage spill and the spread of a toxic weed that killed at least four dogs in N.C. and Georgia lakes last year. About 200 gallons of untreated sewage may have spilled into the lake in the […]
The weeklong Arctic cold that’s blanketed much of the nation has taken 59 lives, officials said, as more than 100 million people in the United States are under winter weather alerts Friday. Wind chill alerts Friday afternoon stretched from Montana to Florida and freeze alerts remained in effect across the South and Gulf Coast. Temperatures […]
At least 66 million people were under winter weather alerts Thursday, as dangerously cold and icy conditions continue to pose risks — including in Oregon, where three people were killed by a power line downed by the weather. While temperatures won’t be as frigid Thursday as in recent days in much of the United States, […]
You can never be too safe. And yet, while most homes have a smoke detector, few have a carbon monoxide detector as well. Carbon monoxide is known as “the silent killer” because it’s colorless and odorless. You may not even know you have a problem until it’s too late. A reliable smoke detector that also […]
It’s coming our way. While we won’t see the life-threatening weather that a large part of the United States is experiencing, the National Weather Service office in New Orleans/Baton Rouge has issued a trio of advisories and warnings as temperatures are expected to plummet, with the possibility of precipitation, across the Mississippi Coast. As of […]
As one storm system moves out of the area, another is anticipated early in the week in the Rochester region. A winter weather advisory is still in effect on Sunday for areas east of Lake Ontario, where an additional four inches of snow may accumulate, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo. Following this, […]
NEW YORK CITY – How much snow the NYC area gets this weekend largely depends on the trajectory of the approaching storm, as new weather forecast reports project as much as 10 inches in parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and up to 3 inches in NYC. New York City issued a winter […]
An Apple Watch alerted authorities to a crash in Arizona, but the driver was gone when deputies arrived at the scene, officials said. Authorities received a 911 text early Dec. 29, and deputies responding to an area northwest of Lake Pleasant discovered a rolled vehicle, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. […]
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has protested to Japan over a tsunami advisory issued by its neighbour following the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake that featured a map displaying a group of its islands also claimed by Tokyo, officials in Seoul said on Tuesday. Although ties have improved in recent years, the […]
Japan has dropped the highest-level tsunami alert it issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday, but told residents in coastal areas not to return to their homes as there could still be deadly waves. The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the […]