Hurricane Beryl remains on track to bring heavy rainfall, “life-threatening” winds and flooding to parts of the Caribbean this week, with forecasters warning that it could remain at least a tropical storm as it moves towards Mexico. The National Hurricane Center said in an update early Tuesday that the storm, which remains a Category 5 […]
In the Amazon, Brazil has made huge gains in its battle against deforesters, but it is increasingly losing ground to another threat — climate change. Amid pervasive drought this year, the number of wildfires has hit a 20-year high, official figures show. From January through June, Brazil recorded 13,489 wildfires in the Amazon, according to […]
A new state tornado record has been set after a tornado touched down last weekend in Ohio. >>RELATED: Is the Miami Valley part of a new Tornado Alley? An EF-0 tornado touched down in Huron County in northern Ohio on Saturday, the National Weather Service in Cleveland confirmed on Monday. The Huron County EMA said […]
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: BERYL BECOMES A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN… …EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING WINDS AND STORM SURGE TO JAMAICA LATER THIS WEEK… This is the earliest calendar year Atlantic Category 5 hurricane on record. The prior record was Hurricane Emily July 17, 2005 which topped out as a category […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — We made it through June, Utah! This month was defined by record-breaking heat and an early destructive start to monsoon season. June 21 through June 27 was a particularly eventful period as a strong monsoonal push brought turbulent weather to the Beehive State. Let’s break it down! Critical fire weather in southern […]
Hurricane Beryl is breaking records as it wreaks havoc in the southeastern Caribbean. On Sunday, Beryl became the first Category 4 storm ever to form in the Atlantic Ocean in the month of June. No storm has reached Category 4 intensity so early in the hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. […]
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — On Sunday, Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a major category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Intense hurricanes this early in the season are rare. In fact, Hurricane Beryl is now the earliest category 4 hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean. 5 p.m. CT, Beryl was about 250 […]
June is Minnesota’s wettest month, and this year it lived up to its billing in spades. So much rain fell during this year’s sixth month that rivers all across Minnesota jumped their banks and massive flooding swept away homes, drowned downtowns, swamped parks and farm fields, and closed roads. Though precipitation fell on 16 of […]
Rhasidat Adeleke won the women’s 100 metres at the National Senior Track and Field Championships in Santry. In doing so, she smashed the Irish record in a time of 11.13 seconds. Sarah Lavin finished second, who last summer had taken that Irish 100 metres record down to 11.27 seconds. Adeleke has repeatedly claimed senior records […]
If any North Jersey residents needed a reminder that summer is here, a brief trip outside for much of June certainly would have done the trick. But while the temperatures may feel hotter than ever, historical data shows the region is still well shy of setting any records in the near future. Hottest days ever […]
CNN reports indicate that just 47.9 million people tuned in to the first 2024 presidential debate. The 2020 re-match saw a 35% dip in audience from the first clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which drew 73.1 million viewers in September 2020. The debate, hailed by many as catastrophic for the Biden campaign as […]
BALTIMORE, MD – MARCH 09: Emissions spew from a large stack at the coal fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, on March 9, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. Last year the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced that it would repeal President Obama’s policy on curbing greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power plants. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty […]