Powerful thunderstorms with winds reaching as high as 89 mph blew through the Kansas City area, downing trees and causing power outages. At one point, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Cass, Ray, Lafayette, Jackson and Johnson counties in Missouri, alerting to the approaching danger. “THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS” […]
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Severe storms hit Kansas City area, knocking down trees, power lines and semis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Powerful winds created dangerous driving conditions in parts of the Kansas City area Tuesday evening. Semi-trailers rolled right off southbound Interstate 635 in Riverside, leaving the driver in need of rescue. View the latest Weather Alerts in the Kansas City region on FOX4 Driving winds at near hurricane force as the […]
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Is a preference for planting pollen-spewing male trees making allergies worse?
Urban planners and tree experts have tried for decades to keep streets and sidewalks clear of maple spinners, seed pods and fallen fruit, but these efforts may be leading to an increase in allergies. An individual tree can be male, female, or a couple combinations of the two. Each is unique, but male trees produce […]
Storm damages buildings, trees in Geary, Osage counties
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — The storm that hit Junction City Friday night caused a lot of damage. Several inches of rain caused street flooding, and strong winds downed trees and power lines. Geary County dispatchers say a vacant building in the 600 block of N. Washington partially collapsed. They do not have any reports […]
Supercell storm caused power outages and uprooted trees, utility poles. Here’s what happened
It was deja vu for many Bloomington and Monroe County residents this week as their power went out for multiple days after a mid-day storm. Just before many people’s evening commute, trees and utility poles were down all over town, causing traffic jams and safety concerns. Residents scrambled to find food, gas and ice with […]
Connecticut governor to replant more than 180 trees, thousands of bushes cut down behind his house
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday was officially ordered by his local inland wetlands agency to replant more than 180 trees and thousands of bushes that were chopped down in November on property behind the Democrat’s Greenwich home. While one of Lamont’s neighbors and a neighborhood organization were also involved in the felling on protected […]
Strong winds causing downed trees, blocked roads, power outages in North Jersey
Strong wind gusts are causing power outages, road closures and downed trees all across New Jersey on Monday evening. National Weather Service posted a wind advisory alert warning that some New Jersey counties, such as Morris and Sussex, could be experiencing strong and gusty winds throughout the evening. Strong winds have developed this afternoon with […]
Can copperheads climb trees? South Carolina snake myths debunked.
Copperheads are by far the most common venomous snake in South Carolina, but many S.C. residents harbor false beliefs about the species. Here’s what to know about copperheads as weather heats up. Where do copperheads live in SC? Copperheads are found across S.C. According to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, copperheads occur in […]
Finally, an answer to a mystery surrounding these 1,000-year-old trees
For millions of years, mighty baobabs have been standing sentry on three different landmasses, posing each other an existential question: Who came first? The giant trees, swollen of trunk and stubby of canopy, are unmistakable. Baobabs can live for more than 1,000 years, acting as the keystone species in dry forest environments in Madagascar, a […]
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in trees vandalized at family tree farm
ELIZABETH, Colo. (KDVR) — It was just another Wednesday when Grant Herring, co-owner of Pineco, a tree farm in Elizabeth, went to check up on his trees. “We came out here to check the irrigation, make sure things were running just with the heat and stuff,” Herring said. As he walked through the rows of […]
Lexington developer’s crews raze 4 legacy oak trees they promised to protect. Now what?
An engineering group overseeing a new commercial and housing project off of Harrodsburg Road has offered to plant 116 trees after it razed four red oak trees it had promised to protect. Jihad Hallany, of Vision Engineering, told the Urban County Planning Commission at a June 13 meeting that during grading of the property at […]