Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Tens of millions of people in the South are facing a severe weather threat one week after tornadoes killed at least 36 people across the region. The National Weather Services’ Storm Prediction Center said tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are expected from late Sunday morning into the overnight hours. “Another Sunday that we have some ...
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Eastern Great Lakes region pummeled by blizzard, ‘monster’ lake effect snow band
The western part of New York and parts of the Great Lakes were pummeled by the biggest lake effect snow of the season, bringing upward of 28 inches in some places as more continues to fall. The National Weather Service called the snow band a “monster” that stretches more than 500 miles from northern Michigan to Canada. A man walks through blowing snow ...
Read More »January 2020 was the hottest January on record, forecasters say
In the 141 years of recorded climate history, no other January has been as warm as last month, according to U.S. government forecasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday the average global average land and ocean surface temperature in January was 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit (1.14 degrees Celsius) above the average January temperatures for the 20th century. “The four ...
Read More »Bomb cyclone storm rips across UK, spawns most flood warnings, alerts in England 'than any other day on record'
An explosive winter storm roared across Britain on Sunday, packing high winds and heavy rain that prompted a record number of flood warnings in England. The Met Office, Britain’s meteorological service, said Storm Dennis was expected to dump 5 1/2 inches of rain in south Wales before gradually easing. The weather service issued a rare “red warning” for life-threatening flooding in that region. Numerous rescues ...
Read More »Winter storm kills 1 in Alabama as severe weather strikes Deep South, snow makes for treacherous travel
A powerful winter storm reaching from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast is packing heavy rain, frozen precipitation and high winds, and is blamed for at least one death. The National Weather Service said the storm is bringing “widespread hazardous weather” across the eastern U.S., including the potential for tornados on Thursday. “This is a big, nasty winter storm,” Fox News Meteorologist Adam Klotz said ...
Read More »Major blizzard buries cars, homes in more than 12 inches of snow in Newfoundland: report
Canada’s easternmost province was buried under 30 inches of snow Friday – a record for the most snow in 24 hours – as residents of the provincial capital of St. Johns struggled to clear snow drifts of 12 to 15 feet high left in the wake of the storm, a published report said. CANADIAN ZOO CANCELS PENGUIN WALK DUE TO ...
Read More »Storms in South blamed for 9 deaths, including 3 in Alabama from tornado
Powerful storms in parts of the South were being blamed for nine deaths, according to reports Saturday. Alabama officials reported that three people were killed in a tornado in Pickens County. Earlier Saturday, firefighters in Bossier Parish, La., sifted through a trailer demolished by strong winds and found the bodies of an elderly couple. The winds were so potent that the ...
Read More »Halloween forecast looks to be wet, stormy in East as significant snow to impact Plains into Midwest
This Halloween looks to be more frigid and frosty than frightening across parts of the country. The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said a strengthening storm system is moving in from Canada, bringing a surge of arctic air and heavy snow into the northern Rockies on Tuesday and across the Plains states. While up to a foot of snow is ...
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