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A brutal stretch of heat has plagued the south-central United States since the last few days of August, while heat has been far less extreme in the mid-Atlantic. The script will flip this week as the heat eases in parts of the Central states, while temperatures briefly surge in the East. A persistent heat dome,...
Getting relief from the late-summer heat wave along the California coast this week can be risky business as the latest tropical storm sends large swells toward the coast. Temperatures will surge to 10-20 degrees above historical averages, challenging daily record highs across multiple parts of California and the interior Southwest into Thursday. While the magnitude...
Downpours and strong thunderstorms will develop this week along a cool front that will slowly dip southward across the Plains and Mississippi Valley while moving steadily through the Northeast. Some storms will produce damaging winds, while localized downpours can trigger flash flooding. Flooding threat to stretch from Interstate 35 to I-95 Areas from eastern Kansas...
Thursday marks the climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, but a strengthening El Niño may limit opportunities for tropical storms to become hurricanes, potentially setting the stage for a historic season. To date, there have only been five tropical storms: Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly and Edouard. By the middle of September, the historical average...
NASA recently released a spectacular image of a nebula with a "superbubble." Photographed last week by the Hubble Space Telescope, the image captured nebula N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the largest of the small galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. The nebula has two main features: a shell made of dusty, dense gas, and a central void referred to as a "superbubble," which spans...
Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano sent a towering plume of ash and gas into the atmosphere last week, disrupted thousands of flights and raised questions about whether the eruption could temporarily cool the planet. Despite the dramatic appearance of Krakatau, often referred to as Krakatoa, current evidence indicates it is unlikely to have a meaningful effect...
A child was attacked by an alligator while swimming in restricted Florida waters on Labor Day. The victim was swimming in the Weeki Wachee Preserve, about 60 miles northwest of Tampa, according to a statement from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. The alligator punctured the swimmer's arm and leg, and the child was transported to the Bayonet Point Hospital for treatment of...
Two hikers stranded near the top of Lone Peak in Utah had to wait through a frigid night for help after strong winds prevented a helicopter from reaching them. The hikers called for help around 10:49 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, reporting that they were cold and suffering from altitude sickness, according to Salt Lake County...
High surf flooded Long Beach, leading to evacuations.
Hurricane Lowell came within about 40 miles of landfall in Hawaii Monday, knocking out power to most of Kaua’i and bringing the second hurricane threat within weeks. When Lowell brushed Hawaii with the greatest impacts it was a Category 2 hurricane. Last week, the storm briefly reached Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of...
