A giant “hole” more than five times bigger than the planet Jupiter opened up in the sun’s atmosphere and temporarily unleashed powerful solar winds toward Earth this week. Also known as a “coronal hole,” the massive opening in the sun’s magnetic field began appearing near the sun’s equator on Dec. 2 and quickly reached its […]
TAIPEI—Typhoon Doksuri toppled trees and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes in southern Taiwan, prompting authorities to shut business for a second day and warn of extreme winds as the storm makes its final push to southeastern China on Friday. As of 7:15 a.m. (23:15 GMT) Typhoon Doksuri, categorized at the second-strongest typhoon […]
An eight-year-old girl has died from injuries sustained in an incident on a bouncy castle, Spanish authorities have reported. Strong winds lifted the inflatable castle several meters into the air during a fair in Mislata, near Valencia in eastern Spain on Tuesday. Spanish news agency EFE reported Wednesday that another eight children were injured, with […]
Holiday travelers should be thankful as Thanksgiving week kicks off on a tranquil note across much of the Lower 48, says the Weather Prediction Center (WPC). AAA is predicting travel this holiday week will be back to near pre-pandemic levels. With higher travel numbers combined with the weather, it could add up to some delays […]
NEW ORLEANS—High winds and heavy rains buffeted coastal Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday as a disorganized and unpredictable tropical weather system churned through the Gulf of Mexico, forcing cancellation of Juneteenth celebrations in Mississippi and Alabama and threatening Father’s Day tourism. The system, moving north toward Louisiana through the Gulf of Mexico carried tropical storm-force […]
Strong winds and hail have killed at least 11 people and injured more than 100 late Friday evening during a storm in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province, according to local media. More than 3,000 people have been affected with trees falling, rooftops collapsing and telephone poles breaking, after winds of nearly 160 kilometers per hour ravaged […]
Members of Parliament are urging Downing Street to fix the date when overseas holidays are allowed to begin. Gusty winds and heavy showers batter England and Wales. The cost of repairing Big Ben is soaring to 80 million pounds, more than twice the original plan.
The Northeast, Great Lakes, and northern Plains face damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes Thursday, according to the Storm Prediction Center. New York City, Newark, and Hartford, Connecticut, are under a level 3 of 5 severe risk Thursday. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Sioux Falls, Milwaukee, and Providence, Rhode Island, are all under a level […]
Pence negotiates ceasefire in Syria; G7 to be held at Trump’s Doral Golf Resort in Florida; The House and Senate express condolences following Congressman Cummings’ death; and Northeast ‘bomb cyclone’: Powerful winds knock out power to 500,000.
With 215 mph winds, Super Typhoon Yutu became the strongest storm to hit United States land this year as it ripped through the Northern Mariana Islands in the north Pacific. The typhoon, which is packing the punch of a Category 5 hurricane, is now tracking across open water towards Taiwan and the Philippines, where it could […]
Severe weather hit parts of eastern North Carolina on June 5. Local station WCTI reported damage from a possible tornado. Power was knocked out in the area, and several buildings were damaged. There were no injuries, according WCTI. “Just saw tree limbs and stuff start going, so I went and got in the closet, and […]
The latest storm in the wet California winter triggered street flooding and rockslides Tuesday (February 7) around the San Francisco Bay Area. Emergency workers in Sonoma, north of San Francisco, rescued motorists who had driven around barricades and into rushing floodwater covering a highway. South of San Francisco, one of several rock- and mudslides overturned […]
