Hawaii is under a state of emergency after a powerful Kona storm brought heavy rain, wind gusts over 100 mph, widespread power outages and heavy snow to the highest summits. Outages jumped early Saturday, as more than 100,000 customers were without power across the islands, with the majority in Honolulu County, according to PowerOutage.US. By…
Widespread snow and a potentially damaging ice storm are on the table from the South into the Northeast this weekend, with states like Texas and Georgia bracing for an unusual bout of winter weather. Dubbed Winter Storm Fern by the Weather Channel, forecasts predict that starting Friday and continuing through Monday, potentially damaging ice and…
Major snow, ice storm to affect more than 150 million people in southern, eastern US A high-impact winter storm will spread snow and ice across more than two dozen states from Texas through the Carolinas and Massachusetts from Friday through the weekend. The amount and extent of snow and ice could cut power and disrupt…
Multiple areas of the United States have been absolutely hammered by record snowfall and bitter cold this winter, and Syracuse, NY, is among the hardest hit. Oswego County was “pounded with four feet of snow in 24 hours,” Syracuse.com reported, warning that the storm is “absolutely nuclear.” The newspaper warned on January 2, “As much…
BEIJING (AP) — Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said late Sunday. About 350 hikers had reached a meeting point in Tingri country and rescuers were in contact with another 200, state broadcaster CCTV said. There…