At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated in Juneau after flooding caused by water coming from a glacier-dammed lake, officials said Sunday. The Mendenhall River flooded Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska’s capital city, a news release from the City and Borough of…
Tropical wave in eastern Atlantic has high chance of development, NHC says Tropical wave in eastern Atlantic has high chance of development, NHC says 00:58 Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, forecasters said. The storm could strengthen to become the Atlantic’s first hurricane of the season. The National Weather Service…
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 1, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 100 degrees (1988) Low temperature: 51 degrees (1990) Precipitation: 2.55 inches (1961) Snowfall: Trace (2003) 1922: More…
A tropical storm in the central Pacific Ocean rapidly strengthened into Hurricane Iona on Monday, forecasters said. The hurricane didn’t pose an immediate threat to the Hawaiian Islands. As of early Monday morning in Hawaii, Iona was located about 895 miles southeast of Honolulu, according to the National Hurricane Center based in Miami. Map shows…
Humid and hot across South Florida with another day of triple-digit “feels-like” temperatures Humid and hot across South Florida with another day of triple-digit “feels-like” temperatures 02:50 About half the country is under active heat advisories on Monday, affecting more than 198 million Americans, according to the National Weather Service. The extreme heat is expected…
Sen. Maria Cantwell is urging President Trump to prioritize modernizing the nation’s weather forecasting system, saying the investment will save lives as well as money down the road. She released a letter to the president Monday, following through on her pledge to provide guidance that the administration can use to upgrade weather forecasting infrastructure. “The…
The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to phones in the area, a spokesman for camp’s operators said Wednesday. Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner of…
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of heavy rains 10 days after a Hill Country flash flood that transformed the Guadalupe River into a killer torrent. A National Weather Service flood watch forecasting heavy downpours of up…
Emergency crews were forced to suspend search operations in Kerr County, Texas, on Sunday, as the area hit hardest by catastrophic flash flooding earlier this month faced a renewed flood threat. Officials in Texas’ rural and flood-prone Hill Country have said at least 161 people from the area remain missing in the aftermath of destructive…
Stunning images: Stranded drivers rescued, roads turned into rivers as flash flooding hits Mass. Police officers and emergency crews in eastern Massachusetts were out in full force on Thursday morning, performing rescues and blocking off impassable roads as flash flooding hammered the area. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for many counties,…