The remnant storms of Typhoon Halong tore into western Alaska with such ferocity that they pulled Steven Anaver’s home from its foundation and buoyed it across choppy water — with him inside. “I was inches away from death,” he wrote on Facebook. The storms’ blistering winds and record-high water levels laid waste to several small…
The remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and catastrophic flooding to coastal communities in western Alaska on Sunday, pushing entire houses off their foundations. Rescue aircraft were dispatched to the tiny Alaskan villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, where there were reports of up to 20 people possibly unaccounted for, said Jeremy Zidek, spokesperson…
Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass bleaching events caused by climate change. Now, reefs are the first environmental system on Earth to pass a climate “tipping point,” according to a new report by…
A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural city in North Dakota in June has been upgraded to an EF-5, the National Weather Service said Monday, marking the first U.S. twister with an EF-5 rating in 12 years. The federal agency’s Grand Forks, North Dakota, facility estimates the twister that touched down in the southeast…
Deadly flooding in Arizona with intense weather threats across the U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Powerful monsoon rains in the Southwest are blamed for several deaths in Arizona. The fast-rising water caused flash flooding and chaos. Meteorologist Andrew Kozak has the forecast. Source link
Tropical Storm Humberto, the eighth named storm to emerge this hurricane season, is currently swirling over waters just north of the Caribbean. Although forecasts as of Thursday predict that Humberto won’t ever touch land, there is a possibility it could interact with another system developing nearby in the western Atlantic. That’s an unlikely outcome, said…
Tracking potential storm threats in Atlantic – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News meteorologist Rob Marciano reports on the potential path and outlook of Tropical Storm Humberto and other storms in the Atlantic. Source link
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region near Russia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting tsunami advisories for parts of Alaska. Initially, there was a tsunami advisory issued for Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, but it was canceled, according to the USGS. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region near Russia on Thursday, the U.S….
A mapping tool that aims to provide forecasters and communities with flooding information has expanded to cover 60% of the U.S. population, the National Weather Service announced Thursday. With this development, the experimental tool promises to serve twice as many Americans as it did before. The Flood Inundation Mapping, or FIM, tool is designed to…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – As we approach 901 Day, the City of Memphis has a bunch of fun events lined up on Beale Street. Monday, Sept. 1, will be a day headlined by Memphis legends and celebrities. Event goers can expect performances by Project Pat along with surprise guests, hands-on activities, and family-friendly fun. One…