Hongkongers woke up to a dry and hazy Sunday with multiple districts experiencing “serious” levels of air pollution under the influence of a dusty airstream from the north, with conditions expected to further worsen. The Observatory said Hong Kong had experienced its driest April morning since 1984. Air pollution in urban areas such as Central,…
Researchers are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2025, likely producing stronger and more frequent storms than a typical year but at the same time with less intensity expected than last season. The annual prediction is closely watched in Florida and other coastal states at risk when hurricane season officially starts June 1. Experts at…
Violent tornadoes tear through neighborhoods in the South, Midwest – CBS News Watch CBS News Violent tornadoes spawned from an enormous storm system that touched down in at least 7 states Friday night into Saturday. Jason Allen reports, and Andrew Kozak has the forecast. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…
At least eight people died after more than 55 vehicles were involved in a crash due to a dust storm in Kansas, authorities said Saturday. At 3:22 p.m. local time on Friday, high winds moved into northwest Kansas from Colorado, causing a severe dust storm, leading to traffic to slow due to near-zero visibility, resulting…
The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up dust storms that caused deadly crashes and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states. Fatalities were reported in Missouri and…
Powerful storm barrels east across U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Weather Service is warning of just about every kind of danger, including tornadoes, hail, thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds as a large storm system moves across the U.S. Meteorologist Lonnie Quinn has the latest forecast. Be the first to know Get browser…
A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. on Friday overturned semitrucks on highways and fanned wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma, where officials called for evacuations in at least one town. Tornado threats loomed for the Mississippi Valley into the night and the Deep South on Saturday. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported three deaths…
What to do during a tornado warning What to do during a tornado warning 12:23 Springtime brings warmer weather, longer days and nature’s awakening across much of the country. It also brings higher chances for tornadoes, large hail, flash floods and damaging winds — and that means more alerts about threatening forecasts, which often come…
Hundreds of staffers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, were laid off Thursday as the Trump administration and its newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, continue slashing the federal workforce. A congressional source told CBS News the layoffs affected 880 NOAA employees. An administration official told CBS News about 5% of…
The cost of climate change Adapting to climate change amid rising natural disasters 06:42 Three tropical cyclones are spinning in the South Pacific, an occurrence that scientists say is unusual. Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are all churning as the region is in the peak of a season that starts in November and ends in…