It doesn’t take a storm to cause ruinous flooding along our coasts, and El Niño is expected to worsen this “high-tide” flooding over the next year.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
First August 2023 full moon coming Tuesday — and it’s a supermoon. Here’s what to know.
The first of two full moons in August will reach its peak on Tuesday August 1. As an added bonus, it will also be a supermoon!
As US heat wave spreads, Arizona counts the dead: 18 confirmed, dozens more suspected
Sweltering heat is expected to continue in the Southwest – and spread further across the central U.S. over the next few days and even weeks.
Climate change warning: Greenland once melted and raised the ocean 5 feet.
Some 400,000 years ago, Greenland was, well, green. In fact, it was an ice-free tundra landscape – perhaps covered by trees and roaming wooly mammoths.
Heat updates: 113 million under heat alerts; NOAA announces heat record
As of Thursday morning, more than 113 million Americans were under some form of heat alert, the National Weather Service said. Latest updates.
‘That’s going to be a problem’: Summer 2023 is shaping up to be sweltering and smoky
The deadly heat wave will ease over the next few days, but with the nation entering the hottest month of the year, the heat is far from over.
Tornado pummels Texas Panhandle town, killing 3 and injuring dozens: Updates
A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing three people, and injuring dozens. Latest updates
Multiple tornadoes reported as severe weather outbreak hits Alabama, Georgia
The forecast for the rest of the day includes all modes of severe weather, such as tornadoes, hail and high winds.
Canada wildfire smoke updates: At least 100 million Americans affected by air quality alerts
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has drifted down into the U.S., leading to extremely poor air quality across much of the eastern U.S.
Tropical depression forms in Gulf of Mexico on first day of hurricane season, NHC says
As if on cue, a tropical depression bubbled up in the Gulf of Mexico on the first day of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.