An unusual weather report made waves this week as meteorologists warned residents of Florida to be aware of “raining iguanas.” Yes, you read that correctly. The Sunshine State experienced an unusual cold snap earlier this week as temperatures dipped into the 30s, virtually freezing the cold-blooded lizards in their tracks, forcing them to drop, fall […]
With weather and climate disasters becoming more destructive and costlier than ever, accurate and reliable weather forecasting is absolutely critical to protect life and property. However, President Trump‘s 2019 White House budget proposes to cut National Weather Service (NWS) funding by about 8 percent, a decrease of just over $75 million. It also proposes a […]
Editor’s Note: As of 7:30 am EST Thursday the California mudslides death toll has risen to 17. Southern California, which just endured the largest wildfire in state history, is being bombarded by flooding and destructive mudslides triggered by torrential downpours. The “waist-high” mud destroyed homes, uprooted trees and washed away dozens of cars in Santa […]
2017, one of the hottest years in modern history, was also an extremely costly year. According to a new report from the National Centers for Environmental Information, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “the U.S. experienced 16 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion, with total costs of approximately […]
The lakefront city of Erie, Pa. has been inundated by several feet of snow this week, “shattering many records,” the National Weather Service said. The historic storm—a whopping 62.9 inches since Dec. 23, with more flakes to come—prompted the city’s police department to declare a “Snow Emergency” due to dangerous and impassable roads. While climate […]
By Tim Radford It is official. The world is warming according to expectations. The so-called and much debated “pause” in global warming is over. And the culprit that tried to cool the planet in spite of ever-rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Blame it on the Pacific Ocean. It went into a not-so-hot […]
Chicago—a city well known for its windy and snowy winters—is experiencing some unusually warm weather. For the first time in 146 years, there was no documented snow on the ground in January and February, according to the local National Weather Service. Chicago's about to do something its never done in 146 years of record keeping: […]
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