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The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, jutting...
Record rain, snow moving out of northeast Nevada; I-80 open
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A winter-like spring storm was making its way out of northeast Nevada on Thursday after dropping record rain and snow on some areas and triggering multiple crashes that shut down a stretch of Interstate 80 for several hours. The series of crashes that began with...
Climate change helps breed springtime wildfires in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In his more than a decade battling wildfires, firefighter Manuel Rubio had never seen a blaze like the one that raged for the past week in eastern Spain. Not this early in the year. The forest fire that that broke out last Thursday near the village of...
Latest storm piles more snow on California mountains
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A cold low pressure system spinning off the coast of California sent bands of rain and snow across the state Wednesday, making travel difficult and adding to an epic mountain snowpack. Forecasters said the storm was not as strong as the systems that pounded the...
Dangerous storms, tornadoes may target Midwest, South
A seemingly relentless series of severe storms, likely with deadly tornadoes, are forecast to rip across parts of America’s Midwest and South over the next couple weeks, especially Friday, meteorologists said. An unusual weather pattern has set in, last week triggering the...
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Dothan Eagle. March 25, 2023. Editorial: A rudderless ship From the outside looking in, a lot of things about Alabama’s criminal justice system don’t make sense. At trial, it takes a consensus of 12 people on a jury to convict a defendant and send...
Another powerful Pacific storm hits soggy, snowy California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A powerful weather system from the Gulf of Alaska pushed into Northern California on Tuesday, bringing more wind, rain and snow to a state battered by months of storms. Forecasters warned of heavy snow in coastal mountains and the Sierra Nevada, where...
Tornado-spawning storms may get worse due to warming
America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The...
Cold temps help contain chemicals in North Dakota derailment
The cold weather in North Dakota kept chemicals that spilled from a derailed Canadian Pacific train from spreading very far, authorities said. Richland County Emergency Management Director Brett Lambrecht said Tuesday that with temperatures well below freezing all of the chemicals...
India's warm weather plans can't take the heat, report says
BENGALURU, India (AP) — With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. Analyzing 37 regional...
