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The moisture from this storm system will help two fast-moving winter storms spread snow across the eastern U.S., with another atmospheric river on its way.
Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.
Vukelich said crews are being careful on gravel and rougher streets. “A lot of those really soft streets, or streets that, you know, are unfortunately a little bit rougher than others. The areas where we see that rougher infrastructure, we want to be really, really careful in there because we can cause a lot of damage.”
Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as a stunning Category 5 storm. But the U.S. was spared as the Federal Emergency Management Agency faces drastic change.
Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.
Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters off Greenland might hold the key.
John Ryan, KUOW environment reporter, describes how a series of powerful storms overwhelmed Washington's rivers and communities.
Intense hurricanes now require that the Caribbean and Florida strengthen homes with smarter design, stronger connections and climate-ready construction practices.
The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were "supercharged" by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on Thursday.
STORMS OF THE century, 100-year floods, a perplexing Heat Dome, wildfires turning Seattle into New Dehli — all number among the recent destructive weather events here in Washington.
Geomagnetic storms caused by a coronal mass ejection from the Sun could cause the aurora borealis to appear brighter and visible from the continental United States.