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Warm temperatures to bring high winds, potential thunderstorms to W.Pa.
The Western Pennsylvania region should see a dramatic warm up Thursday, with high temperatures reaching into the mid-60s, but the warm weather will also likely bring rain showers and potentially damaging winds. The National Weather Service said a wind advisory is in place starting 11 a.m. Thursday and running through...
Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods
As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst floods...
Above-average temperatures expected in Pittsburgh all week
A warmup is coming to the Pittsburgh region this week, along with some rays of sunshine and some rain showers that appear to defy Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter. Monday’s high will reach 40 degrees, which is about 10 degrees above average for this time of...
3.8 magnitude earthquake hits Buffalo
An earthquake struck near Buffalo, N.Y., early Monday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey preliminarily reported a 3.8 earthquake centered east of Buffalo in the suburb of West Seneca at about 6:15 a.m. Seismologist Yaareb Altaweel said it was the region’s strongest quake in at least 40 years. UPDATE: Rare magnitude...
Northeast temperatures soar a day after bone-numbing coldVideo
Temperatures in many areas of the Northeast climbed to the mid-40s Fahrenheit on Sunday, a day after the region suffered through temperatures that plummeted into the negative teens and felt like minus 45 to minus 50 degrees with the wind chill. Atop 6,288-foot Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the temperature...
Dangerously cold temperatures envelop Northeast
BOSTON — Arctic air descended into the Northeast on Saturday morning, bringing dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills that dropped to minus 45 to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 43 to minus 45 C) in many areas. Atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the overnight wind chill...
No storms? What hurricane hunters and forecasters do the other 6 months of year
TAMPA, Fla. — Between the hum of the plane’s engine and the blasting winds outside, Cmdr. Adam Abitbol listens to what he calls his playlist du jour. It’s sometimes made up of hip-hop. Or Indie. Or classical. But never country. This is a routine for Abitbol, who spent about 250...
Winter storm lingers in southern U.S., but relief is forecast
AUSTIN, Texas — A mess of ice, sleet and snow lingered across much of the southern U.S. as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with no power, including many in the state capital of Austin, but a warming trend was forecast to bring relief from the deadly storm Thursday. However,...
Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil makes his annual prediction
Punxsutawney Phil has spoken — there will be six more weeks of winter. Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog saw his shadow — for the third year in a row — on Thursday morning in the small Jefferson County town in front of thousands of excited onlookers. Phil emerges every Feb. 2...
Winter weather cancels flights, leads to death in Texas
DALLAS — Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights nationwide, bringing traffic to a standstill on an interstate through Arkansas and causing crashes that seriously injured two Texas law officers. As the ice storm advanced...
Forecasters say snow to taper off — leaving cold, freezing rain behind
Snow was tapering off throughout the region Tuesday morning after rain turned into a mix of snow and icy glaze in some areas, leaving behind cold temperatures, according to National Weather Service meteorologists. “There’s a frontal boundary moving through with some warmer air aloft, and a colder surface temperature,” NWS...
Snow bands could impact evening commute in W.Pa. region
The Western Pennsylvania region can expect about an inch or two of accumulated snow from an incoming trough of lower pressure this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. Meteorologist Myranda Fullerton said the region should expect possible snow bands starting this afternoon about 1 and lasting until...
Winter storm rips into mobile home, topples trees, wires in Derry Township
Wednesday’s winter storm ripped through Derry Township during the afternoon hours, toppling trees and utility lines and damaging buildings. Areas of the township were pummeled by high winds roaring down from Derry Ridge to the east, said Bradenville Fire Chief Mark Piantine. “We had a lot of trees and wires...
Severe weather threat moves east after tornadoes hit Texas
PASADENA, Texas — A winter storm that brought severe weather to the Gulf Coast and wintry precipitation to the north was headed east Wednesday, a day after tornadoes caused widespread damage in the Houston area and injured three people in Louisiana. On Tuesday, forecasters issued a rare tornado emergency for...
Morning snow transitions to rain across Western Pa.
Snow that coated roads in the region Wednesday morning was changing to rain, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Nearly all locations in southwestern Pennsylvania will change to rain by noon as warm air moves in, meteorologist David Shallenberger said. The high temperature will be rising into the mid-40s. The...
Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms
In a desperate effort to save a seabird species in Hawaii from rising ocean waters, scientists are moving chicks to a new island hundreds of miles away. Moving species to save them — once considered taboo — is quickly gaining traction as climate change upends habitats. Similar relocations are being...
Warmer temps headed to Western Pa. this week, forecasters say
It doesn’t fit the exact description of a January thaw, but it certainly will feel just as good as one. That’s what experts at the National Weather Service office in Moon are predicting for the Pittsburgh area this week: much-warmer-than-usual weather. Temperatures will hover around the 50-degree mark for much...
More rain, snow in California from 9th in series of storms
LOS ANGELES — The ninth atmospheric river in a three-week series of major winter storms was churning through California on Monday, leaving mountain driving dangerous and the flooding risk high near swollen rivers even as the sun came out in some areas. Heavy snow fell across the Sierra Nevada and...
California gets more rain and snow, but dry days are aheadVideo
LOS ANGELES — More rain and snow fell during the weekend in storm-battered California, making travel dangerous and prompting evacuation warnings over flooding concerns along a swollen river near Sacramento. Bands of gusty thunderstorms started Saturday in the north and spread south, with yet another atmospheric river storm following close...
Tornado hits Selma, Alabama; 7 deaths reported across South
SELMA, Ala. — Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama, killing at least nine people, and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, a flashpoint of the civil rights movement. A better picture of the damage was...
Storms, tornadoes slam South, killing at least 7 peopleVideo
SELMA, Ala. — A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at least six people in central Alabama, where a tornado ripped roofs off homes and uprooted trees in historic Selma, while another person was killed in Georgia, where severe winds knocked out power to tens...
Storm-struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain
LOS ANGELES — Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although the north could see thundershowers and another powerful weather front was expected to hit the state Friday. At least 17 people have died in the storms...
Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy CaliforniaVideo
LOS ANGELES — Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday. Millions of residents faced flood warnings, nearly 50,000 people were under evacuation...
U.S. climate disasters racked up $165 billion in damage in 2022
A massive hurricane, a historic drought and 16 other major disasters across the U.S. collectively racked up $165 billion in damage and killed at least 474 people in 2022, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration analysis published Tuesday. NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information track the biggest of...
California deluge forces mass evacuations, boy swept awayVideo
LOS ANGELES — As another powerful storm walloped California, a 5-year-old boy was swept away by floodwaters Monday on the state’s central coast and an entire seaside community that is home to Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities was ordered to evacuate on the fifth anniversary of deadly mudslides...
