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Tornado watch issued for most of southwestern Pennsylvania
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issued a tornado watch on Wednesday afternoon for most of southwestern Pennsylvania. The watch, which lasts until 10 p.m., is also in effect for parts of Ohio and West Virginia. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia...
4 famous giant trees unharmed by Sequoia National Park fire
Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said. The Four Guardsmen, a group of trees that form a natural entryway on the road to the forest, were successfully protected from the KNP Complex fire...
Cooler temps, rain coming as if on schedule for start of autumn
Autumn arrives Wednesday afternoon and, as if on cue, it’s going to feel like it. After a high in the 80s on Sunday and expected again Monday, a high of 74 is forecast for Wednesday, which is right around average, National Weather Service meteorologist Myranda Fullerton said. Autumn will officially...
Nicholas makes landfall in Texas as hurricane; dumps rain along Gulf Coast
HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early Tuesday as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot of rain along the the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, drenching storm-battered Louisiana and bringing the potential for life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South. Nicholas made...
Nicholas gets stronger, threatens to hit Texas as hurricaneVideo
HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength Monday and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana. Although the system was...
No fall yet: Warm temperatures persist in Western Pa.
It may be September, but it’s not sweater weather yet. Unseasonably high temperatures have persisted so far this month. “It’s a little warmer, a little above average,” Bill Modzelewski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Moon, said Monday. Temperatures on Monday were in the lower 80s, and Tuesday’s...
Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rainVideo
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Sunday night, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said a hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast...
Hurricane Olaf heading toward Mexico’s Los Cabos resortsVideo
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Hurricane Olaf was heading toward a strike on the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Thursday. As the storm approached, authorities closed ports in the area, prepared temporary shelters and urged people to monitor public announcements. The U.S....
Harvest Moon falls in summer this year. Is that unusual?
Harvest Moon 2021 on Sept. 20 falls in summer, which might seem as out of place as pumpkin spice latte in 90-degree weather. But it’s not really that unusual. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, which is the first day of fall on Sept....
Hurricane Ida 9 days later: 430K still without power
NEW ORLEANS — Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana, most of them outside New Orleans, still didn’t have power Tuesday and more than half of the gas stations in two major cities were without fuel nine days after Hurricane Ida slammed into the state, splintering homes and...
Hurricane Ida shows need for big infrastructure spending, White House adviser says
The devastation caused by Hurricane Ida shows the need for President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure plans, a top White House aide said on Sunday. The sweeping $3.5 trillion infrastructure package being finalized by Democratic lawmakers will make critical investments in building resilience, shoring up the nation’s power grid and battling...
Hurricane Larry’s top winds reach 125 mph
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Larry is expected to approach Bermuda at major hurricane strength, bringing the threat of winds, rain and coastal flooding to the island, as well as “dangerous and life-threatening” rip currents and swells to the U.S. East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Larry’s top...
Search resumes for 2 missing after car swept away in storm
PASSAIC, N.J. — As residents and businesses across New Jersey spent the holiday weekend trying to clean up damage from last week’s storm, rescue workers resumed the search for two friends whose car was caught up in the floodwaters. Nidhi Rana, 18, and Ayush Rana, 21, were last seen Wednesday...
A hurricane-hardened city coping ‘the New Orleans way’
NEW ORLEANS — Shrimp and grits served for breakfast on the sidewalk at El Pavo Real. “Super Secret” seasoned pork and braised greens handed out at the door of the Live Oak Café. Spicy jambalaya dished out under a canopy erected on the empty sun-scorched streetcar tracks by a couple...
In Ida’s miserable wake, New Orleans to get power next week
NEW ORLEANS — Power should be restored to New Orleans by the middle of next week, utility officials said Friday, and sheriff’s deputies warned people returning to communities outside the city to come equipped like survivalists because of the lack of basic services in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The...
Cleanup and mourning continue after Ida soaks Northeast
The cleanup — and mourning — continued Friday as the Northeast U.S. recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. At least 48 people in five states died as storm water cascaded into people’s homes and engulfed automobiles, overwhelming urban drainage systems never meant to handle so much...
Explainer: How Ida can be so deadly 1,000 miles from landfall
Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000 miles away from its landfall. This sort of distant and deadly flooding from hurricanes has happened before, and meteorologists had warned that Ida could cause it....
Death toll tops 40 after Ida’s remnants blindside Northeast
NEW YORK — A stunned East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers, tornado damage and continuing calls for rescue Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, drowning more than 40 people in their homes and cars. In a region that had been...
After Ida, sunny skies expected going into holiday weekend
Despite remnants of Hurricane Ida dumping almost 6 inches of rain in some parts of the region, sunny skies are mostly expected heading into the Labor Day weekend. Ida, which was downgraded from a tropical depression as it made its way inland, arrived in Western Pennsylvania Tuesday night into Wednesday...
After Ida, small recovery signs amid daunting destructionVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Lights came back on for a fortunate few, some corner stores opened their doors, and crews cleared fallen trees and debris from a growing number of roadways Wednesday — small signs of progress amid the monumental task of repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida. Still, suffering...
Photo gallery: Ida’s remains drench Western Pennsylvania region
The remnants of Hurricane Ida moved across parts of Western Pennsylvania late Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. Despite losing its tropical depression status, Ida’s impact was definitely felt on residents — on their streets and in their homes. Some of the heaviest rainfall dropped early Wednesday, with several areas of...
Remnants of Ida move across Western Pa., bringing heavy rainfalls, flooding
Heavy rains thrashed Pennsylvania on Wednesday as the remnants of Hurricane Ida churned across the area, dropping several inches of rain and causing flood damage across parts of the region. By about 9 p.m., 2.3 inches of rain had fallen at the National Weather Service’s Pittsburgh office in Moon, according...
Here are rain total predictions for Western Pa. as Ida approaches
Meteorologists predict rain totals will be higher in regions south of Pittsburgh when the remnants of Hurricane Ida arrive in Western Pennsylvania. After devastating parts of Louisiana, Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as it began a northward journey Monday. Local officials in Western Pennsylvania began preparing for significant rainfall...
Thousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the depressing prospect of weeks without electricity in the stifling, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of...
Westmoreland County fire departments gear up for possible flood rescues
Fire departments and water rescue units in Westmoreland County were preparing Tuesday for possible flooding that could be caused by heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenching the region. “We want to make sure we got everything in order. Guys are checking the pumps, the life preservers and...
