February is usually frigid perfection for the ice rink at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, a favorite winter stop for tourists and local families that stands in the shadow of the reflective sculpture known as the Bean. On Tuesday morning, the rink was melting. Under an intense sun and 70-degree air temperatures, water slowly trickled […]
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When the Storm Online Is Worse Than the One Outside
Last week, as Californians braced for heavy weather, forecasters found themselves engulfed in a sudden online storm. “WARNING: Meteorologists are currently debating whether California is about to get hit by something that they’ve been dreading for a long time,” an emergency preparedness enthusiast named Danielle Langlois cautioned on X. “They’re not certain (yet), but it […]
Read MoreAt Least 70 Deaths in U.S. Are Connected to Severe Winter Weather
At least 70 people across the United States have died from weather-related causes after more than a week of frigid winter storms and brutally cold temperatures, according to reports from state officials, police departments, medical examiners and news outlets. The number is likely to grow as the authorities scramble to assess the death toll from […]
Read MoreNYC Gets Its Biggest Snowfall in 2 Years
New York City finally got its snow back. The most significant snowfall in nearly two years began covering the city late Monday, with neighborhoods expected to see an average of three inches by late Tuesday morning, according to a forecast from the National Weather Service. As of 7 a.m., there was 1.4 inches of snow […]
Read MoreMaine Braces for More Storm Damage and Coastal Flooding
As tiny towns and fishing ports along the coast of Maine picked up the pieces from Wednesday’s devastating storm — and braced for more damage from another bearing down — not all the losses they counted were financial. Gazing out at a coastline pockmarked by missing piers, ramps and wharves, some of which had been […]
Read MoreNew York Weather: ‘Significant’ Risk as Forecasters Warn of High Winds
A major coastal storm will bring excessive rain and damaging wind gusts over 50 miles per hour to New York City and nearby areas late Tuesday into Wednesday, possibly causing moderate to major flooding in the region’s waterways overnight. Here are three things to know about the storm: Rain will begin moving in during the […]
Read MoreBlizzard Conditions Threaten to Disrupt Travel Across Northern Plains
More than 725,000 people in the northern Great Plains were under a blizzard warning on Monday, as forecasters warned that heavy snow and powerful winds could disrupt flights and create treacherous road conditions. Central South Dakota, where more than a foot of snow was possible, was expected to bear the brunt of the storm. Hazardous […]
Read MoreLake-Effect Snowstorm Hits Northern and Western New York
Heavy snow was coating part Northern and Western New York early Tuesday as a lake-effect snowstorm continued to wallop the region, causing hazardous travel conditions, forecasters said. The storm was holding steady, with snowfall rates over one inch per hour, which, combined with winds of about 35 miles per hour, could produce blowing and drifting […]
Read MoreMillions Under Winter Weather Alerts as Snow Could Disrupt Post-Holiday Travel
Nearly 14 million people were under various winter weather alerts on Sunday as a post-Thanksgiving snowstorm moved over the Rockies and Central Plains and travelers trekked home after the holiday, forecasters said. Winter storm warnings were in effect on Sunday for parts of the upper peninsula of Michigan, while weather advisories were in effect for […]
Read MoreThanksgiving Travel Will Be Busier Than Usual, Thanks to Cheaper Gas and Flights
More holiday travelers will pack airports and highways this Thanksgiving as a drop in airfare and gas prices stokes the nation’s busiest travel time of the year. Even as travel demand holds strong, a severe weather forecast threatens to cause flight delays and traffic jams across swaths of the country. Transportation experts are urging people […]
Read MoreThanksgiving Weather Brings Rain, Snow and Storms as Many Travel
It’s that time of the year when airports and highways are abundantly crowded as hosts of travelers make their yearly pilgrimage for turkey and stuffing. A pre-Thanksgiving storm may make travel more difficult for many as some regions register severe thunderstorms, gusty winds, heavy rain and even snow at some high elevations. A storm system […]
Read MoreHurricane Otis Heads For Mexico as ‘Catastrophic’ Category 5
Otis rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane as it approached the southern Pacific Coast of Mexico on Tuesday night, forecasters said, warning that catastrophic damage was likely where the storm’s eye moves onshore. Hurricane Otis’s maximum sustained winds grew to 160 miles per hour with stronger gusts at about 10 p.m. local time, when […]
Read MoreHigh Fall Temperatures to Drop, With Cold and Frost Forecast in Eastern U.S.
Oct. 1 should have been a cool and crisp Sunday in the Twin Cities, the kind in which a temperature reading around the daily average high of 56.7 degrees would have been perfect for finding the right pumpkin to carve or getting lost in a corn maze. Instead, the region sweltered in summerlike temperatures that […]
Read MoreLee Nears Landfall at US-Canada Border
Lee, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday, brought gusty winds, rain and dangerous surf conditions to coastal communities in New England early Saturday, as the center of the much-anticipated storm approached landfall near the U.S.-Canadian border. As Lee inched closer on Friday, Maine opened emergency shelters, residents in New […]
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