Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme
It’s a first-of-its-kind icy twist on tornado chasing.
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A colossal cloud of Sahara dust is smothering the Caribbean en route to the US
The plume is expected to hit Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi late this week and into the weekend.
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Thousands evacuated in 3 provinces as Canadian wildfires threaten air quality into some US states
Smoke was worsening air quality and reducing visibility in Canada and into some U.S. states along the border.
Winds push smoke from Canadian wildfires south into US and worsen air quality
Nearly two dozens wildfires were burning in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is just north of Minnesota and North Dakota.
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NOAA to no longer track the most expensive weather disasters
The now-retired database documented 27 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States last year alone.
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More severe weather pummels the central US as thousands recover from deadly tornadoes
Areas at risk of thunderstorms include communities in Kentucky and Missouri that were hit by Friday’s deadly tornadoes.
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Deadly April rainfall in US South and Midwest was intensified by climate change, scientists say
Heavier and more persistent rainfall is expected with climate change because the atmosphere holds more moisture as it warms.
National Weather Service to resume translations of its products for non-English speakers
Potentially life-saving weather information will once again reach a broader audience as the weather service reinstates its contract for translating weather products.
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New Jersey forest fire prompts thousands of evacuations and closes a major highway
The blaze is the second major forest fire in the region in less than a week.
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Doctors said his wife would be back in 15 minutes. He never saw her alive again
Kira Johnson gave birth to a healthy boy, her second child, in 2016. All seemed well, but within 12 hours she was dead.
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National Weather Service won’t offer translated warnings anymore after AI contract ends
Experts fear the lack of foreign-language warnings could leave some of the 68 million non English-speaking people in the U.S. in danger.
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Swollen rivers flood towns in US South after dayslong deluge of rain
“The rain just won’t stop,” one Kentucky resident said Sunday. “It’s been nonstop for days and days.”
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Violent storms cut through the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing 3
More than 90 million people are at risk from the thunderstorms expected to hit over the next several days.
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Tornadoes damage homes and power lines as storms wallop Midwest and South
The potent storm system will bring “significant, life-threatening flash flooding” starting Wednesday and continuing each day through Saturday.
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Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes and fire, killing at least 16
The National Weather Service predicted extreme weather across a vast swath of the country that is home to more than 100 million people.
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