Articles filed under Weather
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3 suburban tornadoes Sunday, more Monday nightJul 15, 2024 9:24 pm - Meteorologists at the National Weather Service bureau in Romeoville have confirmed three EF-0 tornadoes, the least damaging types, touched down in the suburbs Sunday evening.
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‘A big win for the community’: How $6 million project aims to end decades of flooding in WheelingJul 14, 2024 8:05 pm - A $6 million flood-prevention project is underway in Wheeling.
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For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running outJul 12, 2024 10:39 am - TAHOLAH, Wash. — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Oce...
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Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren’t coming fast enoughJul 11, 2024 2:06 pm - HOUSTON — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she went to a cooling center in...
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Las Vegas eyes record of 5th consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch U.S.Jul 10, 2024 3:41 pm - LAS VEGAS — Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer as the desert city is on track Wednesday to set a record for the most conse...
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Houston residents left sweltering after Beryl with over 1.7 million still lacking powerJul 10, 2024 8:07 am - HOUSTON — The return of searing heat in the Houston area has deepened the misery for people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left resident...
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Beryl leaves hot misery in its wake as the still-dangerous storm churns into the U.S. interiorJul 09, 2024 8:05 am - HOUSTON — Many of the millions left without power when Hurricane Beryl crashed into the Houston area, killing several people and unleashing flooding, now face days withou...
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Beryl weakens to tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as Category 1 hurricaneJul 08, 2024 10:09 am - MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl weakened to a tropical storm Monday hours after sweeping ashore in Texas, unleashing flooding and knocking out power to more than 1 million homes...
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June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won'tJul 08, 2024 7:24 am - Earth's more than yearlong streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus. There's hope that ...
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Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat waveJul 04, 2024 5:00 pm - Around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an “extremely dangerous and record-breaking” heat wave broils much of the country, according to the National Wea...