July 17, 2023
In Windham, Vermont, a wooden A-frame house that normally evokes blustery winters sits on a roadway transformed by record rainfall into a river. Twenty miles away in Bridgewater, a man wades through waist-high waters clutching his belongings. In Montpelier, the …
July 13, 2023
Floodwaters receded in Vermont cities and towns pummeled by a storm that delivered two months of rain in two days, allowing officials to focus on recovering from a disaster that trapped residents in homes, closed roadways and choked streets and …
July 11, 2023
Torrential downpours unleashed flash floods on the U.S. Northeast on Monday that washed out roadways, overwhelmed rivers, prompted 50 swift boat rescues and killed a woman who was swept away in front of her fiancé, officials said. More than 13 …
July 10, 2023
New York City and the eastern US braced Sunday for severe thunderstorms as a creeping weather front drags across the region and raises the risk of flooding from Vermont to North Carolina. The slow-moving line of showers was crossing the …
July 10, 2023
Britain’s increasingly extreme weather is shaking the very foundations of its centuries-old history. The nation has been experiencing prolonged periods of drought after wet winters since last year. That’s causing the porous rock beneath vast parts of southeast of England, …
June 29, 2023
AccuWeather is launching what it says is the only scale that tracks the duration and severity of heat waves, which are becoming more common occurrences due to factors like climate change, deforestation and urban heat island effects. AccuWeather’s HeatWave Counter …
June 16, 2023
Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway Wednesday as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Georgia. The National Weather Service issued numerous tornado warnings, mainly in southeast Alabama and southwest …
May 16, 2023
The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mocha have moved further inland over Myanmar after coming ashore Sunday with winds of 155 miles per hour on the US wind scale. At its peak the winds reached 175 mph, tying it with 2019’s …
May 3, 2023
Climate change-driven heat waves are impacting everything from nuclear reactors in France to glaciers in Pakistan. As millions of people around the world are forced to cope with more stifling temperatures, some are turning to hacks like air-conditioned clothing. Cities …
April 28, 2023
An overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change. But even as people across the country joined last Saturday …