June 14, 2024
Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers. The disorganized storm system was …
May 6, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) โ High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property. …
May 1, 2024
Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza โa …
April 16, 2024
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making ederal disaster assistance available to California to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides from Jan. 31 to Feb. 9. FEMA said public …
March 13, 2024
To aid recovery efforts in San Diego County following the January storms, FEMA, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and local partners continue to work together to bring relief to affected communities. In just three weeks since Gov. Gavin …
February 14, 2024
Utility firm Hawaiian Electric HE.Nrestored power on Hawaii Island after it had begun rolling outages on Tuesday due to the unavailability and reduced output from several large generators. “No more rolling outages tonight, power has been restored to all customers …
February 14, 2024
SAIF in Oregon, which reported receiving 400-plus claims after January’s winter weather, said more Oregon workers were injured from slips, trips, and falls due to snow or ice than during any other storm since January 2017. SAIF, Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ …
February 6, 2024
A new report warns insurance companies could face billions of dollars in losses if they stay on the current course of investments that contribute to climate change, at “a scale exceeding some of the worst wildfires in California’s history.” The …
January 23, 2024
(AP) โ Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this month across the U.S., where states as far south as Texas and Florida were gripped by deadly arctic weather on Sunday. Nationally, winter storms have claimed …
December 28, 2023
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) โ From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United States on Tuesday, the day …