Climate Change

As nearly 100 wildfires ravage the United States, Colorado firefighters are battling four large blazes that have prompted thousands of evacuations along the Front Range. Fires on the Front Range Several wildfires are tearing through the densely populated foothills of the Front Range, a mountain range part of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Four Fires The four fires – Stone Canyon, ... Read More

Potential Tropical Storm or Hurricane Debby will impact the U.S. in multiple, dangerous ways and for a sustained period of time. Here's why

Tropical Storm Debby is now forecast to rapidly intensify into a hurricane before it makes landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region and bring potentially historic amounts of rainfall to parts of the Southeast, due to near-record warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

A fire southwest of the Denver suburb of Littleton encroached on several large subdivisions Thursday. Neighborhoods with nearly 600 homes were ordered to evacuate after the fire — of unknown origin — spread quickly Tuesday afternoon and overnight when relatively few firefighters were on the scene. (AP video by Thomas Peipert)

As wildfire's continue to burn thousands of acres in Colorado, firefighters in California battled one of the largest blazes in state history.

Cholera, a waterborne disease that has been eradicated in the UK since 1893, could see 'unusually large outbreaks' due to increasing climate 'anomalies'

Hurricane Nicole made landfall overnight in Florida on Nov. 10, 2022. NOAA's GOES-East captured imagery of the Nicole, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm. Credit: CIRA / NOAA

A massive tropical wave forming off the American coastline has hurricane trackers on high alert - with Florida potentially getting hit next.

Oregon’s wildfire season has started, and it has already kicked off concerns about how bad it might get. Oregon Faces Massive Fires Oregon residents and wildfire experts are watching in horror as the state experiences another brutal wildfire season. Already, over one million acres of Oregon land have burned, and the season has just begun. Durkee Fire Largest in United States Multiple wildfires are raging across the country, but as of now, Oregon’s Durkee fire is the largest in the nation. It was started by a lightning strike, a phenomenon that is growing more common as climate change causes more ... Read More

Experts warn that the sun's next "solar maximum" could be more powerful and arrive sooner than expected.

Thousands of Americans are under their 29th Flash Flood Watch for the year, one day after officials declared a life-threatening emergency in part of the state.

A US state has been rocked by more than 60 earthquakes in the last week. Officials have opened an investigation to what may be causing the uptick.

The fire, which ignited Monday afternoon, has already burned over 3,700 acres and is 0% contained, according to Cal Fire.

The post-Beryl lull is coming to an end. Here's the latest on a system we're watching. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

Firefighters battle a growing wildfire, the largest blaze in California this year.

On Monday around noon, news of the Alexander Fire started to break online, with witnesses reporting a large plume of smoke that popped up in the mountains just west of

A vortex of ash and flames formed in the "Park fire", which police say was started on purpose.

The 245,000-acre fire, worsened by thunderstorms and strong winds, is so big it’s even creating its own weather. The Biggest Blaze in the US A massive wildfire currently burning near the Oregon–Idaho border, about 130 miles west of Boise, Idaho, has officially been called the biggest active blaze in the US – so big, in fact, that it’s creating its ... Read More

For the first time in the state’s history, California will impose water restrictions to help the state prepare for future droughts and weather changes. Historic Water Mandates California water providers are staring down the barrel of permanent water restrictions for the first time in state history, thanks to a contentious policy recently approved by the state’s Water Resources Control Board. ... Read More

The quake was felt across Lubbock.

A video from the Texas Department of Transportation shows vehicles attempting to travel over a flooded Interstate 635 in Dallas after as much as 3 inches of rain fell on Monday morning.

A video shared from Yates, Texas, shows flooding covering a road as heavy rain fell on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

Seven deaths in Texas caused by Hurricane Beryl were the result of heat exposure because of widespread power outages.

A statewide water organization recently published the story “NID Faces Dry Summer After Wet Winter,” alerting its public agency members about the emergency water shortage: “The Nevada Irrigation District (NID) is conserving like it’s 2022, as if the last two wet winters never happened while water levels at two of its reservoirs plummet toward the […]

CenterPoint Energy said about 500,000 customers are expected to still be without power by early next week — a full week after the hurricane barreled through.

The only known U.S. stand of Key Largo tree cactus was in the low-lying Florida Keys.

The intrepid, long-lived storm made three landfalls over 16 days.