Hurricane Beryl’s explosive intensification is a grim warning for future storms
Hurricane Beryl rapidly strengthened into a category four storm this weekend with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. The storm became the earliest category four hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic Ocean, beating the previous record by a full week.…
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July may start with tropical systems brewing in the Caribbean
Forecasters are watching several tropical disturbances over the Atlantic Ocean for potential development over the next week. It’s something worth watching (oh I love that cliche, don’t you?), as well as a glaring reminder that…
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Stay alert: Tornado risk builds for parts of New England on Sunday
A risk for tornadoes will build over parts of New England on Sunday as a strong low-pressure system moves just north of the region. Keep a close eye on the radar through the day and make sure you have a way to get warnings the moment they’re…
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Extreme heat kills. It’s no joke. Folks shouldn’t treat it like one.
If a tornado outbreak killed a few hundred people, it would be remembered as a national tragedy. When a heat wave kills a few hundred people, it’s the butt of countless jokes. People are wimps. Just turn on a fan. Get used to it like we…
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Tropical disturbance, unusually hot ocean likely to fuel Gulf Coast flooding this week
A tropical disturbance slowly moving into the western Gulf of Mexico will bring copious amounts of rain over the next couple of days, leading to a threat for flash flooding across coastal portions of Texas and Louisiana. Forecasters expect the heaviest…
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High-impact heat set to build over much of the U.S. through mid-June
The jet stream is moving to Canada—and you might also want to head north after seeing the temperatures on the way over the next week or longer. A long-duration spell of warmer-than-normal temperatures will bathe the eastern half of the United States…
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A deep dive into the powerful 2015 tornado that destroyed Fairdale, Illinois
A devastating EF-4 tornado carved a scar through 30 miles of farmland in north-central Illinois on a muggy afternoon in April 2015. Two people died and nearly a dozen more were injured as the storm levelled neighborhoods in Rochelle and Fairdale, about…
Read MoreA deep dive into the powerful 2015 tornado that destroyed Fairdale, Illinois
A devastating EF-4 tornado carved a scar through 30 miles of farmland in north-central Illinois on a muggy afternoon in April 2015. Two people died and nearly a dozen more were injured as the storm levelled neighborhoods in Rochelle and Fairdale, about…
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Extreme heat builds across the western U.S. this week
The atmosphere looked at the calendar this week and decided to turn up the heat. We’re at the beginning of a multi-day stretch of dangerously hot temperatures across the interior West, with temperatures in the triple digits expected for the deserts…
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Rinse and repeat: yet another wave of dangerous storms expected Saturday
One active pattern after another sweeping across the U.S. this season will just keep on going as we head into the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a moderate risk, a level 4 out of 5, for much of Oklahoma and…
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