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Hundreds of thousands of Louisianans sweltered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Tuesday with no electricity, no tap water, precious little gasoline and no clear idea of when things might improve. - In those critical pre-landfall hours, the storm underwent a process that scientists term rapid intensification — and this is where warming temperatures plays a pivotal role in generating more powerful hurricanes.
- Hurricane Ida is carving a path across Louisiana that cuts through a region packed with hazardous-chemical plants, raising risks of an environmental disaster along an industrial strip infamously nicknamed “Cancer Alley.”
- Globally, more than a million plants and animals face extinction due to habitat loss, climate change and other factors related to human activity, and this alarming loss of biodiversity is only accelerating.
- As the destructive Caldor fire creeps closer to the popular resort area, the boaters, hikers and beachgoers who typically descend on South Lake Tahoe ahead of Labor Day have all but vanished.
- ust over the California line, in Reno and Sparks, Nev., the all-time worst concentration of small particulate matter — known as PM2.5 — was recorded Monday, according to the Washoe County Health District Air Quality Management Division.
- Climate scientists say one is due to the other and both come against the backdrop of a warming planet.
- An analysis by The Gazette shows some of the most vulnerable areas of the state rely on some of the state’s oldest wildfire protection plans, putting those areas in peril for wildfire devastation.
- The heat wave, which is responsible for at least 125 people’s deaths in Washington state, sent Seattle temperatures above 100 for three days, buckling roads and overwhelming emergency rooms. Climate scientists say the event would have been virtually impossible if not for climate change.
- A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising temperatures caused by greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new study that might influence how markets price carbon pollution.
- Drought is withering crops on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, prompting farmers to take the rare measure of baling up their wheat and barley stems to sell as hay.
- The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain why it got this bad.
- Recent record-shattering temperatures in the U.S. and Canada that caused deaths and wildfires would be “virtually impossible” without climate change, analysis has found.
- Tropical storms and tornadoes can be disruptive at best, deadly at worst. Take a look at what you need to know to be prepared.
- The Atlanta-based Weather Channel said it’s committed to tackling climate change with more vigor than it ever has.
- Emergency medicine experts say now is the time to prepare to ensure you and your family remain safe during and after a storm.
- Temperatures throughout the Baltimore region neared 100 degrees Wednesday afternoon, as heat advisories for counties near the Chesapeake Bay remained in effect and the area braced for a flash flood watch for Thursday and Friday.
- A 2.6-magnitude earthquake rippled through the greater Baltimore area Friday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey confirmed.
- Just like last year, Florida’s hurricane prep in 2021 includes COVID-19 safety protocols.
- Tropical Storm Ana, the first named storm ahead of the official hurricane season, has weakened to a tropical depression, according to the National Hurricane Center.
