HOUSTON (AP) — Beryl weakens to tropical depression but still bringing rain, tornado risks after millions left without power in Texas.
THE LATEST:More than 2,000 people are preparing to evacuate at a moment's notice in the southern half of B.C., as persistent hot and dry conditions continue to challenge firefighters on Saturday.The Shetland Creek wildfire, which was fanned by winds and grew exponentially from Thursday to Friday, has led to hundreds of properties being put on evacuation order and thousands of people on evacuation alert — including the entire village of Ashcroft.In the southeast Interior, the Aylwin Creek fire an
It’s been more than a century since Calgary has seen such a long spell of hot temperatures
It’s not easy being a satellite: space is a dangerous place.
This is the climatological peak of summer across southern Ontario. But will the weather act like it?
STORY: :: A highway bridge in northwest China collapsed after torrential rain:: State media say some vehicles plunged into the river, and several people were killedAccording to CCTV, the collapse occurred at 8:40 p.m. (1240 GMT) in Shangluo city on Friday (July 19) when torrential rain caused flash floods. President Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts and said China is in a critical period for flood control.China's national fire and rescue authority said on Saturday it had dispatched a rescue team to the site that included 859 people, 90 vehicles, 20 boats and 41 drones.In China's central Henan province, floods caused by continuous rain trapped elderly people in a nursing home and villagers in their flooded houses on Thursday (July 18). CCTV showed footage of firefighters evacuating people on lifeboats.
Sean Waugh holds a laptop with green, red and yellow weather radar looping as his driver rumbles down an Oklahoma highway in their government-issued truck. The vehicle holds 50 gallons of fuel, so they can chase storms all day. A rectangular cage with metal mesh covers the truck in an attempt to protect the team from hail. Hanging off the front of the hail cage are weather instruments that look like the horn of a rhinoceros charging into a storm. The truck, called Probe One, points in one direct
A New York man and his dog narrowly escaped a dangerous situation when lightning hit a tree in their backyard during severe weather.
Weather forecasters say a large mass of hot air is travelling across the Mediterranean from North Africa.
While extreme heat might cause discomfort for those of us on land, New Brunswick researchers are getting concerned about the effect of heat waves on seabird populations as well.Heather Major, a marine biology professor at the University of New Brunswick, said the first big marine heat wave in her research area, around Machias Seal Island, was in 2012 and they have been continuing ever since."There have been small breaks, but it's essentially been really hot in the Gulf of Maine for a long time n
So far this year, 80 dogs, cats and other companion animals have died in the United States due to high temperatures.
ABC Action News tracks tropical developments in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
A wildfire in Salt Lake City forced people living uphill from Utah's state capitol to evacuate, and it remained uncontained Sunday as more than 100 firefighters worked to protect nearby homes.
EDMONTON — Wildfires in northern Alberta forced more people from their homes on Saturday while Edmonton offered masks to residents to help them deal with all the smoke.
Two teams of tornado experts say that changes in storm patterns and human activities have increased the danger posed by twisters.
Hundreds of fires are burning across B.C. as a heat wave continues across the province
South Florida will swelter and rain’s in the forecast, too.
A.J. Burnett explains why showers moving across southern New England could bring a brief burst of rain Saturday evening.
Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and flooding. The official Xinhua News Agency said five vehicles that fell off the bridge have been recovered after the structure in Shaanxi province crumbled at around 8:40 p.m. Friday. A photo released by Xinhua showed a section of the bridge snapped and folded down at almost a 90-degree angle into the rushing brown water below.
Boise has already broken two long-standing weather records this summer; a third could follow next week.
