Feels like an oven: Balkan countries sizzle in week-long heatwave
National weather services expect temperatures of over 40 degrees in Romania, Serbia and Bosnia this week.
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The Weather NetworkMeet the destructive invasive species trying to get in your home this fall
They don't bite or sting, but the brown marmorated stink bug can cause big problems.
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A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina
Floodwater surged into homes, stranded vehicles and forced water rescues in coastal North Carolina Monday after a tropical storm-like system dumped historic amounts of rain on the area in a matter of hours.
- The Weather Network
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake reported off B.C. coast on Sunday
Officials reported a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the B.C. coast Sunday afternoon
- The Weather Network
Northern lights possible over Canada (again!)
Eyes to the sky for the northern lights Monday evening through early Tuesday after a strong solar flare over the weekend
- The Conversation
Earth’s greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out of control – new study
We modelled the climate during this period and discovered episodes of intense ocean heating.
- Miami Herald
Latest update from the NHC on Tropical Depression Gordon for Tuesday, Sep 17
Here’s the latest on Tropical Depression Gordon
- People
Final Message from Doomed “Titan ”Sub Revealed, Sent Seconds Before Losing Contact with the Surface
The vessel experienced some communications issues but felt they were "all good," a U.S. Coast Guard investigation found
- CBC
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattles B.C.'s northern coast
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the southern tip of B.C's Haida Gwaii on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks.According to Earthquakes Canada, the tremors were felt in Sandspit and Masset in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, parts of northern Vancouver Island including Port Hardy and Gold River, and as far as Terrace and Kitimat on B.C.'s mainland.The National Weather Service Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii says there is no threat of a tsunami from the earthquake.Victoria-based seismolo
- The Weather Network - Video
Developing tropical system threatens drenching rains, gusty winds
Heavy rain and strong winds impact pasts of the eastern seaboard. More details with Meteorologist Melinda Singh.
- LA Times
Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark
In Rolling Hills, 35 homes are set to lose gas Monday, then 50 homes are expected to lose electricity by Wednesday.
- The Weather Network
Severe storms, rain threaten the Prairies, tornado risk over northwestern Ont.
Get ready for another wild week on the Prairies as a slow-moving system creeps north of the border, bringing the threat for strong storms, heavy rain, and large hail. A tornado or two isn't out of the question in northwestern Ontario, either
- LA Times
California firefighters' union: Trump should 'be ashamed' over threat to withhold firefighting aid
Trump threatened to withhold firefighting aid to California as wildfires burned. A firefighters' union called it 'shocking.'
- The Weather Network - Video
Large hail and flooding risk looms for Prairies, northwestern Ontario
Late season storms are bringing a punch with toonie sized hail and heavy rainfall for the prairies and northwestern Ontario this week. Meteorologist Rhythm Reet from The Weather Network breaks down the details.
- CNN
A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge
Xcel Energy is short-circuiting what could have been seven years of bureaucracy and red tape to solar energy to its customers.
- The Daily Beast
RFK Jr. Cries ‘Witch Hunt’ Over Whale Carcass Federal Probe
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is being investigated for chainsawing off and collecting the head of a whale carcass in the early aughts. During a campaign event on Saturday for Donald Trump, the former independent presidential candidate said he “received a letter from the National Marine Fisheries Institute” shortly after endorsing Trump informing him of the probe.“This is all about the weaponization of our government against political opponents,” he added, telling the crowd that he had responded
- BBC
Polish city urged to evacuate as floods batter central Europe
Several people have died across the Czech Republic, Austria, Romania and Poland following devastating floods.
- United Press International
Firefighters give lifesaving CPR to dog rescued from a cooking blaze
Utah firefighters rescued a dog from an apartment blaze that seems to have been caused by cooking, officials say.
- The Canadian Press
Wind, rain but no name as tropical disturbance approaches Carolinas coast
MIAMI (AP) — Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn't quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast Monday.
- WPTV- West Palm Beach Scripps
WPTV First Alert Weather tropical forecast, morning of Sept. 17, 2024
Here is your WPTV First Alert Weather tropical forecast for the morning of Sept. 17, 2024.
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Firefighters carry out rescues in eastern Czech Republic after major flooding follows torrential rain
Emergency workers carried out rescue operations on Sunday in the eastern Czech towns of Jesenik and Opava after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced mass evacuations. (AP Video by Jan Gebert and Stanislav Hodina)