Chill in the air, atmospheric river to bear down down late-week B.C.
A chilly pattern has pushed across British Columbia, but confidence is increasing in an atmospheric river by Friday. Get the inside scoop with meteorologist Tyler Hamilton.
A chilly pattern has pushed across British Columbia, but confidence is increasing in an atmospheric river by Friday. Get the inside scoop with meteorologist Tyler Hamilton.
British Columbia's Crown utility says power went out for some 300,000 homes and businesses Monday as strong winds battered coastal areas and parts of the Interior, and the lights may remain out for some until Tuesday.
Here’s the latest on the Tropical Depression
"I can't live in a flood zone where you are constantly having to move out for six or seven months."
The saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, is the largest living reptile on Earth, and it rules the waters from northern Australia to Southeast Asia. These massive reptiles are often called "salties" and can grow to incredible sizes, with large male saltwater crocodiles sometimes reaching lengths of up to 7 meters (23 feet).
Gulf Coast residents are urged to be aware of a system expected to become a tropical storm and possibly a hurricane.
Tropical Depression Eighteen will likely become the seventeenth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was shut down again Monday due to an equipment problem, its operator said.
Travel issues, ferry delays, and power outages arose in B.C. as blustery winds accompanied a rainy, snowy storm that arrived on Monday
MIAMI (AP) — A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica were issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen this week, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Millions of folks across southern Ontario are likely in for a historically warm night as a storm whips across the Great Lakes this week
Researchers describe the new species as having "large" eyes and "v"-shaped teeth, according to a new peer-reviewed study
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away almost everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses. Many died and thousands of livelihoods were shattered.
Thousands of people in Spain saw their homes destroyed, and over 200 people have died after torrential rain caused flash floods. Macrae Morse, a Canadian living in Spain, had to walk about 12 kilometres to get home the day of the flood and described what he saw as ‘absolutely devastating.' He later learned his car had been destroyed.Read more: cbc.ca/1.7372312.
Thousands of spiders were released into the wild after a breeding programme at Chester Zoo.
CHIVA, Spain. (AP) — Mud cakes her boots, splatters her leggings and the gloves holding her broom. Brown specks freckle her cheeks.
Irene Cuevas will never forget the sound of the waves crashing below her apartment’s balcony. “It was a constant fear because we didn’t have light to see by," Cuevas told The Associated Press. Cuevas, a 48-year-old embryologist, is a resident of Chiva, a village perched on a hill about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Valencia city, whose southern outskirts were likewise ravaged by the floods on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Rafael forms.
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will on Monday unveil the details of its long-awaited plan to cap emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector, an idea that the energy industry and some provinces strongly oppose. The Liberal government wants the energy industry - Canada's highest-polluting sector - to cut emissions to 137 million metric tons, 37% below 2022 levels, by 2030. The proposals will bring in a cap-and-trade system that recognizes better-performing companies and gives higher-polluting firms an incentive to invest in pollution-cutting projects, said Hermine Landry, a spokeswoman for Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.
While many Canadians may not be particularly fond of winter, the season is critical for numerous reasons, especially for the well-being of our wildlife.
With only a few weeks left in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, tropical activity is heating up once again.