Toronto continues storm cleanup, plans to institute more snow routes
Following Friday night’s storm, the City of Toronto declared a major snowstorm condition in an effort to expedite clearing efforts. Ahmar Khan explains.
Following Friday night’s storm, the City of Toronto declared a major snowstorm condition in an effort to expedite clearing efforts. Ahmar Khan explains.
“It was more like an explosion that lit up the sky.”
Scientists began to take the creature seriously after one was accidentally captured.
After a sneak preview of mid-May weather on the weekend, temperatures in B.C. are set to fall back to Earth this week, giving residents a false start to the season.
Multiple rounds of unsettled weather will take aim as spring kicks off in Ontario, with rain in the south and another healthy shot of snow in northern sections.
A weary, storm-soaked California is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, power outages and potential flooding this week.
Another storm is here and another is on the way in California, and the beginning of spring will be cooler than usual for much of the country. Updates.
A California town is engulfed in floodwater, but residents fear what will happen if they flee.
Four elk died after the shooting, wildlife officials said.
“Amazing and scary.”
The man and his wife splashed water at the animal to scare it off, wildlife officials said.
Officials say multiple fish species were swept up in the die-off, contributing to the massive number of dead fish in the river.
Rare waterfalls were observed in Gunlock State Park, Utah, after heavy rainfall brought flooding to the Santa Clara River.Video recorded by photographer RJ Hooper between Thursday, March 16, and Saturday, March 18, shows the impressive stream of water move through the iconic Utah red desert.Gunlock State Park officials said the waterfalls have only occurred a “few times in the last decade”.Park officials issued an updated advisory on Sunday, March 19, advising visitors that the area near the waterfalls was closed as crews removed debris. Credit: RJ Hooper via Storyful
Farmers in Agassiz, B.C. finally have a solution to their thousand-tonne problem. Agassiz farmer Gerald Struys says farms in the area accumulate about 1,200 to 1,400 tonnes of agricultural plastic every year — about the equivalent of 350 Asian elephants. "It's important to find a way to recycle [the plastic] because just dumping in a landfill isn't doing any good," said Struys, who is also the chair of the Kent Ag Plastics society. Agricultural plastic includes bale wrap and bunker covers used t
OTTAWA — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is emphasizing his call for stronger links between Ottawa and Alberta when it comes to environmental protection in the oilsands. Guilbeault repeated today his plan for a new body with federal and provincial members that would share information, especially on environmental emergencies like the releases from Imperial Oil's Kearl mine in Alberta. Guilbeault, in a letter last week to his provincial counterpart, Sonya Savage, spelled out what he
The Houston government has amended provincial cap-and-trade regulations to exempt Nova Scotia Power and ratepayers from $165 million in pollution payments — the paperwork needed to deliver a promise it announced last year. On Monday, the province said amendments to the cap-and-trade program regulations issued in a March 16 cabinet order effectively wipe 2.6 megatonnes of carbon emissions from Nova Scotia Power's account. That represents emissions from fossil fuels the company was forced to buy a
STORY: This Egyptian startup is aiming to turn billions of plastic bags into tilesLocator: Sharqiya, EgyptTileGreen's product could reduce the amount of waste going into the Mediterranean Seaand help bring down emissionsfrom the building sectorPlastic waste is melted and compressed at a factory on the outskirts of CairoThe tiles are used for outdoor paving(Khaled Raafat, TileGreen co-founder)“So far, we have recycled more than five million plastic bags, but this is just the beginning. We aim that by 2025, we will have recycled more than five billion plastic bags. Currently, we have plans to expand in Egypt, and we have plans to expand in some Arab countries. We started working on this with our partners, real estate developers and contracting companies who tried our product and liked it very much and want to spread its usage.”Egypt is one of the worst polluters in the Mediterranean regionNearly 82,000 tons of plastic waste enter the sea each yearThat’s according to a 2020 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
A family visiting friends in Soda Springs, California, were in awe when they saw the amount of snow the area accumulated, video posted on March 17 shows.Jenelle Potvin, who lives in Truckee, California, a short drive from Soda Springs, recorded this video and wrote in the original Twitter post that it “really puts the amount of snow we have down in Truckee in perspective.”The video shows walls of snow towering high above dogs as they play and slip around on an icy path.More snow is in the forecast for Northern California, with the National Weather Service (NWS) warning of total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches in some areas, and up to 2 feet across higher elevations. The NWS warned anyone with travel plans to “be prepared for winter driving conditions.” Credit: Jenelle Potvin via Storyful
Spring officially arrives, but with a winter blizzard on Canada's East Coast. Over 50 cm of snow could stack up for some
A fin whale with a deformed spine was seen off the coast of Cullera in eastern Spain, the country’s Guardia Civil said on March 6.Oceanografic Valencia, a local aquarium, said the Guardia Civil and aquarium staff were mobilized on March 4 after receiving a report that the whale was entangled in a drift net.Biologists and veterinarians determined that the 40-tonne male whale, measuring around 17 meters long, was not entangled but did have “a serious deviation” in its spine, Oceanografic Valencia said, according to a machine translation. The cause of the scoliosis was unknown, the aquarium said.After a few hours, the whale headed back out to sea, Oceanografic Valencia said. It said on March 6 that the whale could reappear near the coast due to its condition.Drone footage released by Guardia Civil shows the whale. Credit: Guardia Civil via Storyful
Thousands of residents have been told to evacuate their homes in California's Central Valley as another storm arrives.