BISMARCK, N.D.—A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for large areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas, where […]
NEW ORLEANS—Several people were injured Tuesday morning after foggy conditions contributed to several car crashes that forced the closure of the 24-mile-long bridge connecting the north and south shores of southeast Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain. By early evening, both spans had reopened. Carlton Dufrechou, the general manager of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, said there were six […]
GIANYAR, Indonesia—An elephant that lived at the zoo on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was found dead on Tuesday after being swept away by a strong river current. Molly, a 45-year-old female Sumatran elephant was one of two being guided by a mahout to a holding area outside of the zoo grounds through a river […]
OMAHA, Neb.—A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning. Elsewhere, inclement weather plagued areas of the United States, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest […]
OMAHA, Neb.—A major ice storm created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road. Many events were canceled across the region when the storm hit Friday evening and businesses announced plans to open late Saturday as officials […]
Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke has credited his neighbors for carrying him to safety from the wildfire ravaging Malibu, California. In an interview on Thursday with NBC’s “Today” show, Van Dyke revealed that he wasn’t prepared when he saw flames approaching over the hill and toward his home during this week’s Franklin Fire. “This time […]
PORTLAND, Maine—Colder weather began to return Thursday after a storm that swept up the East Coast delivered a blow to New England, packing powerful gusts that knocked out power along with a deluge of rain and warming temperatures that washed away snow and dampened ski resorts. An atmospheric river transported moisture northward from the tropics […]
Christopher Wray has announced that he will step down as director of the FBI early next year in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to take over the bureau. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Wray’s departure was an opportunity for a new era of transparency and accountability at the FBI. Attorney […]
PORTLAND, Maine—The U.S. East Coast was beginning a whiplash-inducing stretch of weather on Wednesday that was rainy, windy and potentially dangerous, due in part to an atmospheric river and developing bomb cyclone. Parts of Maine experienced freezing rain that caused vehicles to slide off roads followed by a deluge of rain and unseasonably high temperatures—and […]
SAN FRANCISCO—A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook a large area of Northern California on Thursday, knocking items off grocery store shelves, sending children scrambling under desks and prompting a brief tsunami warning for 5.3 million people along the U.S. West Coast. The quake struck at 10:44 a.m. west of Ferndale, a small city in coastal Humboldt […]
Even more snow could be on the way for places in the Great Lakes region that are still digging out after days of storms caused deadly wrecks, collapsed a barn on top of 100 cows and buried some towns under nearly 6 feet. While cleanup was still taking place Tuesday around parts of western New […]
Snow continued to fall Monday around parts of the Great Lakes region, where storm-weary residents who have plowed and shoveled for days faced the prospect of even greater accumulations. Lake-effect snow fell on parts of western New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio that were already blanketed with a foot or more over the past four days. […]
LOWVILLE, N.Y.—Heavy snowfall and numbing temperatures kept parts of the United States in a deep freeze Sunday as the Thanksgiving holiday weekend draws to a close. Despite the Arctic-type weather, however, snowmobilers and skiers are reveling in their respective wintry terrains, and weather forecasters gave possible good news ahead of the NFL game in Buffalo. […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.—The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, and numbing cold and heavy snow were forecast to persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions. The heavy snow led to […]
A dangerous weather phenomenon called a bomb cyclone that occurs in mid-latitudes—between Earth’s tropics and the polar regions—can bring strong and damaging winds, torrential rains, heavy snowfall, flooding and frigid temperatures. It displays some traits of a hurricane, but it is not one. Here is an explanation of bomb cyclones. What Is a Bomb Cyclone? […]
While ferocious snowfall threatens to trap residents in parts of the Great Lakes region, millions of holiday travelers face bitter Arctic air that will soon blast half of the entire country. Temperatures will plunge 15 to 25 degrees across much of the eastern U.S. over the next few days, from Minnesota all the way down […]
KAMPALA—Fifteen people have died and at least 100 more are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried dozens of homes across several villages in eastern Uganda, the prime minister’s office and police said on Thursday. The landslide occurred on Wednesday in Bulambuli district, about 190 miles east of the capital Kampala. At least […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia prepared on Friday for its worst floods in a decade after heavier-than-expected monsoon rains caused severe flooding that killed three people and displaced more than 80,000. The National Disaster Command Center online portal said Friday that 84,597 people, from more than 25,000 families, across seven states were evacuated to 488 temporary shelters. […]
SEOUL—South Korea grappled with heavy snowfall for a second day on Thursday, with dozens of flights cancelled, ferry operations suspended, and at least five people reported dead in a cold snap, though conditions showed signs of easing. The snowfall was the third-heaviest in Seoul, the capital, since records began in 1907, the Yonhap news agency […]
The Trump transition team says that several of the president-elect’s cabinet picks have been targeted with bomb threats and “swatting.” The harassment spanned from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The Israel–Hezbollah cease-fire has come into effect after over a year of fighting. World leaders have welcomed the deal, while residents of the Israel–Lebanon border area […]
