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Winter storms are unleashing air travel chaos nationwide, leaving airports overwhelmed and travelers scrambling as severe weather continues to spread.
Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.
Vukelich said crews are being careful on gravel and rougher streets. “A lot of those really soft streets, or streets that, you know, are unfortunately a little bit rougher than others. The areas where we see that rougher infrastructure, we want to be really, really careful in there because we can cause a lot of damage.”
STORMS OF THE century, 100-year floods, a perplexing Heat Dome, wildfires turning Seattle into New Dehli — all number among the recent destructive weather events here in Washington.
About 100,000 people have been asked to evacuate their homes in Washington as a series of atmospheric river storms drenched the state this week.
Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.
The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were "supercharged" by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on Thursday.
John Ryan, KUOW environment reporter, describes how a series of powerful storms overwhelmed Washington's rivers and communities.
Severe weather conditions over the past 72 hours in Gaza have left 14 people dead, including three children, the director general of the Gaza-based Health Ministry Munir Al-Boursh told CNN.
“Flooding is one of the most damaging and fast-moving threats during storms, so preventive measures are key,” states Laura Finson, Director of Product and Strategy at Brinks Home. “Keep gutters, downspouts, and storm drains clear to reduce water buildup, and use waterproofing and sump pumps with battery backups to protect basements.”