Flash flooding likely in the Desert Southwest and Rockies on Wednesday
Over 7 million people are under flash flood watches across the Desert Southwest and the Rocky Mountains as a plume of moisture moves in from the…
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Rapid moisture increase with slight rain chances
A surge of moisture increases across Arizona today, bringing humid conditions to Yuma…
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Hurricane Fiona strengthens as season’s first major hurricane
Fiona has strengthened to the season’s first major hurricane, triggering deaths, catastrophic flooding, and massive power outages in Puerto…
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Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic, strengthens to Category 3
Hurricane Fiona has now strengthened to a category three storm as it slams areas near the Atlantic Ocean with maximum winds of up to 115 miles per…
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Drought in Western US heats up as a Senate campaign issue
In a midterm campaign season dominated by inflation, abortion and crime, there’s another issue that is becoming more urgent in Western states:…
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Moisture and rain chances are expected to make a comeback for the Desert Southwest
Today, we will stay nice and dry with our conditions before more moisture returns, with an increase in rain chances for the Desert…
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Buildings collapsed following earthquake in Taiwan
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s Southeastern…
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Hurricane Fiona causes more destruction in Puerto Rico, emergency declaration approved
Hurricane Fiona brought on heavy rains causing major destruction to parts of Puerto Rico, leaving most of the island without power on…
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Two killed and severe power outages as Typhoon Nanmadol moves towards Tokyo
At least two people have died after Typhoon Nanmadol brought heavy rain and strong winds to Japan’s southernmost island of Kyushu and cut power to…
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Puerto Ricans bracing for Hurricane Fiona
Hurricane Fiona has made landfall as a Category 1 along Puerto Rico’s Southwestern…
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Puerto Rico suffers total blackout as Hurricane Fiona brings threat of flooding, mudslides
Power has gone out across all of the US territory of Puerto Rico on Sunday, according to PowerOutage.us, as Hurricane Fiona bears down on the…
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Weekend rain helps contain spread of California’s largest fire of the year
A wet weekend in central and northern California has helped firefighters better contain the Mosquito Fire, the state’s largest fire of the…
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Tsunami warnings issued after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, causing buildings to collapse and triggering tsunami…
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Fiona strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as storm heads toward Puerto Rico
Fiona has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 80 mph and gusts of up to 100 mph as it churns in the Caribbean about 50…
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China lost its Yangtze River dolphin. Climate change is coming for other species next
They called it the “Goddess of the Yangtze” — a creature so rare that it was believed to bring fortune and protection to local fishermen and all…
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Woman’s body found days after CA mudslides
In California, the body of a 62-year-old woman who was unaccounted for during a search in Forest Falls following a series of mudslides has been…
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Hurricane warning issued for Puerto Rico ahead of Tropical Storm Fiona
Tropical Storm Fiona was poised to whip the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on approach Saturday and may strike the latter as a hurricane Sunday,…
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Warm and dry for our last weekend of summer
As we wrap up the work week, we will enter the weekend slightly warmer temperatures but still staying cooler than normal.…
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FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Slight chance of rain along with continued lower temps
Drier air will continue to spread across the region over the next couple days with clear skies and no rain chances through at least the weekend.…
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Drier and staying cooler than normal
Dry and clear conditions will persist with slightly warmer temperatures for the weekend ahead.…
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