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Powerful Santa Ana winds hammer Southern California

November 25, 2021 4:38 PM Lisa Sturgis

Fierce Santa Ana winds forced thousands of Southern California residents to spend their Thanksgiving without…

California gets more rain but remains in drought

November 4, 2021 9:03 AM The Associated Press

Rain is falling across parts of Northern California and more is possible into the weekend, but forecasts are backing off chances of an atmospheric…

Video Blog: Pacific storm affects the West Coast

October 25, 2021 5:02 PM Marcos Icahuate

ver the days following Saturday, October 23, a Pacific storm was forecasted and warnings were sent out advising West Coast residents to be warry of…

Storm expected to hit West Coast on October 24 – October 26

October 22, 2021 2:22 PM Marcos Icahuate

Meteorologists at AccuWeather have reported an intense storm to hit the West Coast…

Cold front brings snow, rain, showers to California

October 18, 2021 7:06 AM The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A cold front passing through drought-stricken California has brought snow to the northern Sierra Nevada and rain, showers…

The Glen Canyon Dam is seen here at Lake Powell in Arizona in June.

La Niña is about to take the Southwest drought from bad to worse

October 15, 2021 5:24 AM CNN

More than 92% of the West is in drought this week — a proportion that has hovered at or above 90% since June — with six states entirely in…

Magnitude 5.9 quake halts trains in Tokyo area; 30 injured

October 7, 2021 7:00 AM The Associated Press

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake has shaken the Tokyo area, injuring more than 30 people and…

La Niña is about to take the Southwest drought from bad to worse

September 24, 2021 5:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Global scientists reported in August that due to the climate crisis, droughts that may have occurred only once every decade or…

AZ Utility: Really wet summer follows very dry winter

September 16, 2021 6:52 AM Caleb J. Fernández, The Associated Press

The second-driest winter on record in the Salt River Project’s watershed was followed by a monsoon that the water and power utility said was the…

Flood watches blanket Arizona due to tropical moisture

August 31, 2021 8:03 AM The Associated Press

Flood watches have been issued for all of Arizona, including metro Phoenix and Tucson, effective from late Tuesday morning until late Wednesday…

Kilauea volcano alert raised as a swarm of small earthquakes hits the region

August 24, 2021 10:11 AM CNN Newsource

The US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has raised the volcano alert from advisory to watch for the Kīlauea volcano after an increase…

Ducey tours Gila Bend flood damage

August 20, 2021 2:49 PM Lisa Sturgis, Cody Lee, Luis Lopez

One week ago a devastating flash flood swept through Gila Bend. Friday, seven days after the water started rising, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey…

Thousands without power across metro Atlanta as Fred makes presence felt

August 17, 2021 6:35 AM CNN Newsource

Thousands are without power across the metro Atlanta area as Tropical Depression Fred has started to wreak havoc across the state of…

Gila Bend neighborhood destroyed by flooding

August 17, 2021 6:36 AM CNN, Dominique Newland

Up to $200,000 has been made available to Gila Bend recovery efforts after devastating
flooding overcame the community over the…

Hospitals in Haiti are struggling to treat victims of the earthquake.

Haiti death toll rises as tropical storm hits earthquake zone

August 17, 2021 2:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN A tropical storm system has dumped heavy rain on the area of Haiti where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on…

At least 5 tornadoes hit Southeastern Wisconsin this week.

Storm cleanup in Southeastern Wisconsin continues into day 2, National Weather Service confirms fifth tornado

July 31, 2021 9:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story VILLAGE OF WALES, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The latest count is up…

Embers blow across a field as the Sugar Fire

Extreme weather is upending lives in the West. ‘You walk around with this vague sense of terror.’

July 28, 2021 5:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Drew Kann, CNN It was the heat, in part, that pushed Eric Beck to leave Los Angeles. He had built a successful career in the TV and film industry…

Drivers face dangerous driving conditions in North Yuma County during flash flood

July 26, 2021 12:20 PM Arlette Yousif

When flash floods strike the Desert Southwest, they strike with a vengeance. Shutting down roads like Highway 95 close to Yuma Proving…

Lake Powell hits lowest level on record in climate change-fueled water crisis

July 26, 2021 2:05 PM CNN Newsource, Mercedes Martinez

By Rachel Ramirez and Jon Passantino, CNN Plagued by climate change-fueled drought and increasing demand for water, Lake Powell, the second largest…

Body of 4-year-old Pima County flood victim recovered

July 26, 2021 2:35 PM Lisa Sturgis, Jenny Day

Recovery teams have found the body of a four-year-old girl swept away by floodwaters in southeastern…