At least 40 people injured or ill from Oregon’s Cedar Creek Fire, officials say
At least 40 people have reported injuries or illnesses related to Oregon’s Cedar Creek fire, officials say. The fire has burned for almost two…
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Florida officials urge residents to prepare for Tropical Storm Ian, forecast to be a major hurricane before it reaches Cuba
Floridians are bracing for Tropical Storm Ian, which is expected to rapidly intensify and become a hurricane Sunday before hitting western Cuba,…
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Fiona hits Canada, leaving behind major damage
Post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall in Canada Saturday morning with hurricane-force winds and heavy…
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Tropical Storm Ian strengthens in the Caribbean and tracks toward Florida
The ninth named tropical storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has formed across the central Caribbean Sea, and forecasts show Florida may…
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September is National Preparedness Month
From Sunday, September 11 to Saturday, September 17, the Yuma Fire Department (YFD) responded to 298 emergency…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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FIRST ALERT FORECAST: More comfortable temps on the way along with breezy conditions
Storm chances today will favor the northern and eastern half of Arizona with isolated chances over the high terrain of south-central…
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Extreme weather could push food prices even higher
Weather has long been a fickle farmhand, devastating fields one year while delivering bountiful harvests the…
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