At least five Fort Hood soldiers died on Thursday and four more were still missing on Friday after rushing floodwater flipped over a military truck during a training exercise at the Texas military base. Three more soldiers were taken to … Read More
The Louvre museum in Paris will close its doors on Friday as officials work to move artwork away from rising floodwaters Museum staff will move some work upstairs to protect against the nearby Seine River, which has overflowed its banks … Read More
April was the warmest such month on record for the globe, and yet again, we saw a near-record large margin compared to average, according to NASA data released Saturday. The record all but assures that 2016 will set another milestone … Read More
Even accounting for the accelerating pace of Arctic climate change, sea ice loss in the Far North is running well ahead of schedule. This may signal a near record or record low sea ice extent to come in September. Fractures … Read More
The wildfire that destroyed about 10 percent, or 2,400, of the homes and buildings in Fort McMurray, Alberta, continues to churn its way through the dense, dry boreal forests outside the city. The fire scorched its way across the city … Read More
A deluge of colossal proportions struck the Houston and Galveston, Texas, areas on Sunday night, with nearly 2 feet of rain falling in some spots. The rain has led to widespread severe flooding, prompting the rare issuance of a “flash … Read More
When weather patterns hit a traffic jam, extreme events often result. This is particularly the case during the summer months, a new study argues. The research, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, focuses on a devastating flood event that … Read More
It may be a cold start to spring in the Midwest and eastern U.S., but in Greenland, more than 2,000 miles to the north, it’s been positively balmy lately. On Monday, when Boston had a high temperature of 60 degrees … Read More
February was Earth’s most unusually warm month on record, blowing away the record that had been set just one month prior. The new findings, contained in preliminary data released Saturday by NASA and backed up by information from other research … Read More
This blizzard has another hazard besides the snow, sleet and strong winds its bringing to the East Coast: flooding. The storm is pounding the New Jersey and Delaware shorelines with 22-foot waves and a 3 to 5-foot storm surge that … Read More