Tag: flooding

  • The Climate Warning Signs Are Becoming Impossible To Ignore

    The Climate Warning Signs Are Becoming Impossible To Ignore

    The warning signs are no longer confined to climate models or distant projections. Forests are burning across huge areas, crops are being threatened by shifting rainfall, oceans are reaching extraordinary temperatures, and glaciers are changing the stability of mountain landscapes. No single disaster defines the climate crisis. Instead, a series of increasingly severe events is…

  • Scientists Say A Huge Glacier Collapse May Have Triggered Nepal’s Deadly Flood

    Scientists Say A Huge Glacier Collapse May Have Triggered Nepal’s Deadly Flood

    What first appeared to be an earthquake-related disaster may have started with a catastrophic collapse high in the Himalayas. Scientists investigating Nepal’s deadly floods now believe a huge mass of glacier ice and rock crashed into a valley, unleashing a devastating chain of events downstream. The impact was reportedly so powerful that it registered as…

  • NOAA Warns Super El Niño Could Bring Extreme Weather Across America

    NOAA Warns Super El Niño Could Bring Extreme Weather Across America

    A powerful shift in the Pacific Ocean could shape America’s weather in ways forecasters have rarely seen before. NOAA now believes there is a strong possibility that the developing El Niño could reach an intensity beyond anything in the modern record. That does not mean every forecast impact will happen exactly as predicted. But the…

  • A Powerful El Niño Could Transform Winter Across The US

    A Powerful El Niño Could Transform Winter Across The US

    Something unusual is building over the Pacific, and its effects could stretch across much of the United States as fall gives way to winter. Forecasters expect the developing El Niño to strengthen significantly, potentially becoming one of the strongest events seen in decades. That could mean a very different winter depending on where you live.…

  • Alaska Villages Destroyed By Typhoon Say FEMA Wants Them Rebuilt Where Homes Were Swept Away

    Alaska Villages Destroyed By Typhoon Say FEMA Wants Them Rebuilt Where Homes Were Swept Away

    The floodwaters ripped homes straight off their foundations and carried some of them downriver with people still trapped inside. In western Alaska, entire Indigenous villages along the Bering Sea were left shattered after the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into the coast last October, leaving behind toxic floodwater, destroyed homes, and families scattered hundreds of…

  • A 190 MPH Super Typhoon Is Closing In On US Territory And It’s Still Growing

    A 190 MPH Super Typhoon Is Closing In On US Territory And It’s Still Growing

    The ocean has once again shown how quickly it can shift from calm to catastrophic, as Super Typhoon Sinlaku surged across the Pacific with an intensity that has stunned meteorologists and placed entire island communities on edge. What began as a scattered cluster of disturbances over the Western Pacific evolved with alarming speed into a…