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A powerful cold front advancing across the East Coast threatened over 38 million residents throughout the Northeast with severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Major metropolitan hubs includ…
A pipeline leak in Iron County, Wisconsin, triggered local evacuations and prompted state regulators to demand an immediate halt to construction on the Line 5 reroute project. The incident occurred when an unoccupied sem…
The Trump administration is advancing a proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, potentially opening more than forty-five million acres of national forests to road construction, logging, and drilling…
More than 18 months after a January 2025 fire at the Moss Landing battery storage facility released an estimated 55,000 pounds of heavy metals into nearby wetlands, researchers and regulators remain divided over the disa…
Health officials in Seattle have issued a public health advisory and closed a block in the Interbay neighborhood after discovering hazardous lead levels on a public street. Testing conducted by Seattle Public Utilities i…
A fast-moving wildfire designated as the Coldwater Fire erupted across private lands in Power County, Idaho, scorching 3,000 acres. Local emergency services and Type 3 Incident management teams were deployed to establish…
A severe, record-breaking heat wave is impacting Southern California and the broader Desert Southwest, driven by an intense high-pressure dome trapping hot air across the region. Temperatures have surged significantly ab…
Tropical Storm Dolly has formed over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean, becoming the fourth named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. According to the National Hurricane Center, the system was centered approxi…
A peer-reviewed study published Thursday in the journal Science concludes the Trump administration’s economic justification for scrapping U.S. vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions standards is fundamentally flawed. A dozen e…
A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that El Niño events are now more than 36% stronger than before the Industrial Revolution, with a 16% jump in just the last 40 years. Researchers analyzed 1,000 year…
Torrential rain struck Japan’s north-central prefectures of Ishikawa and Toyama, triggering severe flooding and landslides that closed roads and stranded residents. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 heavy …
The San Perlita Independent School District in South Texas suspended classes due to a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, protecting students and staff health. This closure follows a similar one-day shutdown at Park Ridge …
A catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-China border, triggered by a massive ice-rock avalanche, has killed 165 people and left nearly 1,500 missing, including at least 800 foreign nationals. Scientists report that ri…
Northern Indiana Public Service Company announced that power restoration efforts are nearing completion across Gary, Indiana, more than two weeks after a devastating derecho struck the region. The severe weather event on…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to protect the United States electric grid from foreign equipment threats. The directive invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers…
At least 160 people have died and hundreds remain missing after a flash flood swept through Nepal’s Himalayan border region and Tibet on Wednesday, destroying homes, roads, bridges and power infrastructure. Nepalese poli…
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating mandatory public notice and comment periods for minor source air pollution permits, impacting industrial facilities and data centers. The policy change shifts …
A new wildfire named the Plaskett Fire erupted Wednesday morning along California's Big Sur coast in Los Padres National Forest, rapidly expanding to 50 acres. The blaze compounds an ongoing emergency as crews battle the…
The Food and Drug Administration approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib) on August 26, 2026, marking the first targeted RAS-inhibitor therapy cleared for advanced pancreatic cancer. Manufactured by Revolution Medicines, the onc…
New England harvesters are commercializing invasive European green crabs to combat ecological damage and boost regional fisheries. Originating from ship ballast waters hundreds of years ago, the crabs now number in the t…
The Environmental Protection Agency approved two new photoacid generators for data center semiconductor manufacturing despite internal warnings indicating exposure risks include sudden death. Earthjustice filed a lawsuit…
PacWave South, a grid-connected wave-energy testing facility off Oregon, opened Wednesday after receiving Energy Department approval under President Donald Trump, creating a new U.S. test bed for marine-power technology.…
Six months into the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments, forcing governments across Europe and Asia to a…
French sugar maker Tereos announced that extreme summer heat and drought will reduce its growers sugar beet yields by more than twenty percent compared to last year. The weather crisis contributes to an anticipated thirt…
Arlington, Texas, began targeted mosquito spraying after Tarrant County Public Health reported a mosquito-trap sample positive for West Nile virus Aug. 25. Contractors are scheduled to spray within a half-mile of Park Hi…