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A heat-driven dust threat was forecast for parts of Arizona on Wednesday, while health officials continued warning that blowing soil can expose residents to Coccidioides, the fungus that causes Valley fever. ABC15 report…
Umatilla County’s advisory does not substantiate the supplied Aug. 19 Paradise Fire evacuation update. The county’s Paradise Fire notice, issued Aug. 5, raised evacuation levels to Level 2 for residences east of Tiger Ca…
A multi-state public health and environmental emergency is unfolding across the United States due to a parasitic outbreak and severe weather. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports thousands of cyclo…
Moderna shares jumped as much as 96% in premarket trading Wednesday after the drugmaker and Merck announced positive Phase 3 results for their personalized mRNA melanoma therapy, intismeran autogene (mRNA-4157/V940), com…
A destructive U.S. wildfire season has severely strained domestic emergency resources, prompting Australia and New Zealand to deploy over 240 firefighters. This international mobilization marks the largest contingent eve…
A massive high-pressure heat dome over the southern United States triggered severe heat and humidity advisories across 19 states, with elevated overnight temperatures staying in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. The extr…
National wildfire statistics released by the National Interagency Fire Center show that nearly fifty thousand fires have burned over seven million acres across the United States since early January. This total represents…
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and Representative Michael Baumgartner requested an in-person meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss federal recovery aid following historic wildfires across the Pacific Northwest…
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, potentially removing restrictions on roads, road reconstruction and timber harvesting across roughly 44.7 million acres of…
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has named Dr. Charles W. M. Roberts its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Dr. James R. Downing after 12 years. Roberts, currently an executive vice president and…
Two explosions at Brent Industries in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday sparked a major fire, partially collapsed the building and left two workers unaccounted for, officials said. The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department said the …
A fast-moving wildfire near Tok, Alaska, prompted Level 3 GO evacuations Monday as strong winds drove flames through residential areas along the Alaska Highway. The Mukluk Fire began near Sundog Trail shortly before noon…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency water contamination advisory following an industrial solvent spill along a major river corridor. Federal inspectors reported that a storage facility containmen…
The United States Food and Drug Administration officially reclassified a major nationwide shell egg recall as a Class one hazard. The regulatory action covers nearly nineteen million eggs produced by Midwest Poultry Serv…
Governor Josh Green and county mayors mandated a coordinated statewide closure of public schools and government offices on Monday, August 17, 2026, following the extensive aftermath of Hurricane Lala. The emergency direc…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for CLiK Extra wound spray to prevent New World screwworm infestations. Announced on August 7, 2026, the urgent regulatory action permits the ap…
Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the United States, has fallen to a historic low elevation of 3,519.91 feet above sea level. Reached on Saturday, this milestone breaks the previous low recorded in April 2023.…
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii’s Big Island as a Category 1 hurricane, but dangerous flooding, damaging winds and widespread outages continued across Hawaii. The National Hurrica…
Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires pushed into the U.S. Midwest and Northeast on July 16 and 17, producing unhealthy to hazardous air across population centers. Reuters reported 858 Canadian fires, including 111 u…
At least six people have died after severe storms brought historic flooding to Indiana, while the White River reached record levels and emergency crews rescued residents from inundated neighborhoods. The National Weather…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected a U.S.-backed fifteen-point peace plan for Gaza, creating a stark diplomatic rift with the White House. Formulated by the administration's diplomatic board, the…
The Timber Fire burning along California's rugged Big Sur coastline has grown to 4,869 acres in Monterey County, with containment increasing to 15 percent as of Saturday afternoon. The wildfire, located within the Los Pa…
Central Indiana faces a historic flood disaster after torrential rainfall from a severe weather system and derecho pushed the White River past a 113-year-old record. The river crested at 24.93 feet in Anderson and 23.96 …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an en banc ruling blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded to non-profit organizations under the Infla…
The federal Bureau of Reclamation has released a new ten-year management plan for the Colorado River, forcing regional water users across the American Southwest to face potential cuts. The framework outlines adaptive str…