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Chicago and several surrounding suburbs are under critical flash flood warnings as torrential rain on Sunday overwhelms drainage systems and submerges major roads, underpasses and urban areas across central Cook County a…
UNITED STATES – A powerful heat wave across the eastern United States has killed at least 25 people as extreme temperatures and severe storms disrupted Independence Day holiday events during one of the country’s busiest …
Tacoma — Rick Samyn, a 70-year-old beekeeper, runs the L'Honey Program at St. Leo Parish and operates seven apiaries, tending roughly 40–50 hives per site with up to 80,000 bees per hive, totaling about two million bees;…
NEW YORK — Authorities are warning residents to avoid all contact with the Hudson River after thousands of tons of untreated sewage spilled into the waterway near Yonkers during an extreme heatwave. The discharge began w…
Des Moines, Iowa, authorities evacuated more than 100 people from apartment buildings and a hospice facility on Friday, July 3, 2026, after torrential rainfall across the Upper Midwest caused rapid flooding along Fourmil…
A fast-growing wildfire known as the Pocket Fire has expanded to 20,680 acres north of Sedona, Arizona, prompting severe air quality and ozone alerts across northern Arizona ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend. As o…
UNITED STATES – A prolonged and dangerous heatwave is gripping the central and eastern parts of the country ahead of the July Fourth holiday, with the National Weather Service warning of extreme, record-challenging tempe…
Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management has opened an emergency investigation into a large fish kill along the South River that officials suspect is tied to an accidental chemical release from the South River Water …
LAURENS, N.Y. officials declared a 30-day state of emergency at 8 a.m. on July 1 after severe weather on June 30 left roads blocked, while Pittsfield's 10s and 12s Little League teams opened the Don Gleason District 1 To…
Hill City, Kansas and cities across the eastern United States experienced record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday as a heatwave pushed east from the Midwest ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend. Meteorologists reported …
Washington, United States – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has authorized trifludimoxazin, a pesticide classified as a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, for use on major food crops including wheat, o…
CANYON COUNTY, Idaho – Canyon County in southwest Idaho has declared a countywide disaster emergency after a powerful thunderstorm and hailstorm caused widespread flash flooding and structural damage across the Treasure …
Hazardous materials crews in Garden Grove, California began removing neutralized chemical waste from the GKN Aerospace facility on Monday, June 29, 2026, following a major industrial emergency that prompted mass evacuati…
Glacier National Park in Montana has ordered emergency evacuations and closures in the Many Glacier Valley after days of torrential rain triggered severe flooding and rockslide risks. On Monday, June 29, 2026, the Nation…
Rochester, Minnesota recorded a low of 74°F on Monday, June 29, 2026, tying the June 29 warm-low record first set in 1931, the National Weather Service in La Crosse confirmed. The tied record occurred during the first su…
LAKE COUNTY, Colorado – Authorities in Lake County issued immediate mandatory “Go Now” evacuation orders on Monday, June 29, 2026, as the rapidly growing Willow Fire threatened homes, campgrounds and popular recreation a…
A major sewer line failure in Haverhill, Massachusetts is discharging about 8 million gallons of untreated wastewater per day into the Merrimack River, prompting widespread beach and shellfish closures north of Boston. T…
UNITED STATES – A severe and expanding heat wave is affecting large parts of the country, with the National Weather Service placing about 47 million people in the Midwest and Ohio Valley under extreme heat warnings and a…
Chicago officials activated public-health measures this week after the National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning covering the entire metropolitan area through Thursday evening, and forecasts showed upper-90…
A fast-moving wildfire known as the Lyle Hill Fire erupted Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2026, in Klickitat County, Washington, forcing Level 3 "Go Now" evacuations. First reported around 1:40 p.m. west of Lyle, the fire sp…
SALT LAKE CITY. This week Utah experienced below-average temperatures early Monday and Tuesday, with daytime highs ranging from the upper 60s to low 90s depending on region, and persistent smoke from western wildfires in…
California authorities are launching a multi‑day hazardous materials cleanup at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove following a major chemical emergency involving methyl methacrylate (MMA). The operation, schedule…
Denver experienced escalating heat, gusty winds and persistent wildfire smoke Sunday and into the workweek as local forecasts signaled mid-90s temperatures and gusts up to 40–45 mph. Meteorologists issued Red Flag Warnin…
BEAVER, Utah. Fire crews battling the Cottonwood Fire in Fishlake National Forest reported Sunday that the blaze had burned about 93,607 acres with 0% containment, as firefighters worked from State Highway 153 toward Lio…
Mesa County, Colorado. Three wildland firefighters died and two were injured while fighting the Snyder Mesa Fire on the Colorado–Utah border on Saturday and reported into Sunday; authorities said the lightning‑started bl…