Alaska capital officials issued emergency evacuation advisories for Mendenhall Valley residents as a catastrophic glacial outburst flood developed from Suicide Basin. The National Weather Service stated billions of gallons rushed down the Mendenhall River after a natural ice dam breached completely. Local emergency management expanded the advisory to cover nineteen...
Severe storms and a destructive derecho swept across the American Midwest, bringing tornadoes, straight-line winds up to 99 mph, and severe flash flooding that left hundreds of thousands without electricity. The system triggered multiple weather emergencies across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. In Jennings County, Indiana, a 4-year-old...
On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial entered its twelfth day at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts, featuring testimony from mental health counselor Latiesha Dukes. Clancy, who is thirty six years old and a former labor and delivery nurse, faces three counts of first degree murder for...
Powerful storms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, leaving at least three people dead and more than 800,000 customers without power across four states, officials said. A four-year-old child died after a tree fell on his home in Geneva Township, Indiana, according to Jennings County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy...
In the last 24 hours, the Grasshopper Fire in Oregon has exploded in size, burning over 13,000 additional acres and bringing the total to 77,311 acres. Fire officials report the blaze is exhibiting "extreme fire behavior" and is actively threatening homes in the area . Fire crews are battling the massive...
BEIJING, Aug 12 (Reuters) - China's strongest typhoon this year lashed wide swathes of the country, battering the capital with bouts of intense rain that flooded key roads and stranded vehicles, after setting new rainfall records in central and eastern provinces. The world's second-largest economy is increasingly battling destructive weather that...
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office triggered widespread public alarm after issuing a county-wide wireless emergency alert for the fast-moving Hidden Forest Fire burning southeast of Bend, Oregon. Sparking near Forest Service Road 18 and the Arnold Ice Cave area, the blaze prompted Level 3 "Go Now" evacuation orders. Approximately 200,000...
The fast-moving Bug Fire burning along the California-Nevada border has exploded to more than sixteen thousand acres, prompting widespread mandatory evacuations and a state of emergency declaration. Igniting on Saturday afternoon near U.S. Highway 395 in Lassen County, California, the wildfire rapidly crossed state lines into northern Washoe County. Fueled...
A midwife crisscrosses Alabama to care for pregnant women and deliver babies. It's an important profession as maternity deserts expand across the U.S., according to the latest March of Dimes report. Maria Fabrizio/NPR hide caption Nadia Gramby cherishes quiet moments with her baby girl River Emmanuel, who's starting to talk. They...
Severe weather and intense rainstorms swept across the Chicago metropolitan area and northwestern Indiana, plunging hundreds of thousands of residents into darkness and triggering emergency tornado warnings. The severe storm system delivered extreme wind gusts exceeding eighty miles per hour, knocking down numerous trees, snapping power lines, and causing localized...
