Multiple Cities Experience Early-Season Record Snowfalls

 

Chicago, Denver and Syracuse saw significant snowfall this week, disrupting travel and operations. Saturday's storm produced record November totals in Chicago with 8.7 inches at O'Hare and widespread cancellations; residents documented conditions. Denver recorded its first measurable snow Saturday (0.2 inches at DIA) while mountain locations reported up to 10.8...

Multi-State Winter Storm Prompts Warnings, Travel Disruptions

 

Rochester, Minnesota — A multi-region winter storm moved across the United States this weekend, producing heavy snow, freezing rain and damaging winds that disrupted travel and prompted official warnings. National Weather Service offices and local stations reported accumulations from a tenth of an inch of ice in Alaska to localized...

Southeast Faces Weekend Rain, Heavier System Tuesday Morning

 

Atlanta. Forecasts across the Southeast show rain returning this weekend and a stronger system expected Tuesday, prompting First Alert Weather Days. Forecasters reported overnight and Sunday morning showers, with widespread heavy rain possible Tuesday morning and localized nuisance flooding where 1–2 inches fall. Models and the Weather Prediction Center indicate...

Orcas filmed killing juvenile great white sharks

 

Scientists captured striking drone footage in the Gulf of California of orcas killing juvenile great white sharks by flipping them into tonic immobility and consuming their livers, a behavior detailed Monday in Frontiers in Marine Science. Lead author Erick Higuera, who first filmed it in August 2020 with Marco Villegas,...

Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean farmers and fishers

 

WhatsApp messages confirmed fisher Prince Davis’s worst fear: Hurricane Melissa punched a hole in his boat and tore the roof from his family home in Jamaica’s Westmoreland. Nearby, farmer Denver Thorpe lost 15 acres of mangoes and two greenhouses. With at least 28 deaths in Jamaica and winds up to...

Maryland farmers battle data center power line

 

Across rural Maryland, a $424 million plan to run a 67-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line has ignited fierce resistance from farmers who say towers would threaten crops and agritourism. PSEG, building the PJM-backed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, cites soaring data center demand and warns of grid congestion and possible brownouts by...

Satellite images reveal Hurricane Melissa devastation

 

With power and communications down, Jamaican authorities have yet to fully assess Hurricane Melissa's toll, but new satellite images lay bare widespread destruction. In Black River, a market's white roof has become a gaping hole, a cafe is gone, a warehouse roof vanished, and the fire station lost its top;...

RSF executions, Pokrovsk flags, Jamaica storm damage

 

BBC Verify authenticated videos showing RSF fighters executing unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, geolocating one shooting at a university and placing a fighter known as Abu Lulu nearby. A widely shared image of a woman and child facing gunmen was confirmed AI-generated through visual clues, the creator’s caption, and Google...

Five Outer Banks Homes Collapse; More Possible

 

Five unoccupied homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic on Tuesday afternoon amid rough surf, the National Park Service said. The houses, in Buxton on Tower Circle Road, Ocean Drive and Cottage Avenue, fell between 2 and 2:45 p.m. ET. Officials are contacting owners about debris removal...

UN Warns Rich Nations’ Climate Aid Falls

 

UN data show wealthy nations’ climate adaptation aid fell 7 percent to about $26 billion in 2023, leaving them unlikely to meet a $40 billion annual pledge by 2025—still only a fraction of needs. The slowdown echoes wider stumbles: President Trump is pulling the U.S. from the Paris accord, and...