The summer heat gripping much of the United States is giving way to a sharp autumn preview this week, as a strong cold front sweeps across the northern half of the country. The system is forecast to deliver the coolest air mass of the season so far, bringing widespread relief
A federal judge has ordered the shutdown of President Donald Trump’s immigration detention facility in Florida, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” citing severe environmental damage to the Florida Everglades. The decision marks a significant setback for Trump’s immigration agenda, which has relied heavily on expanding detention capacity across the United States.
Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 storm, is battering North Carolina’s Outer Banks with high winds and massive waves, causing significant coastal flooding and forcing the closure of key roads. Although the storm is moving away from the U.S. East Coast, its broad wind field continues to generate life-threatening conditions,
Hurricane Erin, a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph, continued its march up the Atlantic on Thursday, lashing the U.S. East Coast with high surf, rip currents, and flooding.
Hurricane Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, is generating dangerous surf, powerful rip currents, and coastal flooding along the U.S. East Coast, forcing numerous beach closures from Florida to New England. Though not expected to make direct landfall, the Category 2 storm’s expansive wind fields are causing significant erosion
Hurricane Erin has strengthened into a Category 4 storm, prompting mandatory evacuation orders for visitors and residents on portions of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. While the storm is not forecast to make a direct landfall on the U.S. mainland, it is expected to generate dangerous surf, rip currents, and coastal
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that water deliveries from the Colorado River to Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico will be cut again in 2026, the third consecutive year of reductions caused by historic drought conditions.
A sudden outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier inundated parts of Juneau, but makeshift barriers erected by the Army Corps of Engineers protected hundreds of homes from destruction.
On Thursday, leading climate scientists launched a coordinated response to a Department of Energy report they say cherry-picks data to undercut the scientific consensus on human-driven climate change.
Tropical Storm Erin is tracking westward and is expected to intensify into the Atlantic hurricane season’s first major hurricane — Category 3 or higher — by late this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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