Mississippi, Ohio River Communities, Businesses Brace for Spring Floods March 12, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan High water on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers is snarling barges loaded with grain, chemicals and fuel, and forecasters are...
Deaths, Damages Continue to Rise in California’s Most Destructive Wildfires November 12, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Kartikay Mehrotra The most destructive wildfires in California’s history have killed at least 31 people and forced tens of thousands more to...
California Wildfire Grows to More than 20K Acres, More Blazes Erupt November 9, 2018 By David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan A wildfire raging in Northern California’s Sierra Nevada foothills quadrupled in size late Thursday and another day of dry winds...
Philippine Authorities Move People to Safer Grounds as Typhoon Approaches October 29, 2018 By Cecilia Yap and Brian K. Sullivan Philippine authorities started to move people to safer grounds as Typhoon Yutu approaches, tracking a path similar to last month’s...
Super Typhoon Yutu Threatens Philippines’ Most Populous Island October 28, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan Super Typhoon Yutu could rip into eastern Luzon in the Philippines on Tuesday, extending the toll of destruction it left...
Typhoon Yutu Hits Northern Mariana Islands as Strongest Storm in 68 Years October 25, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan Super Typhoon Yutu battered the Pacific Ocean’s Northern Mariana Islands with 178 mile (286 kilometers) per hour winds, making it...
Fast-Moving Hurricane Michael, Now Category 4, Threatens Florida Panhandle October 10, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Brian Eckhouse Hurricane Michael, with winds strengthening to 145 miles an hour, is poised to be the strongest storm to hit the...
California Heads into its Peak Fire Season with State-Sized Burn Scar October 8, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak California is poised to set an annual record it never wanted to break: the amount of earth scorched by wildfires....
After Spate of Typhoons & Hurricanes, World’s Oceans May Take a Breather September 19, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan With the remnants of Hurricane Florence wringing out heavy rain through the Appalachians and New England this week, and Typhoon...
Update: Category 1 Hurricane Florence Lands in Carolinas, Threatening Floods, Tornadoes, Power Outages September 14, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, leaving more than half a million people without power and facing at least another day...