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Deadly Storms Bring Flooding and Destruction to Southeast, Midwest

Deadly storms and flooding rains left a path of destruction across 14 states in the US South and Midwest, knocking out power to more than 400,000 customers. Record rain fell in Memphis and eastern Missouri overnight and more is expected …

Nearly a Quarter of Homes in New Mexico Uninsured, Report Shows

New Mexico has the highest rate of uninsured homes in a report that also shows nearly one-in-seven U.S. homes are uninsured, and 11.3 million out of 82.9 million owner-occupied homes (13.6%) are uninsured. A rerport from LendingTree that used Federal …

AccuWeather: Elevated Risk of Mudslides at LA Wildfire Burn Scars From Coming Storm

Meteorologists are warning of an elevated risk of dangerous debris flows and destructive mudslides in Southern California next week in areas scorched by destructive Los Angeles wildfires. AccuWeather meteorologists expect between 2 inches and 4 inches of rain near the …

Atmospheric River to Slam the Pacific Northwest and California

Meteorologists are forecasting a stormy pattern that could impact millions of people across U.S. this week with the threat of flooding, travel disruptions and the potential for the first accumulating snowfall of the season in some places. Flooding rainfall and …

Unusually Cold Storm That Frosted West Coast Peaks Provides Hint of Winter in August

Ski season is still at least several months away, but the unusually cold storm that frosted West Coast mountain peaks late last week brought a hint of winter in August. The calendar briefly skipped ahead to November as the system …

Western Alaska Yup’ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms

Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader to free people from flooded homes. Napakiak, a Yup’ik village of …

Storms Pummel Large Swath From Ozarks and Plains to New York and New England

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a community in …

Hurricane Season Ushered in With a Deluge in South Florida

Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers. The disorganized storm system was …

Hundreds Rescued From Flooding in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property. …

Study: California’s 2023 Snowy Rescue from Megadrought a Freak Event

Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza —a …