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Western Australia is bracing for Tropical Cyclone Seroja, which is set to make landfall on Sunday evening.Seroja is expected to bring widespread impacts across the region Sunday evening local time and overnight as it progresses southeastward over land.Just days ago,…
At least two people in Louisiana are dead after extreme overnight weather, authorities say, as severe weather along the northern Gulf Coast impacts almost 65 million people.Emergency officials in St. Landry Parish report one death and seven injuries after a possible…
Nearly 80 million people in the South are facing the risk of severe weather Friday into Saturday, with the threat of tornadoes, destructive winds and large hail.The area under the threat of severe weather spans from southeastern Texas through the…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Thursday declared a disaster alert prompted by a change in the eruptive activity at the La Soufrière volcano, according to the country's National Emergency Management Organization.The island is on red…
Another round of severe thunderstorms is becoming increasingly likely for similar areas in the South that had strong storms and tornadoes on Wednesday.About 45 million people could be at risk for dangerous storms from this next storm system Friday into…
Severe storms return to the South on Wednesday, threatening more than 30 million people with tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds."The risk today runs from Iowa to the Gulf Coast. Storms to the north have a higher risk of wind…
The US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984, and will likely surpass its pre-pandemic size, the International Monetary Fund predicts. One big reason: The $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.Here's what you need to know to Get Up…
April is now Arab American Heritage Month, the State Department has announced. It's a time to celebrate and recognize a group whose contributions are, in a State Department spokesman's words, "as old as America itself."Here's what you need to know…
Japan just saw the earliest bloom of its legendary cherry blossoms in 1,200 years. Pretty -- but also a sign of climate change.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also…
The goal of the Covid-19 vaccination push is to achieve herd immunity so everyone can live safely. However, it's possible to actually lose herd immunity, too. Repeatedly. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On…
"If it thunders on All Fools' Day, it brings good crops of corn and hay." All pranks aside, there's a lot of truth behind that old weather proverb. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and…
Millions of people across the Southeast are under the threat of severe weather, including heavy rain and possibly isolated tornadoes, through Wednesday night.Heavy rain that could cause flash flooding is forecast to impact the Tennessee Valley through Kentucky. This includes…
The Ever Given is finally free from the Suez Canal! Now comes the next tricky part: untangling the shipping gridlock it leaves in its wake.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You…
Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Nepal, sending smoke and ash across its cities during one of the worst fire seasons in recent years.Nepal's dry season, which runs from late fall to early summer, typically peaks with the most severe…
Several neighborhoods near Rapid City, South Dakota, were under evacuation Monday after being threatened by a new wildfire, named the Schroeder fire, that began late Monday morning.South Dakota Wildfire Division spokesperson Jeni Lawver said the fire is burning so quickly…
Some of the heaviest rainfall in Nashville's history caused flooding that killed at least six people over the weekend.Authorities identified three of the six victims as men in their 60s and 70s who drowned after driving as floodwaters ravaged the…
Parts of the South on Saturday are facing the possibility of severe weather for the third time this week, days after several states were hit by tornadoes.Late Saturday afternoon, radar showed twin tornadoes in middle Tennessee, about 80 miles southwest…
Dena Cook lost her roof when a tornado ripped through her Birmingham, Alabama, neighborhood on Thursday, but her faith is stronger than ever after seeing that the scarf-draped cross in her backyard was spared by the storm."It's just God," Cook…
Severe weather season is ramping up as the chance for more strong storms threatens parts of the South this weekend, on the heels of Thursday's deadly tornado outbreak.Around 70 million people could face severe storms this weekend, including Nashville, Memphis,…
Along a stretch of the East Coast that includes New York City, sea-level rise has increased at its fastest rate in the prior 100 years compared to the past 2,000 years, according to a new study led by Rutgers University."The…
