Environment & Outdoors

Winds howled, water leaked through windows and the generators kicked on at Lake Charles Memorial Ho...
Christina Zdanowicz, CNN

Louisiana hospital staff stayed behind to care for 19 babies as Hurricane Laura hit

Even as winds howled, water leaked through windows and the generators kicked on at Louisiana's Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, someone had to watch the babies.
6 years ago
Hurricane Laura deaths...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Latest: 4 deaths in Louisiana tied to Hurricane Laura

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said state officials now know of four deaths tied to Hurricane Laura. The deaths were all caused by trees falling.
6 years ago
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at 2:40 p.m. EDT., and provid...
GERALD HERBERT, MELINDA DESLATTE, and STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press

Laura, now a Category 2 hurricane, still extremely dangerous

Laura has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane as its center moved deeper inland over Louisiana. That's no longer a major hurricane but it still has extremely dangerous winds, hours after striking the coast and pushing what forecasters called an unsurvivable storm surge miles inland.
6 years ago
Beachgoers sit on the beach Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads t...
JEFF MARTIN, JOHN MONE and STACEY PLAISANCE

Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane

Forecasters say Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and will become a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane before landfall.
6 years ago
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DAVID PITT Associated Press

Iowa farmers unsure what’s next after winds flatten corn

About a month before corn would be ready for harvest, a derecho blew in from the west with hurricane-force winds that cut a swath through Iowa.
6 years ago
st. george flash floods...
Michele Rowe

Flash floods in St. George left a sinkhole and lots of clean up

Business owners in St. George say flash floods that left heavy damage behind this week represented the third time that's happened to them.
6 years ago
Marco becomes hurricane headed for US Gulf Coast...
EVENS SANON Associated Press

Marco becomes hurricane headed for US Gulf Coast

Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane.
6 years ago
Saturday record for heat...
Cami Mondeaux

Salt Lake County to reopen cooling centers amid expected heat wave

With higher temperatures expected in Utah over the coming week, Salt Lake County announced Friday it would be reopening two cooling centers.
6 years ago
Iowa Department of Transportation workers help with tree debris removal as grain bins from the Arch...
DAVID PITT Associated Press

Iowa farmers assess losses after storm flattened cornfields

Farmers across much of Iowa are dealing with the heartbreaking aftermath of a rare wind storm that turned what was looking like a record corn crop into deep losses.
6 years ago
drought...
Heather Kelly

National Weather Service: the majority of Utah is in a drought

Around 99% of Utah is experiencing moderate to extreme drought conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
6 years ago
hurricane names...
Colby Walker

Forecasters say they could run out of hurricane names

Forecasters have revised their predictions for the 2020 hurricane season and are saying they may run out of names for the number of storms we could see.
6 years ago
utah runoff snowpack utah water drought...
Kelli Pierce

Utah water supply: Scientists say reservoirs healthy, worry about groundwater

With Utah experiencing several 100 degree plus days recently, how is the state's water supply doing?
6 years ago
Tropical Storm Isaias to ride Florida's east coast, bringing high winds and heavy rain...
Christina Maxouris and Joe Sutton, CNN

Tropical Storm Isaias to ride Florida’s east coast, bringing high winds and heavy rain

Florida began to feel the effects Sunday morning of a powerful storm that's inching in the state's direction -- and is expected to hug its east coast until Monday.
6 years ago
record-breaking heat forecast...
Becky Bruce

More record-breaking heat expected through early next week

Meteorologists say the Wasatch Front can expect more record-breaking heat on Saturday with the forecast high hitting 104 degrees in Salt Lake City. 
6 years ago
A landscape in southern Utah. Areas from the Wasatch Front to St. George are expected to reach temp...
Paul Nelson

NWS issues excessive heat warning for southern Utah

n excessive heat warning is being issued for the southern parts of Utah. Meteorologists say temperatures will be very hot all over Utah.
6 years ago
A strong storm pounded Cache County on Tuesday leaving behind inches of hail and a lot of water 

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Colby Walker

Strong storm damages homes in Cache County

Shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, a large storm began to dump rain and then hail across Smithfield just south of Logan damaging a number of homes.
6 years ago
Hurricane Hanna...
Madeline Holcombe and Amir Vera, CNN

Hurricane Hanna makes landfall in Texas as two other storms threaten Hawaii and the Caribbean

Three separate storm systems are threatening the United States and the Caribbean this weekend. They are Hurricane Hanna in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Douglas in the Pacific Ocean and Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the Atlantic.
6 years ago
Virus-weary Texas braces for Hurricane Hanna's arrival...
JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

Virus-weary Texas braces for Hurricane Hanna’s arrival

Hurricane Hanna rumbled toward the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, lashing the shoreline with wind gusts, rain and storm surge, and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes
6 years ago
flash flood warnings south central utah...
Simone Seikaly

Multiple flash flood warnings issued for south-central Utah

The National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings for several areas in south-central Utah near Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks.
6 years ago
hawaii douglas...
Judson Jones, Derek Van Dam and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Meteorologists

Hurricane Douglas, the strongest storm on the planet, moves toward Hawaii

Hurricane Douglas, currently the strongest storm on Earth, packs dangerous winds of 120 mph that extend 25 miles from the eye as it approaches Hawaii.
6 years ago
Flash flood warnings...
Saige Miller

Flash flood warnings around Southern Utah, impacting Capitol Reef

Many flash flood warnings have been issued around Utah, impacting Capitol Reef and Zion National Park.
6 years ago
National Weather Service...
Colby Walker

Update: Salt Lake County extend dates of cooling centers as high temperatures remain

With temperatures across Utah expected to hit triple digits this weekend as a rare heatwave event sweeps across most of the western US, Salt Lake County is offering two cooling centers for residents through next week.
6 years ago
Storm Eduoard...
Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist

Tropical Storm Edouard could form in the Atlantic this week

After a two-week lull, the tropics are heating back up again. If Tropical Depression Five strengthens into a tropical storm it would be named Edouard.
6 years ago
Tropical Storm Edouard could form in the Atlantic this week...
Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist

Tropical Storm Edouard could form in the Atlantic this week

After a two-week lull in the Atlantic hurricane season caused by Sarahan dust, the tropics are heating back up again.
6 years ago