FEMA has issued a heat advisory along the Wasatch Front due to high temperatures. Residents should stay indoors as much as possible and drink plenty of water.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north. Barry was downgraded from a tropical storm on Sunday afternoon but continued to pose a threat. Much of […]
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By REBECCA SANTANA and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY – Get ready for more heat… and we don’t just mean for the next several days. If the predictions made by researchers in Switzerland are correct, by the year 2050, Utah’s capitol city could be as hot as current day Las Vegas. Meteorologists say we’re currently in monsoon season in Utah. So, […]
A slow-moving rainstorm Monday washed out roads, stranded drivers and soaked basements, including the White House's, during a chaotic morning commute in the national capital region.
Unified Police search and rescue volunteers are combing Little Cottonwood Canyon for a missing hiker. A 41-year-old woman had been missing since Thursday.
A welcome surge of melting snow is pouring out of the Rocky Mountains and into the drought-stricken rivers of the southwestern U.S., fending off a water shortage but threatening to push rivers over their banks.
While most H2O managers in Utah are thrilled with the water levels they're seeing in reservoirs across the state, they also say some of them are already spilling over.
Around 6:45 p.m. they got a call to 296 East Murray Park Ave. about a 4-to-5-year-old boy who had slipped out of his mother's sight for only a second and fell into the water and got swept down, possibly an eighth to one-quarter of a mile.
BROOKVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured. The storms were among 52 twisters that forecasters said may have touched down Monday across […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Officials on Saturday warned some Tulsa residents to prepare to head to higher ground because old levees holding back the swollen Arkansas River are stressed and more rain is expected for the flood-weary region. The river was four feet above flood stage on Friday and was already causing flooding in parts […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state that left at least three people dead and dozens injured. The National Weather Service confirmed that the large and destructive twister moved over Jefferson City shortly before midnight Wednesday. […]
