The Utah Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning on Sunday morning, cautioning Utahans to avoid the state's northern mountain ranges. "We expect rising temperatures, dense, heavy snow and strong winds will overload a weak snowpack," the center wrote in a press release. "Both natural and human triggered avalanches are likely, including lower elevation terrain."
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A new University of Utah study says a spike in nitrogen dioxide pollution is linked to an increased risk for miscarriage along the Wasatch Front. The study says women are at a greater risk of losing their pregnancy within 7 days of a spike in nitrogen dioxide pollution here. Researchers say there […]
Meteorologists say the air quality is going to be great, but, maybe not for long. Today’s storm cleaned the air, but cased major problems on the roads.
This inversion will be hanging around the Wasatch Front for at least one more day. KSL Meteorologist Grant Weyman explains why the view is thick and gray. “It’s another smoggy start to the week… as the temperature inversion stays in place. That warmer air aloft is trapping the colder air and pollutants in the valley,” […]
The threat of an avalanche is “considerable,” but could get elevated to "high" depending on how much snow falls and where it falls says forecaster Greg Gagne who rates the avalanche danger as considerable on the shady slopes in the high elevation areas above Salt Lake and Provo.
Kristen Stocks was sleeping in her home in Little Valley when she woke to a noise she said sounded like a "bomb exploding" after lightning struck her home.
Weather watchers say the new water year that started Oct. 1 is already off to an above average start, with the area two inches of precipitation ahead of where we would normally be.
There could be a little more snow this morning in Utah's mountains but a worker at the Jans store in Park City says it may be too early to get excited.
LEHI – UDOT is dealing with a pothole on southbound I-15 in Lehi, close to the first pothole that opened up nearby on Friday. This new pothole, long and a foot deep, busted 25 tires. “The car was shaking,” said Leo Mendoza of Murray when he hit it. “It was scary. It was bad.” Samantha […]
Commuters faced major headaches in virtually every direction along the Wasatch Front on Wednesday morning, as rain, snow and potholes combined with accidents to snarl traffic.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 11 people and left 135 injured. The country’s civil protection agency said that at least seven people died in the coastal city of Port-de-Paix and three people died in the nearby community of Gros-Morne in […]
