Canada’s western provinces are dealing with a number of wildfires caused by warmer and drier weather. The B.C. Wildfire Service is keeping an eye on the Nohomin Creek Fire, which measures more than 20 square kilometres and is burning just west of the Village of Lytton. It says lower humidity will cause fuels to dry…
Australia’s New South Wales Braces for More Rain After Rough Night
Residents in Sydney’s southwest are under evacuation orders as New South Wales’ southern and central coast areas continue to battle relentless driving rain. Flood warnings were issued for areas south and west of Sydney while residents and businesses in low-lying parts of suburbs including Camden, Wallacia, Liverpool, Georges Hall, Chipping Norton, Lansvale and Moorebank were…
US Power Companies Face Supply-Chain Crisis This Summer
U.S. power companies are facing supply crunches that may hamper their ability to keep the lights on as the nation heads into the heat of summer and the peak hurricane season. Extreme weather events such as storms, wildfires, and drought are becoming more common in the United States. Consumer power use is expected to hit…
US Wheat Crop Hit by Dry Winter Then Soggy Spring, Adding to Global Tightness
May 31, 2022
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North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Ukraine’s war cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tons of wheat supply. Heavy rain has prevented Grotberg from planting as much wheat crop as he wanted and is hampering farmers across the…
Nearly 2 Dozen People Injured as Tornadoes Slam Central Texas
At least 23 people were injured when tornadoes slammed central Texas on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction, a local official said. Judge David Blackburn of Bell County, Texas, said 23 people were injured, and one of them critically. Twelve of the injured were taken to hospitals, the county’s top elected official said. “There’s not much left,”…
Accuweather Forecasts 2022 to Be 7th Straight Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season
HOUSTON—Privately-held Accuweather Inc. forecasts 2022 will be the seventh straight above-average Atlantic hurricane season seeing the formation of between three and five major hurricanes with sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour (178 kph), said Dan Kottlowski, senior meteorologist. Those major hurricanes are forecast to be part of six to eight hurricanes with…
US Airlines Cancel Almost 5,000 Flights Ahead of Nor’easter
CHICAGO—U.S. carriers on Friday canceled thousands of flights through the weekend in anticipation of a winter storm forecast to bring high winds and heavy snow across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The National Weather Service said in an advisory that the Nor’easter would result in dangerous blizzards and make travel “nearly impossible.” Flight-tracking service FlightAware reported…
Major Winter Storm: South Braces for Big Blast of Snow, Ice
ATLANTA—Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves for storm supplies and crews raced to treat highways and roads as a major winter storm approached from the Midwest. In Virginia, where a blizzard left thousands…
Federal Offices in DC Closed During Monday Snow Storm
Federal offices are closed in Washington D.C. Monday amid a daytime snowstorm expected to leave three to seven inches of snow on the nation’s capital. The National Weather Service (NWS) calls for heavy snow in the area Jan. 3, mainly before 2 p.m. and has issued a winter storm warning for the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. region,…
UK Could See Mildest New Year’s Eve on Record
The UK could see the mildest New Year’s Eve on record, with sunshine in some areas, after what is likely to be one of the dullest Decembers ever. But despite the sun, revellers in some parts of the UK will have to brace for heavy showers in the evening. Met Office meteorologist Rachel Ayers said…
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