Midwest
Severe weather continued to batter parts of the Pacific Northwest Thursday as forecasts showed a resurgence of heavy rain for a handful of southern and midwestern states. The wave of storms was expected to put a damper on travel plans after the Christmas holiday. Oregon and Washington will likely see moderate to heavy rainfall and […]
An Arctic blast gripped the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes Saturday morning, with millions of Americans under freeze warnings. On Saturday, 16 million are under winter alerts across the Great Lakes and the Central Plains to the Appalachians, while roughly 9 million people are under freeze warnings in the South. The National Weather Service […]
In the days before the election, a political group has launched ads in Washington, D.C. with an unusual target: Fox News executives. Set to music reminiscent of the score from the TV show “Succession,” the slickly-produced ad features footage of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol along with Rupert Murdoch and other Fox News personalities. […]
Forecast dryness in the Black Sea region’s breadbasket is likely to stunt sunflower and corn yields, while heavy rain in the US after near-record temperatures threatens to take a toll on crops, squeezing world supplies and pushing prices higher. “The weather forecast for the Black Sea region is a big red flag,” said Chris Hyde, […]
Global wheat prices jumped to a 10-month high in May after adverse weather trimmed yields for the maturing crop in Russia, the biggest exporter Global wheat prices jumped to a 10-month high in May after adverse weather trimmed yields for the maturing crop in Russia, the biggest exporter. (Photo: Bloomberg) Reuters Forecast dryness in the […]
Image caption, Around 4,000 residents were forced to evacuate from Rock Valley, Iowa due to floods Article information Author, Nadine Yousif Role, BBC News 23 June 2024, 16:28 BST Updated 17 minutes ago More than a million people are under flood warnings in the upper US Midwest on Sunday after days of heavy rain that […]
Millions of Americans prepared to sweat through yet another scorching day, with the potential for rolling storms later Sunday to bring relief from the sweltering heat for at least some. Floodwaters inundated parts of the Midwest, including a town in Iowa whose own water-level gauge was submerged. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across much of […]
Severe storms tore through the central and southeast U.S. Tuesday and again Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and a third in North Carolina. The storms continued an outbreak of torrential rain and tornadoes that has cut across the country this week, from the Plains to the Midwest […]
PAVILION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Three tornadoes have been confirmed in Michigan as severe storms barreled through the central U.S. early Wednesday, killing one man in Tennessee when a tree toppled onto a vehicle he was in. The storm that rumbled across northeastern Tennessee brought high winds that knocked down powerlines and trees. Claiborne County […]
Krystal Anderson, 40, died after the stillbirth of her daughter in March. But for the fact that she was a longtime Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader and a popular figure in her community, the Leawood, Kansas resident would likely have joined the ranks of Black women lost to maternal mortality whose names are known only to […]