EXTREME WEATHER

Post-Thanksgiving travel plans were thrown into trouble as almost 30 inches of snow fell along Lake Erie, closing a stretch of I-90 and stranding motorists.

The West has for years been adapting to more extreme fires and investing in firefighting resources. In a place like Connecticut, there hasn’t been a reason to consider such steps — until now.

The greatest snow totals are expected around Watertown in New York’s Tug Hill Plateau, as well as between Erie, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo.

First a bomb cyclone and an atmospheric river. Now a double Fujiwhara effect. What it all means.

The atmospheric river is expected to unleash relentless rains. Parts of Northern California into southwestern Oregon may get 6 to 12 inches of rain. Some spots could see 12 to 18 inches or more.

A record-strong low-pressure system will steer an atmospheric river into California, create blizzard conditions in Washington and bring strong, damaging winds. Up to 20 inches of rain expected in California.

A multifaceted storm will bring snow, rain, wind and chilly temperatures to the Northeast and Great Lakes.

It’s the most active November on record after a slow start to the 2024 Pacific typhoon season that’s now in hyperdrive.

It may sound counterintuitive, but this year’s hyperactive hurricane season may have helped fuel the drought across the United States.

The East may not face the same threats of massive wildfires that have become an ominous hallmark of life in the West. But the risks are underestimated.

In an unusually dry season for the Northeast, fires were pushing potentially dangerous smoke into New York City.

See how Hurricane Helene’s intense winds and floodwaters wiped out many of North Carolina’s forests, especially in the western regions near Asheville.

Evacuation orders were rapidly expanding. Major utilities had also cut power in the region to prevent their equipment from igniting new fires.

The only way for 2024 to not be the warmest year on Earth, scientists said, is if the average temperature anomaly dropped to almost zero for the remainder of the year — which is highly unlikely.

Climate change helps explains why the storms and floods were so extreme. But questions have emerged about whether communication failures contributed to the toll.

Animal shelters and rescues are flooded, destroyed and overcrowded after Hurricanes Helene and Milton struck the Southeast.

The storm, said to be the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan in 30 years, caused damage even before making landfall.

As much as a foot of rain fell in mere hours in and around the city of Valencia, flooding homes and sweeping away cars.