First Alert 7 Day Forecast: Sunday, February 19 (Morning)
First Alert Meteorologist Trevor Gibbs has your latest 7 day forecast.
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FTW OutdoorsWatch: ‘Massive’ lion forces standoff with safari vehicle
Footage captured recently in South Africa's Kruger National Park shows a large male lion in a brief but dramatic standoff with a safari vehicle.
- Fresno Bee
Ugly deeds, high drama, and politics swirl amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare Lake
“This is just a baby flood compared to what we’ll see later this spring.”
- AFP
Paper plates and short showers: life with no water in Arizona
With its cactus-filled garden and breathtaking views of the rocky peaks of the Arizona desert, Wendy and Vance Walker's home in the Rio Verde Foothills seemed to be a little slice of paradise. City managers in Scottsdale, faced with meeting their own targets, decided Rio Verde Foothills -- which they view as profligate development -- would no longer be able to buy their water.
- The Tuscaloosa News
Does mild February mean snake season has arrived early? | ECOVIEWS
Spring heralds the emergence of many U.S. reptiles from winter dormancy. A warm February in the Southeast has led to earlier questions about snakes.
- Sacramento Bee
Mountain lion claws man’s head while he relaxes in hot tub, Colorado officials say
The man and his wife splashed water at the animal to scare it off, wildlife officials said.
- The Telegraph
Rare 6ft shark washes up on Hampshire beach – and is quickly decapitated
It was a golden opportunity to learn more about a rare and secretive shark species that had never been found before in the UK.
- Sacramento Bee
‘The couch vibrated.’ 3.0-magnitude quake rattles Northern California, geologists say
Nearly 200 people from as far away as San Francisco and Santa Cruz reported feeling the tremor to the agency.
- AFP
Unwanted visitor ruins spring break in Florida - toxic algae
With its brilliant sun, white sand and turquoise water, Lido Key Beach would make for a perfect postcard of Florida beaches if it weren't for the dozens of dead fish lying on the shore, killed by a toxic algae bloom known as red tide.Facing the Lido Beach Resort, Napier seems resigned to living with the toxic bloom.
- Sacramento Bee
Avalanche engulfs three, killing one skier, in Colorado backcountry, authorities say
One of the survivors hiked out to find help.
- FTW Outdoors
Giant gator visits posh Florida town in another ‘Jurassic’ moment
Residents in an upscale Florida community paused activities Thursday to marvel at the sight of a giant alligator crossing the road.
- Fox Weather
Multiday severe weather threat looms in South for first week of spring
Spring begins the typical uptick in tornadoes across the U.S., and right on cue, a multiday severe weather threat with twisters, damaging winds and large hail looms for parts of the South in the season's first week.
- WPXI
‘Positive discovery’: 2 healthy hellbenders found in creek following East Palestine train derailment
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, along with partners from Ohio EPA and The Ohio State University, found two healthy hellbender salamanders in North Fork Little Beaver Creek.
- Sacramento Bee
Spring? Video shows snow as far as eye can see in Lake Tahoe area as season changes
It’s the third snowiest year since 1946.
- LA Times
'We need to stop the water': A California town's frantic fight to save itself
People in the rural California community of Allensworth have been fighting floodwaters by building berms, and are bracing for the next storm.
- INSIDER
The Biden administration is offering to pay Colorado River farmers to let fields go dry during a devastating drought. They're worried it's just the first step in losing their way of life.
To avoid more drastic measures that could destroy their livelihoods, agricultural producers want better pay to fallow their fields.
- LA Times
Heavy rain to hit Southern California; thousands flee flooding in Central Valley
A weary, storm-soaked California is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, power outages and potential flooding this week.
- KCRA - Sacramento Videos
More rain and snow moves into Northern California
KCRA 3 Weather meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn looks at when the next round of wind, rain and snow will arrive in Northern California and how much you can expect.
- Fox News
Australian river filled with millions of dead fish as residents complain of ‘putrid’ smell
Thousands of fish around the Australian Outback town of Menindee have washed up in recent weeks, clogging a major river, and scientists believe depleted oxygen levels are to blame.
- The Telegraph
Heat pumps are ‘sticking plaster’ solution to green home energy
Heat pumps are just a “sticking plaster” solution for British homes in the race to cut energy bills and get to net zero, the chief executive of Britain’s biggest radiator maker has said.
- Fox Weather
California crops lost after floods; how much of the US will feel the shortage?
Too much thing, rain, is sinking farmers’ bottom lines across California’s Central Coast. The area some call "America’s salad bowl" more resembles a soup bowl as round after round of atmospheric river-fueled storms overwhelmed farmland. We all may start to notice a difference in the grocery store as some staples become harder to find.