Noon Weather Update Jan. 17

Noon Weather Update Jan. 17

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  • Here are rain, snow totals from latest Fresno-area storms. Is more rough weather to come?

    Snowfall totals from this storm could reach 30 inches at elevations about 8,000 feet.

  • Bitter wind chills as low as -109 degrees recorded in Northeast as cold blast continues

    Bitter wind chills as low as more than 100 below zero are being recorded in the Northeastern United States this weekend as cold continues to blast the region. The combination of low temperatures and strong winds caused what was likely the U.S.’s lowest-ever reported wind chill of negative 109 degrees Fahrenheit at Mount Washington in…

  • Winter whiplash: Brutally cold weather to pause as warmup looms in wake of polar vortex

    The FOX Forecast Center said a building ridge of high pressures is expected to lead to temperatures that could be 10 to 20 degrees above normal.

  • Man Suspected of Leaving Dead Fish at 'Goonies' House Rescued by Coastguard Off Oregon Coast

    A wave capsized a boat off the coast of Oregon as a crew tried to save a stranded mariner, who police said was a suspect in an incident in which a dead fish was left at a house used in the movie The Goonies.Video released by the US Coast Guard (USCG) shows a student rescuer in training jumping into choppy surf six miles west of the mouth of the Columbia River, it said.As the rescuer swims towards the boat, a giant wave crashes onto it, capsizing it and sending the boater tumbling into the water.The USCG said multiple units responded to a mayday call from a disabled 35-foot vessel Sandpiper, which was taking on water on Friday morning.The rescue swimmer, a student of the Advanced Helicopter Rescue School, was deployed to the water where twenty-foot waves and extremely high windspeeds were reported, the USCG said.The boater was rescued by the swimmer after the wave hit and both were hoisted to safety. The boater was taken to hospital with minor injuries.Astoria Police Department later said they had arrested the boater, who they named as 35-year-old Jericho Labonte.Police said Labonte had posted a video of himself on Facebook earlier that week placing a dead fish on the front porch of a house that featured in The Goonies. Labonte was wanted on charges of theft, endangering another person, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and criminal mischief. Credit: US Coast Guard via Storyful

  • 'Frostquakes' Reported In Maine As Arctic Blast Deep Freezes New England

    Other wild winter weather in the Northeast included sea smoke and steam devils.

  • Watch: Arctic blast helps form spectacular icicles under Niagara Falls

    A polar air mass that swept over Canada helped form icicles and snow-capped rocks at the base of Niagara Falls on Friday.

  • New weather pattern on deck in California

    A drier weather pattern will settle in for California coming days. However, the transition will still come with its own host of hazards as AccuWeather meteorologists say bouts of gusty winds will impact Southern California through the week. The change in the weather pattern across the western U.S. will come on the heels of a storm the dove southward across the region on Sunday. This storm first approached the coast of California on Saturday before pushing a wave of heavier precipitation inland.

  • Videos from Turkey show collapsed buildings and rubble in the aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 98

    Officials fear a significant number of casualties will be discovered as a result of the earthquake, which was followed by a 6.7 aftershock.

  • Arctic blast continues today. Here's how to stay safe in the cold.

    This mild winter will get a dangerous jolt of bone-chilling weather as a blast of arctic weather will roll into the Southcoast on Friday night.

  • Miami, Fort Lauderdale break decades-old rainfall records Sunday. Is the worst behind us?

    Miami and Fort Lauderdale received over four inches of rain Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

  • It’s everywhere: Sea-level rise’s surprising reach damaging more than East Coast shoreline

    Homeowners around the Outer Banks or in St. Augustine, Florida, are just some of those along the East Coast feeling the slow power of sea-level rise.

  • Video shows building collapsing after Turkey quake

    STORY: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble.The quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon.

  • Another snowmaker headed for the Midwest midweek

    A midweek storm is setting up to dump more snow across the northern tier of the U.S. This is the cold side of the storm threatening flooding rain across southern states. Late Tuesday through Thursday watch out for inches. A reinforcing shot of snow finishes up the week too.

  • Day After Tomorrow wind chill felt in North America, record smashed

    Saturday morning's wind chill at the Mount Washington Observatory shattered a previous benchmark for the site -- reaching an incomprehensible -78. By all accounts, this is the coldest wind chill ever recorded in the U.S.

  • Severe weather, flooding threats loom for Texas to Ohio this week

    Icy conditions ended January and lingered into the first days of February across the south-central U.S to the Ohio Valley. Now, AccuWeather meteorologist say a springlike weather pattern will turn things around, with risks of both flooding and severe weather on the docket for the same area. The most recent extreme weather event to strike the center of the country was when days of dangerous ice struck in late January into early February. The widespread ice event halted travel in half a dozen stat

  • B.C. rattled by a 3.9-magnitude earthquake, shaking reported

    Some residents in Kimberley, B.C., reported shaking from the minor earthquake on social media late Saturday evening local time.

  • Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes

    One California water manager says Colorado River reservoirs aren't likely to refill. Scientists agree that the region needs to plan for a drier future.

  • Houston airport fire grounds United Airlines flights

    A fire Sunday morning in a laundry room at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a 90-minute ground stop on all United Airlines flights to Houston, officials said. The FAA issued the ground stop shortly before 5:30 a.m. local time and lifted it about 7 a.m., officials told ABC Houston station KTRK. The fire broke out around 4 a.m. in the airport's Terminal C in an employee laundry room, airport officials said on Twitter.

  • Abbott issues disaster declaration following Texas ice storm

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a disaster declaration on Saturday for seven counties, including Austin, that were hit particularly hard by last week’s winter storm. “Through this disaster declaration, we will be able to provide additional assistance to Texans and communities who have experienced property damage and localized power outages from this ice storm,”…

  • Hundreds Dead as Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria

    (Bloomberg) -- Most Read from BloombergHundreds Dead as Earthquakes Hit Turkey and SyriaChina Moves From Contrite to Confrontational Over US BalloonUS Moves to Recover Chinese Balloon While Weighing RetaliationF-22 Makes First Air-to-Air Strike in Chinese Balloon TakedownUS Downs Chinese Balloon, Prompting Protests from BeijingSome of the most powerful earthquakes in decades hit the Middle East on Monday, killing more than 1,000 people in Turkey and Syria, and forcing a halt in crude oil flows t