A steamy weekend ahead
WLKY chief meteorologist Jay Cardosi talks about a hot, sticky weekend in store with just small chances for a stray cooling storm
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Lohud | The Journal NewsFarmers' Almanac releases winter weather forecast, talks snow predictions
The Farmers' Almanac's 2022-2023 Extended Weather Forecast predicts an early start to winter, which should be cold and snowy.
- The Courier Journal
Why the Eastern Kentucky flood was no natural disaster. Let's call it what it is
Narratives around this disaster have run amuck with some going so far as to name the people dealing with it as the harbingers of their own destruction
- MarketWatch
A quarter of the U.S. will fall inside an extreme heat belt. Here are the states in the red zone.
First Street Foundation --- whose property-level climate-risk studies can be used by homebuyers --- adds a heat model to its tool for floods and wildfires.
- Palm Beach Daily News
NHC watching system of low pressure east of Florida, 4 tropical waves in Atlantic basin
Environmental conditions are unfavorable for the system east of Florida to strengthen.
- KGO – San Francisco
Megaflood could sink much of Bay Area under water, experts say
Residents in low-lying cities along the bayshore, San Francisco and Oakland airports, and freeways would be flooded as mega storms dump rain for three to four weeks, not days, as a result of climate change.
- The Holland Sentinel
Upwelling causes major temperature shift in Lake Michigan waters
A case of upwelling along the Lake Michigan shoreline caused water temperatures to drop by up to 25 degrees.
- CBS News
A megaflood could bring over 8 feet of water to parts of California
Climate change has already doubled the likelihood of catastrophic flooding in the state, researchers found, and without a limit on greenhouse gas emissions, it'll only get worse.
- AccuWeather
Damaging floods submerge West Virginia towns
The governor of West Virginia declared a state of emergency in two counties Monday after record-setting rainfall caused significant flash flooding overnight, damaging over 100 homes in Kanawha County, washing out bridges and prompting a number of water rescues. Floodwaters rushed into the county Sunday evening into Monday morning, with some areas of Kanawha receiving up to 6 inches of rain in a short period of time. As of 9 a.m. EDT Monday, more than 500 emergency calls had come into the local 9
- USA TODAY
A disastrous 'megaflood' flood in sunny and dry California? It's happened before
Scientists say climate change increases the likelihood of the recurrence of a 'megaflood' like the Great Flood of 1862.
- Reuters
China's Yangtze river shrinks as heatwave, drought threaten crops
Regions that rely on the Yangtze, China's longest river, are having to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets as a long drought depletes water levels and threatens crops, and a heatwave is set to last another two weeks. The Yangtze's middle and lower reaches have faced temperatures in excess of 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) over the past month, with experts blaming climate change-induced variations in the western Pacific subtropical high, a major determinant of summer weather throughout east Asia. With the autumn harvest under threat, the agriculture ministry has deployed 25 teams to key regions to take action to protect crops, the Shanghai government's Guangming Daily newspaper reported.
- WJBK
At least 130,000 people still affected by Great Lakes Water Authority water main break
A massive crack in a pipe at the Lake Huron water treatment facility has impacted the water access of more than 130,000 people across several communities in Metro Detroit. Residents in the village of Almont, Bruce Township, Burtchville Township, Imlay City, Rochester, Shelby Township, and Washington Township should continue boiling their water before using it.
- The Sheboygan Press
Lake Michigan levels could lead to more flooding and erosion in the future. Here's how Sheboygan is preparing for rising waters.
Sheboygan is preparing for future flooding and erosion that could result from fluctuating water levels in Lake Michigan.
- LA Times
Temperatures to soar across much of California this week
The inland regions in Southern and Northern California are bracing for extreme heat that could push 110 degrees in some spots.
- NextShark
Viral video captures elephants springing to action to save calf drowning in pool
In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, two elephants can be seen rushing to save a drowning baby elephant. In what appears to be footage from Seoul Grand Park Zoo in South Korea’s capital, the calf can be seen falling into a large pool of water. An adult elephant who is thought to be the baby elephant’s mother begins to panic, and another adult elephant rushes over.
- KTTV
Flash flooding closes road in San Bernardino County
Mudslides forced road closures in the Forest Falls area of San Bernardino County this weekend after heavy rains
- Associated Press
Major wildfire in Spain forces the evacuation of 1,500
A large wildfire in northeast Spain grew rapidly overnight and was burning out of control Sunday, forcing the evacuation of eight villages and 1,500 people in Zaragoza province, firefighters said. The head of the local Aragon government, Javier Lamban, said Sunday that the situation was critical in the town of Añon de Moncayo and the priority for the 300 firefighters fighting the blaze was to protect human lives and villages. The wildfire, which began Saturday, developed a 50-kilometer (31-mile) perimeter in less than 24 hours, the local forest chief said.
- Fresno Bee
Fresno is heading into a heat wave. Just how hot will it be and how long will it last?
The National Weather Service expects temperatures this week to be 10 degrees hotter than average.
- USA TODAY
A pipe dream, or a possibility? Water experts debate 1,500-mile aqueduct from Cajun Country to Lake Powell.
Other ideas to solve the West's water woes are equally complicated: Toting icebergs from the Arctic, desalinating ocean water or manufacturing rain.
- The Guardian
‘Gross negligence’: popular Michigan river hit with second chemical spill in four years
Spill is yet another example of how contamination from corporate polluters can endanger entire communities, critics say
- Associated Press
Europe drought: German industry at risk as Rhine falls
Germany's main industry lobby group warned Tuesday that factories may have to throttle production or halt it completely because plunging water levels on the Rhine River are making it harder to transport cargo. “The ongoing drought and the low water levels threaten the supply security of industry,” said Holger Loesch, deputy head of the business lobby group BDI. Loesch warned that energy supplies could also be further strained as ships carrying coal and gasoline along the Rhine are affected.