Weather Webcast with Tom Wachs
Light rain moving through this evening with temperatures in the 60s. Rain picking up in intensity overnight with lows in the 50s. Morning rain with spotty afternoon rain showers Sunday. Highs in the 60s.
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Midlands has its most powerful earthquake in an active seven months, geologists report
Since late December, national geologists have reported 32 earthquakes and aftershocks in the town about 20 miles northeast of Columbia. Sunday’s quake was the strongest.
- KSAZ
Flagstaff flooding footage; burn scar areas at major risk
Flagstaff is experiencing its first major flood of the year as monsoon season is in full swing. Burn scars from the Pipeline, Haywire and Tunnel wildfires are posing a major risk for businesses and residents.
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Records may fall as impressive heat wave roasts the Arctic Circle
An all-time heat record is under threat and Hudson Bay’s ice is melting at an astonishing rate as a persistent spell of hot weather roasts the Arctic Circle.
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Villagers cheer Indonesian for capturing big crocodile with rope
Fellow villagers have praised an Indonesian man for capturing a crocodile longer than 4 metres (13 ft) on the island of Sulawesi using just a rope. The giant reptile can be seen in a video being secured around the jaws by Usman, who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name. Usman said it had been roaming the area for at least two days, frightening the inhabitants.
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The drought-parched West wants to take Mississippi River water? Fat chance! Or is it?
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Japan urges 37 million people to switch off lights
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'Biblical' insect swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests
Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. “There’s one right there,” Aamodt says. Mormon crickets are not new to Oregon.
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One tropical disturbance near Florida, one headed for the Caribbean. Here’s what we know
Two disturbances with very different chances of turning into anything more disturbing, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. Sunday update., are in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Virginia couple missing at sea for 11 days is safe and needed no help getting home
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Tropical Weather Forecast - June 26, 2022
We are expecting a tropical depression in the Atlantic sometime this week. The Gulf of Mexico also needs to be monitored this week for development.
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Today's tropical weather forecast
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High heat to scorch Northwest early this week, but relief is on the way
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