By Danny Flannery On April 7, Dr. Janelle Burke, interim chair of the Department of Earth, Environment, and Equity (E3), and assistant professors of atmospheric science Dr. Joseph Wilkins and Dr. Osinachi Ajoku hosted the Extreme Weather Symposium as part of Howard
By Danny Flannery On April 7, Dr. Janelle Burke, interim chair of the Department of Earth, Environment, and Equity (E3), and assistant professors of atmospheric science Dr. Joseph Wilkins and Dr. Osinachi Ajoku hosted the Extreme Weather Symposium as part of Howard Research Month. During the event, faculty and staff from E3 presented research aimed
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By Kimberly Kruesi Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the sodden U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people. From Texas to Ohio, utilities scrambled to shut off power and gas, while cities closed roads and deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses. In
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By Patrick Smith and Phil Helsel A severe winter storm killed at least seven people and left almost half a million energy customers without power Monday morning as strong winds and heavy rain caused havoc from the mid-Atlantic to the South. Four people were killed in Michigan, two died in Indiana and one person was killed in Oklahoma, officials said. An
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By Susan Miller At least 80 million people — from the Midwest to the South to the East — are in the path of turbulent weather, including violent storms, large hail, and potent tornadoes Sunday into Monday, forecasters said. “Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected today and tonight across a broad portion of the Southeast and
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By Brandon Drenon At least 40 people have died after tornadoes ripped through a swathe of the US Midwest and South. Missouri bore the brunt of the twisters, which began to spawn on Friday. At least 12 people have died in that state. Powerful winds in Texas and Kansas whipped up dust storms that resulted
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Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina on Sunday amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents were forced to evacuate in some areas. The National Weather Service warned of increased fire danger in the region due to a combination of critically dry fuels and very low relative humidity. In South Carolina, where more
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By Grace Toohey As federal job eliminations struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service on Thursday, scientists and environmental advocates denounced the cuts, saying they could cause real harm to Americans. The full extent of the layoffs across NOAA were not immediately clear, but Democratic legislators said hundreds of scientists
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By Brandon Drenon At least nine people have died over the weekend, as torrential downpours drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said eight people had died in his state and suggested at a news conference on Sunday that the total could go up. Hundreds of people stranded
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By Marlene Lenthang and Kathryn Prociv Two winter storms will bring snow, freezing rain and Arctic cold in a one-two punch to parts of the United States this week. Some 29 million people were under winter alerts across the central Plains, the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic on Monday morning ahead of two winter storms expected
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By Ayana Archie Closures and states of emergency are being announced across the Central Plains, Midwest and East Coast regions of the U.S., as a snowstorm moves across several states in those areas in coming days. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
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