Weather & Climate

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, Canada on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

City empties as thousands flee wildfire closing in on capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

August 18, 2023, 12:46pm Latest News

Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as a wildfire burned toward the city of 20,000, while firefighters on Friday battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze in a city in British Columbia. Read story

Rhode Island tornado lifts car as New England storms flood roads, topple trees

August 18, 2023, 11:03am Nation & World

A rare Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off an interstate highway Friday morning as severe weather swept already storm-weary New England, a fire official said. Read story

This satellite image taken at 10:50am EDT on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Hilary off the Pacific coast of Mexico.

Hilary grows into major hurricane in Pacific off Mexico and could bring heavy rain to US Southwest

August 18, 2023, 11:00am Nation & World

Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a major storm Thursday evening off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and it could bring heavy rain to the southwestern U.S. by the weekend. Read story

Braxton Hicks, 7, of Livingston, Texas, holds his face to a portable fan to cool off during the DYB, formerly Dixie Youth Baseball, Little League tournament in Ruston, La., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. With climate change driving average global temperatures higher, organizers, players and spectators are having to pay closer attention to the heat.

North Texas: Highest temperature of 2023 recorded Thursday, but Friday will likely be hotter, NWS says

August 18, 2023, 8:02am Nation & World

Thursday was hot, with record-breaking high temperatures reported at DFW International Airport, but it may get even hotter this weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. Read story

Emergency crews and firefighters work near the fire advancing through the forest toward the town of El Rosario in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Officials say a wildfire is burning out of control through the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, affecting nearly 8,000 people who have been evacuated or ordered to stay indoors.

Firefighters battle through the night to halt wildfire in Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife

August 18, 2023, 7:44am Nation & World

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Firefighters battled overnight to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a major tourist destination, officials said Friday. Read story

China’s Xi calls for measures to mitigate disastrous flooding amid economic slowdown

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, teachers clean classrooms at a school in the aftermath of flood waters from an overflowing river in Qizhongkou Town of Laishui County in north China's Hebei Province on Aug. 11, 2023. A vast swath of northeastern China is threatened by flooding as at least 90 rivers have risen above warning levels and 24 have already overflowed their banks. State media say crews are standing by to defend homes and farmland across the Songliao Basin north of Beijing which includes parts of four provinces and several major cities with a total population of almost 100 million.

August 18, 2023, 7:27am Nation & World

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for measures to mitigate the effects of this year’s disastrous flooding which has left scores dead and inflicted massive damage on crops, homes and infrastructure, including in and around Beijing. Read story

Residents flee, airlifts begin as wildfire approaches capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

People without vehicles lineup to register for a flight to Calgary, Alberta in Yellowknife on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to convene an urgent meeting with ministers and senior officials today as residents of the capital of Northwest Territories are ordered to evacuate the area because of an encroaching wildfire.

August 17, 2023, 11:12am Nation & World

Residents of the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories fled an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others signing up for emergency flights, the latest chapter in Canada's worst fire season on record. Read story

Heavy rain and landslides have killed at least 72 people this week in an Indian Himalayan state

In this photo made available by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Aug. 15, 2023, an NDRF personnel carries an infant to safety in flood-affected Himachal Pradesh state, India. Heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in India's Himalayan region, leaving at least 70 people dead and many others trapped.

August 17, 2023, 8:01am Nation & World

Days of relentless rain in India’s Himalayan region have killed at least 72 people this week, a government official said Thursday, as a heavy monsoon triggered landslides and flash floods that have submerged roads, washed away buildings and left residents scrambling for safety. Read story