Strong winds blowing north from Hurricane Laura appeared to reverse the flow of many waterways along the Louisiana Gulf Coast, including the Mississippi River, as it approached land. Laura came ashore as a Category 4 storm early Thursday near the Texas state line, ripping off roofs, damaging buildings and robbing hundreds of thousands of power.
Continue ReadingNew satellite images are giving a glimpse at the destruction that Hurricane Laura has waged across Louisiana. Hurricane Laura roared through southwestern Louisiana early Thursday morning, killing six and leaving behind a wide path of destruction. CNN has obtained new satellite images from Maxar Technologies that are showing just how destructive the storm was. At
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CAMERON PARISH, Louisiana — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Thursday as Laura roared ashore in Louisiana near the Texas border, killing four people including a teenage girl and triggering a chemical fire. The powerful storm struck land as a Category 4 near
Continue ReadingFlash flooding in Afghanistan’s Parwan province has killed at least 86 people and injured at least 106, according to Rahmatullah Haidari, deputy spokesman for the governor of the province. Officials in in the disaster management ministry said that torrential rain earlier this week triggered flash flooding in the country’s Parwan province — which borders Kabul
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EL PASO, Texas — Hurricane Laura is expected to hit parts of Texas and Louisiana Thursday as a category 4 hurricane with the possibility of it upgrading to a category 5. Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers were headed that way to help on Wednesday night, including one El Paso man. RELATED CONTENT: LIVE coverage –
Continue ReadingGALVESTON, Texas — In the largest U.S. evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power to push seawater miles inland. More than
Continue ReadingLower temperatures and weaker winds are helping firefighters get a handle on deadly wildfires that have afflicted California for days, fire officials said Tuesday. More than 650 wildfires, many sparked by lightning, have burned more than 1.25 million acres in the Golden State since August 15. That’s more than six times the size of New
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A microburst caused the dangerous winds that ripped down trees and left thousands without power in north Las Cruces, according to the National Weather Service. “First time in 15 years that I’ve had seen that much wind,” said Dodds Cupit, who lives off Valley Drive and Villita Loop. Meteorologists with
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EL PASO, Texas – The city of El Paso is expecting high temperatures to continue and will keep its six cooling centers open through Sept. 5. The centers are located at: San Juan Senior Center, 5701 Tamburo Ct.; the Don Haskins Rec Center, 7400 High Ridge; the Marty Robbins Rec Center, 11600 Vista Del Sol;
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane. It would be the first time two hurricanes form in the
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The dog days of summer continue to smash records as the triple-digit heat is bearing down on the Borderland day after day. ABC-7 Chief Meteorologist ‘Doppler Dave’ Speelman said El Paso has recorded 11 record-high temperature days and 48 triple-digit days, as of Thursday afternoon, when the temperature tied a record at
Continue ReadingFloods in southern China have caused water from the Yangtze River to rise and reach the toes of a famous towering statue of the Buddha — reportedly for the first time in decades. Leshan’s Giant Buddha, a 233 foot (71 meters) sitting buddha carved out of a hillside around 1,200 years ago, is part of
Continue ReadingCalifornia, under assault from a record heat wave, is seeing its firefighting crews stretched to the limit as hundreds of blazes scorch swaths of the state. More than 300,000 acres have burned by fires, one of which authorities suspect was caused by arson. The state, where temperatures in some areas are above 100 degrees, has
Continue ReadingThousands remain without power, dozens are in shelters and pantries are popping up to provide food for those who’ve lost everything. A week after disastrous storms, Cedar Rapids “is like a battlefield,” a Desert Storm veteran said. It was one of the hardest hit cities last week, with more than 800 buildings suffering partial collapse
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97 was the high temp today – stopped our triple digit streak at eight days. Some showers and storms rolled across the city this afternoon and evening bringing some areas near .24″ of rain. Temps will stay around the upper 90’s tomorrow and then heat up Wednesday through Friday getting back in the triples. Rain
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DEATH VALLEY, California — Death Valley was the hottest place on Earth on Sunday. If verified, it could be the hottest temperature recorded in the world since 1913. The hottest, driest and lowest national park in California and Nevada recorded a preliminary high temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The all-time
Continue ReadingOfficials in California, Oregon and Colorado are battling a series of wildfires that have collectively torched about 100,000 acres — and things could get worse this weekend with intense heat set to descend on much of the US. Authorities have issued evacuation orders for areas affected by the Lake Fire and Ranch2 Fire in Los
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EL PASO, Texas — Excessive heat across the U.S. Southwest led to El Paso setting yet another high temperature record on Friday for a fifth straight day. The National Weather Service reported El Paso had already broken the record for day by 1 p.m., when the temperature reached 104 degrees at the airport. And by
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EL PASO, Texas — For the third-straight day record heat blasted the Borderland on Thursday with the temperature at the El Paso International Airport hitting an afternoon high of 106 degrees. With that record-breaking heat comes concerns that not all of the city’s Sun Metro buses have working air conditioning. “It was so hot I
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso shattered the record high temperature on Thursday for a third-straight day amid an unusual August heat wave that saw as many as 9,000 homes and businesses lose electricity at one point. El Paso Electric said crews on Thursday afternoon were dispatched to locate issues and get the power back
Continue ReadingA new report released Wednesday details how 2019 was another year of extremes for Earth’s climate, adding to a litany of evidence exposing the grim reality of our warming world. Last year saw devastating wildfires burn through Australia; large regions including Europe, Japan, Pakistan, and India experienced deadly heat waves; almost 100 tropical cyclones created
Continue ReadingFirefighters across three Western states are battling wildfires that have destroyed more than 73,000 acres. Evacuations orders have been issued in areas threatened by the Lake Fire in California’s Los Angeles County, the Mosier Creek Fire in central Oregon, and the Pine Gulch and Grizzly Creek fires in Colorado. More than 100 homes have been
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso reached 106 degrees Tuesday afternoon to set a new daily record amidst a Heat Advisory that remains in effect through Friday. Tuesday’s high temperature was one degrees warmer than the previous hottest day of 105 that happened in 1993. ABC-7 Chief Meteorologist ‘Doppler Dave’ Speelman said triple-digit temperatures typically
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Office of Emergency Management is operating six cooling centers throughout the city to allow residents in need a safe place to go during this week’s heat wave amid the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said Covid-19 health and safety guidelines would be followed at all the cooling centers, which are all
Continue ReadingThe calm before the storm isn’t really so calm, at least not for anyone with asthma or other severe breathing disorders, new research shows. During the days before a major thunderstorm hits, emergency room visits for seniors who suffer from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rose significantly, according to a research letter published
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police announced the latest in a spate of animal cruelty arrests on Friday. Investigators said 22–year-old Jennifer De La Cruz was arrested for the death of her pet. The carcass of her female German Shepherd was found chained to a metal pole in her backyard at 5721 Tropicana last
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — Tropical Storm Isaias is buffeting New York State and western New England with heavy rain and wind as it moves northeastward toward the Great Lakes, bringing the threat of tornadoes to southern and central New England. In its path up the East Coast, the storm has battered New Jersey, New York,
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Florida began to feel the effects Sunday of a powerful storm inching in the state’s direction, with forecasters warning it could reach hurricane strength by the time it makes expected landfall near the South Carolina-North Carolina border on Tuesday. Tropical storm watches and warnings stretched from Florida to parts of the southern New England
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso reached a scorching 109 degrees Thursday afternoon, blowing past the old record of 103 set in 1980. The new all-time high for the date, officially recorded at the El Paso International Airport, came amid a Heat Advisory that only projected temperatures reaching 105. Anthony, New Mexico also set a
Continue ReadingA magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook Southern California’s San Fernando Valley just before 4:30 a.m. PT on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said. The light quake, which felt like a jolt, a pause, and then a bit more rocking, was centered near Pacoima, north of Los Angeles. The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks later
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