Officials say lightning is being investigated as the possible cause of a number of fires as storms rolled through southeastern Pennsylvania overnight, bringing drenching rains and bringing down trees and power lines. Bucks County emergency dispatchers told WCAU-TV that a …
Powerful thunderstorms swept through parts of Oklahoma late Tuesday and early Wednesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses and setting off fires caused by lightning strikes. American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported more …
AIG announced that it has entered into a five-year reinsurance transaction with Tradewynd Re Ltd., which will provide $125 million of indemnity reinsurance protection against U.S., Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico named storms and U.S. and Canadian earthquakes. A diversified …
Col. Jay Jensen, commander of Mississippi’s 403rd Wing Hurricane Hunters at Keesler Air Force Base, is transferring to the Pentagon. Jensen has been at Keesler for two years and before that from 1999 to 2008. Jensen tells The Sun Herald …
Recently used weather terms, including haboobs and derechos (pronounced day-ray-cho), may leave some wondering what the unfamiliar words mean. Weather experts say these terms have been around a long time and have just been picked up by mass media. A …
Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of one of the worst floods in Maine history. On April 1, 1987, major rivers overflowed their banks, ripping out bridges and roads, destroying homes and wrecking businesses. Experts called it a 500-year flood, while …
At least 15 people were injured and at least 60 buildings damaged when a possible tornado struck in western North Carolina, the National Weather Service said Thursday. The storms struck in Rutherford and Burke counties late Wednesday afternoon as a …
More than three months after storms Irene and Lee deluged thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast, the pace of recovery remains frustratingly slow for victims of the back-to-back disasters. Many of them will be out of their homes …
Debris from the tsunami in Japan nine months ago has not been detected on Alaska shores but that may be because harsh weather is keeping people from beachcombing. The Anchorage Daily News reports debris has been reported in Washington and …
Hurricane forecaster William Gray will wait until spring to predict how many storms will form in the Atlantic. Gray and his research partner at Colorado State University, Philip Klotzbach, usually start making predictions in December but this month, for the …