Tornadoes sweep across Deep South
Severe storms spawned deadly tornadoes across the Gulf Coast, killing at least three.
The threat of more twisters remains as the storm makes its way across the East Coast.
Jin Kim 0 Comment Nation, The Baltimore Sun, Weather gulf coast, South, storm, tornado
Severe storms spawned deadly tornadoes across the Gulf Coast, killing at least three.
The threat of more twisters remains as the storm makes its way across the East Coast.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, Weather, World flooding, France, storm, Storm Imogen, United Kingdom
Parts of France and the UK are currently being battered by Storm Imogen. Thousands of homes have been left without power and commuters hit by road and rail chaos as Storm Imogen batters the South with gale force winds and torrential rain.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment Nation, The Baltimore Sun, Weather East Coast, snow, Winter Storm Jonas
Photos of snow removal in Washington, D.C., New York City, Massachusetts and other East Coast cities.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Maryland, Nation, Weather Baltimore, blizzard, Jonas, National Weather Service, New York, Philadelphia, snow, snowstorm, Washington D.C., Winter Storm Jonas
Winter Storm Jonas is expected to hit the northern mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York, over the weekend. The National Weather Service has issued blizzard watches and warnings in the area.
Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment From the Vault, Weather blizzard, snow, weather
Excerpt from an article published on January 8, 1996
One of the biggest winter storms of the century slammed into Maryland yesterday, paralyzing the state with a blinding mix of fast-falling snow and ferocious winds that could turn this morning’s commute into a slow, agonizing crawl.
If there’s a commute at all.
Motorists were expected to face nearly 2 feet of powdery snow. Forecasters say the snow, driven by winds with gusts topping 30 mph, will make it tough — if not impossible — for plows to keep major highways clear before the first commuters venture out around dawn.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Nation, Weather California, El Nino, West Coast, winter storm
El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. At least two more storms are expected to follow on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing as much as 3 inches of rain.
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Jin Kim 0 Comment Nation, Weather fenton, flooding, Mississippi, mississippi river, Missouri, St. Louis
Missouri and other areas along the Mississippi river are facing major flooding events after intense rainfall and rising river levels. At least 20 people have been killed, and 19 levees along the river are still vulnerable.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Nation, The Baltimore Sun, Weather Los Angeles, New York City, snow, weather, winter
A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles.
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Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Weather, World building collapse, China, landslide, Shenzhen
BEIJING (AP) — A landslide collapsed and buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Sunday, leaving 27 people missing, authorities said.