Category: Weather
Earth’s continuing warming trend reveals 2018 as fourth warmest year in modern record
“ … impacts of long-term global warming are already being felt — in coastal flooding, heat waves, intense precipitation and ecosystem change.”
Five children, ‘not properly restrained,’ die in Maryland car crash
(Updated: February 10, 2019) — Maryland State Police troopers are investigating the cause of an early morning crash in Bowie, Maryland, on February 2 that took the lives of five children. […]
Wanda Mary Shattuck, 98, dies in Cockeysville house fire
On January 10, officials in Baltimore County reported that a 98-year-old woman died in a Cockeysville, Maryland, house fire that erupted just before midnight on Wednesday night. Baltimore County Police […]
Jessica Starr: Beloved Fox 2 Detroit Meteorologist dead at 35
Fans, viewers, and colleagues are mourning the tragic and unexpected death of a popular and beloved on-air meteorologist that worked at Fox 2 in Detroit. Jessica Starr, who had been […]
NASA: Three-million-year-old crater discovered beneath the ice in Greenland
On November 14, NASA reported that an international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice […]
California wildfires updates: Death, destruction, celebrity homes destroyed in Malibu
Wildfires across the State of California continue to devastate the northern and southern portions of the state. As of this writing, 31 people have died; and at least 200 people […]
Free boarding for pets displaced by wildfires in Southern California
On November 9, VCA Animal Hospitals announced that select VCA hospitals in Southern California are offering free boarding assistance to dogs, cats, and other species to families affected by the fires […]
NASA and ULA launch ICESat-2 rocket to track changes in Earth’s ice measurements
NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. today, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented […]
Florida burglars thwarted by homeowner’s high impact glass windows (video)
If you receive any satisfaction from seeing the good guy win, then you’ll enjoy watching two burglars’ futile attempt to break into a North Lauderdale home. The good guy in this […]
Update: One confirmed dead, one still missing in Maryland flood waters
(Updated September 4) Maryland State Police have confirmed that a body discovered Monday afternoon in Harford County was that of a woman who was swept away by swift water Friday […]
