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Don't trust the climate doomers spooking us with lies

Bunk, bunk, bunk: Environmental zealots are addicted to scaring us with climate myths — because it pays.

Billions of cicadas set to descend as 'rolling emergence' hits East Coast

The arrival of warm spring temperatures also means the arrival of cicadas, which are expected to start filling the air with their iconic buzzing sounds as soon as next week in some...

Coastal storm on East Coast threatens flash flooding for 14M along I-95 corridor

The potential for heavy rain prompted NOAA's Weather Prediction Center to issue a Level 1 out of 4 flash flood threat from North Carolina to Delaware from Friday into early...

America's oldest bourbon distillery surrounded by water after heavy rain causes catastrophic flooding

America's oldest continuously operating distillery is temporarily closed because of major flooding in Kentucky this week.

At least 24 dead as historic flooding leaves towns underwater after barrage of severe weather

A deadly barrage of severe weather, tornadoes, and torrential rain has come to an end, but the danger is far from over in communities across the Midwest and South.

Severe weather shifts towards the Southeast as flash flooding warnings rise

After days of persistent severe storms and flooding rainfall in parts of the mid-South and mid-Mississippi Valley, the threat shifted east on Sunday into portions of the Southeast.

Central US braces for 'generational flooding' as repeated rounds of rain pummel several states

Potentially historic flooding is underway Thursday in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, as repeated rounds of rain pummel several states in America's heartland.

55M Americans directly in path of severe weather as deadly storms charge east from Texas

A deadly severe weather system continues to charge east Thursday and is expected to tear across more than a dozen states, from parts of Texas to the densely populated mid-Atlantic and Northeast, placing over 55 million Americans...

Historic flash flooding warnings loom over the South as deluge of rainfall, thunderstorms expected

With the potential for once-in-a-lifetime rainfall and widespread impacts, historic flash flooding is increasingly likely across parts of the nation through Saturday, fueled by repeated rounds of storms accompanying a rare high-level severe weather threat,...

Tornado watch issued for 3 states as multiday severe weather, flooding threats begin to unfold

Yet again, another round of severe weather is set to threaten the central U.S. with damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes starting late Tuesday and continuing through Thursday.

Hawaii is sinking 40 times faster than previously predicted — homes and businesses could soon be wiped out

Conditions have gotten so dire that low-lying areas in Honolulu, Waikiki and Pearl Harbor could be inundated in the coming decades — with a cost to infrastructure in the billions

Winter storm barrels across US — leaving deadly snow-covered roads in its wake

A powerful winter storm slammed communities from the Plains and Midwest through the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Deadly winter storm to dump heavy snow from Kansas to North Carolina

Another major and deadly winter storm is unfolding across major cities in the Plains and Midwest before heavy snow charges eastward into areas suffering from recent flooding in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Deadly flooding, severe storms wallop 120 counties in Kentucky

At least nine people were killed in Kentucky as severe rainstorms and flash flooding overwhelmed areas of Kentucky on Saturday into Sunday, February 16. According to reports, 120 counties experienced...

Several dead as the 'coldest polar vortex event this season' moves across US

Meteorologists said several states would experience the 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season. Weather forces in the Arctic are combining to push the chilly air that usually stays near the...

Latest round of harsh winter weather kills 9 across U.S., including 8 in Kentucky

A mother and her 7-year-old child were among eight people killed in flood waters in Kentucky. A ninth person was killed by a falling tree in Atlanta, Georgia.

At least 1 dead as brutal storms, 'potentially historic' flash floods wallop several southern states

Heavy rain flooded roadways in some parts of southern states.

Snow and freezing rain pummel the mid-Atlantic while California prepares for likely flooding

Snow, sleet and freezing rain were expected to continue pummeling the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic states Wednesday, while California readied for a storm that could flood areas ravaged by the...

Kayakers make a splash in flooded city street

Talk about "streaming" video. A pair of kayaking bros were filmed braving the flooded streets of Costa del Sol, Spain, on Jan. 3, as onlookers had a good laugh at...

Pacific Coast highway closed days after reopening amid mudslide, flooding threats

Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway, which just reopened after last month's devastating Palisades Fire, is closing again Tuesday due to concerns about potential mudslides, landslides and debris flows from a prolonged atmospheric river event.