Hurricanes can harm people not just by causing injuries, but also by flooding hospitals that would otherwise deliver needed treatment.
Wild weather on the West Coast in February 2018
February 22, 2019
Dry 2018 water year comes to an end in California
October 9, 2018
How do rainfall totals predicted for Florence compare to an average September in the U.S. Southeast?
In the bull's-eye of heaviest rainfall predicted for Hurricane Florence, parts of North and South Carolina may see more than 4 times their average September rainfall in a single week.
The September 2018 temperature and precipitation Outlooks for the United States predict warmer than average temperatures for much of the country and wetter than average conditions for the central Plains and eastern seaboard.
A soggy summer for the Mid-Atlantic in 2018
August 23, 2018
Ice cover on the Great Lakes has been decreasing since the 1970s, affecting everything from fishing to shipping.