Weather

Huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off, evidence of rapid climate change, scientists say

September 16, 2020 2:58pm CDT

The glacier section that broke off is 42.3 square miles. The glacier is at the end of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, where it flows off the land and into the ocean.

'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with historic floods

September 15, 2020 2:21pm CDT

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.

5 tropical cyclones brew in Atlantic at the same time, only 2nd time on record

September 14, 2020 7:54pm CDT

Hurricane Paulette has made a rare landfall in Bermuda as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and sea ports.

Sally strengthens into hurricane, Gulf Coast residents brace for high storm surge, flooding

September 14, 2020 7:47pm CDT

Storm-weary residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast are preparing for a new weather onslaught as Tropical Storm Sally churns toward them.

The Northern Hemisphere officially had its hottest summer on record, NOAA says

September 14, 2020 4:39pm CDT

According to scientists, the three-month season from June through August 2020 was the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest meteorological summer, surpassing 2019 and 2016, which were previously tied for the hottest.

Satellite video shows smoke from West Coast wildfires being pulled into Pacific cyclone

September 14, 2020 3:34pm CDT

In the video, taken by the GOES-WEST satellite above the Pacific Ocean, a dark grey cloud of smoke from the Western wildfires is blown over the Pacific Ocean and is swept up into the cyclone — swirling into a cyclonic low pressure system.

What happens if we run out of hurricane names?

September 14, 2020 2:32pm CDT

As expected, 2020 has been a very busy hurricane season in the Atlantic. Fifteen names have already been used, and Vicky’s formation this morning leaves only one more name on the 21-name list for the year: Wilfred.

Tropical Storm Sally forms off Florida coast

September 12, 2020 1:22pm CDT

Tropical Storm Sally formed Saturday off south Florida, becoming the earliest 18th-named storm on record in an Atlantic hurricane season as it headed toward the Gulf of Mexico amid signs of strengthening further.