Climate
Dominican Republic torrential storm leaves at least 21 dead
The government evacuated more than 13,000 people to safe areas throughout the Caribbean island, afterwards
The government evacuated more than 13,000 people to safe areas throughout the Caribbean island, afterwards
No deaths or major storm damage have since been reported in the Los Angeles area although other area municipalities are still assessing the damage
A minimum of 114 people have been confirmed dead and 850 people remain missing after Hawaiian wildfires ravaged western part of Maui
If the Hilary makes landfall as a tropical storm in California, it would be the first storm to do so in almost 84 years
Hawaiians are trained to seek higher ground when tsunami warnings go off. If the alarms had gone off, residents would have fled towards the fast-moving fire, instead of away from it, they said
The death toll of the fire surpassed the 85 casualties from the 2019 Camp Fire in Northern California, making the Maui wildfires the deadliest in the past century
The agency predicted that there is a 60% chance that the hurricane season for this summer and fall will be above normal
As of Wednesday evening, at least 36 had died from the fire, making it the deadliest U.S. fire since 2018, when at least 85 people were killed in a fire in California
Multiple tornado watches were also issued on Monday, covering a large area from western Tennessee and Kentucky, into Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, affecting over 30 million people
The fire continued to grow and on Sunday it had expanded to 70,000 acres, crossing into Nevada
At dangerously high temperatures, the ground can heat up, especially in areas where the asphalt is dark since it absorbs more heat than other surfaces