Officials in the Southern California beach city of Carlsbad have declared a local emergency to fast-track boulder placement along crumbling coastal bluffs, racing to stabilize a heavily traveled road before a potentially punishing El Niño season arrives. City Manager Geoff Patnoe announced the declaration after receiving a geotechnical report on Sept. 8 that recommended emergency […] The post Carlsbad declares emergency to shore up eroding coastal bluffs before El Niño winter appeared first on American Almanac .
Officials in the Southern California beach city of Carlsbad have declared a local emergency to fast-track boulder placement along crumbling coastal bluffs, racing to stabilize a heavily traveled road before a potentially punishing El Niño season arrives. City Manager Geoff Patnoe announced the declaration after receiving a geotechnical report on Sept. 8 that recommended emergency stabilization measures along South Carlsbad Boulevard, just north of the bridge at Las Encinas Creek. The planned work would extend an existing rock revetment roughly 192 feet to the north by placing boulders along the base of the bluffs, FOX Weather reported . The emergency declaration lets the city bypass its formal bidding process, a step Patnoe said could…Open
Millions of Americans face triple-digit heat from Dallas to St. Louis this week even as a cold Canadian air mass threatens the first freeze of the season across New England, a split-screen forecast that caps the hottest summer ever recorded in the Lower 48. Temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma could climb well above 100 degrees […] The post Record heat bakes the heartland while New England braces for its first frost of the season appeared first on American Almanac .
Millions of Americans face triple-digit heat from Dallas to St. Louis this week even as a cold Canadian air mass threatens the first freeze of the season across New England, a split-screen forecast that caps the hottest summer ever recorded in the Lower 48. Temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma could climb well above 100 degrees through the weekend, with heat index values reaching between 105 and 110 degrees across both states. Heat alerts remain in effect through Tuesday. Meanwhile, a strong cold front is set to push off the East Coast by Monday night, dragging frigid Canadian air behind it and sending thermometers in parts of the Northeast plunging into the 30s by early Tuesday morning. The contrast is stark. In McAllen, Texas, residents…Open
Hurricane Lowell slammed Hawaii's western islands as a Category 2 storm Monday night, knocking out power to nearly 90 percent of Kaua'i customers and leaving a trail of destroyed roads, flooded homes, and uprooted trees across the state. The storm's center passed within 60 miles of Kaua'i and 30 miles of the small island of […] The post Hurricane Lowell leaves Kaua'i in the dark after rare direct hit on Hawaii appeared first on American Almanac .
Hurricane Lowell slammed Hawaii's western islands as a Category 2 storm Monday night, knocking out power to nearly 90 percent of Kaua'i customers and leaving a trail of destroyed roads, flooded homes, and uprooted trees across the state. The storm's center passed within 60 miles of Kaua'i and 30 miles of the small island of Ni'ihau, delivering wind gusts of 92 mph, dumping more than 21 inches of rain in higher elevations, and driving storm surge that ripped apart coastal roadways in the town of Kōloa. More than 60,000 customers across Kaua'i and Oahu lost power at the height of the storm early Tuesday, and 275 people took shelter in emergency facilities as conditions deteriorated overnight. By Tuesday afternoon, calm had returned, but…Open
Hurricane Lowell makes a 'rare' direct hit on Hawaii. According to Fox Weather, Kaua'i is seeing the worst of Lowell's impacts; with wind gusts over 80 mph. Amy Sweezey, meteorologist with Florida Weather Authority, joins LiveNOW from FOX to discuss the latest.
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Officials shut off all exterior lights on the 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis this week to keep night-migrating birds from fatal collisions, a move that will leave the iconic monument in darkness until October 1. The lights-out order covers every exterior fixture on the stainless-steel landmark, removing a glow that federal wildlife authorities say […] The post Gateway Arch goes dark until October to protect millions of migrating birds appeared first on American Almanac .
Officials shut off all exterior lights on the 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis this week to keep night-migrating birds from fatal collisions, a move that will leave the iconic monument in darkness until October 1. The lights-out order covers every exterior fixture on the stainless-steel landmark, removing a glow that federal wildlife authorities say can lure birds from miles away and send them circling until they crash into the structure or collapse from exhaustion. Gateway Arch officials confirmed the shutdown and set October 1 as the date the lights will return, timed to the tail end of the fall migration window. The decision reflects a straightforward tradeoff: a few weeks of a darker skyline against the documented risk of mass bird…Open
Tuesday afternoon, Edouard came ashore along the Texas-Louisiana border, and was expected to quickly weaken. Kiyana Lewis with FOX Weather tracks the storm as it continues moving inland.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but a strengthening El Niño and plumes of Saharan dust continue to stack the odds against a major storm. A strong tropical wave that recently rolled off the coast of Africa is pushing westward across the open ocean between […] The post National Hurricane Center watches two Atlantic disturbances as El Niño tightens its grip on the season appeared first on American Almanac .
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but a strengthening El Niño and plumes of Saharan dust continue to stack the odds against a major storm. A strong tropical wave that recently rolled off the coast of Africa is pushing westward across the open ocean between Cabo Verde and the Caribbean, carrying showers and thunderstorms with it. The NHC has assigned the system medium odds of developing into a tropical depression or storm over the next seven days, though hostile upper-level winds and thick dust pouring off North Africa's Saharan Desert stand in its path. Separately, a broad area of low pressure a few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda has earned the formal…Open
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the open Atlantic on Wednesday morning and is already forecast to fall apart by evening, but a more consequential system, Invest 92L, is organizing behind it with a high chance of becoming a tropical depression within days. The National Hurricane Center gave Invest 92L high-range odds of developing into at […] The post Tropical Storm Cristobal fizzles as Invest 92L gains steam in the Atlantic appeared first on American Almanac .
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the open Atlantic on Wednesday morning and is already forecast to fall apart by evening, but a more consequential system, Invest 92L, is organizing behind it with a high chance of becoming a tropical depression within days. The National Hurricane Center gave Invest 92L high-range odds of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next two days, a designation that puts the system on a faster track than Cristobal ever managed. Cristobal, which strengthened from what had been Invest 93L, sits roughly 1,050 miles east-northeast of Bermuda and poses no threat to land. Hostile wind shear is tearing it apart. FOX Weather reported that the FOX Forecast Center expects Cristobal to dissipate…Open
