A full dose of winter is in store for much of the U.S. as the polar vortex oozes its way across the nation and a nasty winter storm develops.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Nothing to sneeze at: Climate change has worsened, lengthened pollen season across the US
New research shows pollen seasons start 20 days earlier, are 10 days longer and feature 21% more pollen than they did in 1990.
How does a glacier burst? Flooding in India leaves at least 31 dead and 165 missing.
A glacier in Uttarakhand, India, broke Sunday and caused a deadly flood in the Himalayas. Here’s what to know.
Winter storm heads into New England after leaving up to 3 feet of snow in one Pennsylvania borough and blanketing New York City
The worst of the sprawling winter storm that dumped heavy snow on New York City Monday continued its slog into New England on Tuesday.
Shark numbers in ‘alarming’ worldwide decline as many species face extinction, study says
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A ‘historic wake-up call’: After a brutal 2020, Doomsday Clock is still 100 seconds to midnight
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‘Atmospheric river’ to blast California with heavy rain, feet of snow
Even though precipitation is greatly needed across drought-stricken California, the storm will bring too much all at once and could trigger floods.
‘This is historic snow’: Iowa could see up to 15 inches as major winter storm blankets Midwest
A major winter storm blanketed parts of the middle of the country with snow that was forecast into late Tuesday. Some areas could get 15 inches.
‘Like a bomb went off’: 1 dead, more than a dozen trapped or hurt after tornado rips through Alabama city
A teen huddled in his family’s basement died after a tornado tore through Fultondale, an Alabama city north of Birmingham, on Monday night.
2020 was an ‘unusually deadly year’ for shark attacks, with the most deaths since 2013
In what’s called “an unusually deadly year,” sharks killed 10 people around the world in unprovoked attacks in 2020.