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Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Mountains towers over farmland in Heber Valley, Utah, with cows grazing in the foreground.
DEADLY SHELTER

Hiker Died After Lightning Strike While in ‘Tin Shack’

One hiker died, and several others were injured after taking shelter during a storm.

Reagin von Lehe

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign executive orders related to beef, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
KNIVES OUT

Weather Service Sparks Outrage With Trump-Pleasing Move

Yet another body of water has been renamed by the petty president.

Julia Ornedo

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer has called for an investigation into how staffing vacancies at the National Weather Service could have impacted the deadly Texas flooding.
BLAME GAME

Chuck Schumer Demands DOGE Probe Over Texas Disaster

The top Democrat raised concerns over staffing cuts at the National Weather Service.

Sarah Ewall-Wice

Trump might get some rain on his parade
LOOK TO THE HEAVENS

Trump Given Bad Weather News About His Birthday Tank Parade

The president’s $45 million parade might not go as planned due to potential rain and thunderstorms.

Jasmine Venet

Trump
STORM’S A-BREWIN’

Weatherman Interrupts Broadcast to Issue Dire Warning

Meteorologist John Morales warned his viewers that DOGE cuts will lead to an inability to properly predict hurricanes.

Kenneal Patterson

Wreckage after a tornado hit a Tennessee town
GRACIAS

National Weather Service Reinstates Translated Alerts

Millions of non-native English speakers will once again receive critical weather alerts, including tornado and tsunami warnings, in their native language.

Josh Fiallo

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TOPSHOT - Residents cool off at Barton Creek on June 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
LOST IN TRANSLATION

National Weather Service to Stop Non-English Warnings

Potential life-threatening weather warnings used to be translated into Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French, and Samoan.

Nandika Chatterjee

A Whataburger restaurant in Mobile, Alabama.
MEAT OVER METEOROLOGISTS

Whataburger Weather: Project 2025 to Privatize Storm Alerts

The Whataburger app is joining the Waffle House index as a way to track power outages during severe weather.

Josephine Walker

Bill Nye stares forward during a TV interview.
‘THE BEGINNING’

Brutal Heat Is Ending—but Bill Nye Warns It’ll Soon Be Back

While this run of debilitating heat is ending, Bill Nye warns that it’s slowly becoming our new normal.

Josh Fiallo

A view from Seapoint Street in Huntington Beach looks north along Pacific Coast Highway which was closed on Tuesday due to coastal flooding.
ROADBLOCK

Malibu Mudslide Shuts Down Stretch of Pacific Coast Highway

On Tuesday, the National Weather Service warned those in the Los Angeles area about possible minor flooding and landslides, particularly around the region’s many canyons.

Edith Olmsted

Flooding from California’s latest atmospheric river on Feb. 4, 2024.
INSANE RAIN

Millions Under Flood Watch During CA Atmospheric River Storm

Last month, flooding from heavy rain jumped ocean piers and made rivers out of downtown streets. Now residents are battening down the hatches again.

Amanda Yen

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