extreme weather
A new forecast from the World Meteorological Organization and the UK Met Office warns that Earth is on track to face several consecutive years of record-breaking heat. With an 86% chance that one of the next five years will exceed the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Climate Accord—and a 70% chance the five-year average […]
With extreme heat now a leading cause of weather-related deaths, New York State is stepping up its public health response by launching a new interactive Heat Risk and Illness Dashboard. Developed by the Department of Health in partnership with the National Weather Service and the NYS Mesonet, the dashboard uses a five-color scale to forecast […]
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a brief EF-0 tornado touched down in Canandaigua on Monday afternoon, registering maximum winds of 75 mph and a track length of 0.7 miles. Chief Meteorologist Eric Snitil provided live coverage of the Tornado Warning and later assessed the damage reports, which included snapped poles and toppled trees. […]
The remnants of Hurricane Beryl brought severe weather to Western New York, resulting in four confirmed tornadoes on Wednesday. Two EF-1 tornadoes and two EF-0 tornadoes touched down south of Buffalo within two hours. The strongest tornado, an EF-1 with winds up to 110 mph, struck Arkwright, damaging trees and homes along a three-mile path. […]
Severe storms swept across the central U.S., unleashing three tornadoes in Michigan and causing fatal damage in Tennessee. In Michigan, the tornadoes impacted areas in Kalamazoo, Cass, and Branch counties, with one particularly devastating twister tearing apart a FedEx facility in Portage and destroying over a dozen mobile homes. In Tennessee, a 22-year-old man tragically […]
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