Extreme

Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The record-breaking rain soaking the Southwest U.S. in recent weeks still won’t be enough to eliminate the megadrought status in the notoriously arid region completely, according to researchers. The extra precipitation fueled by several rounds of atmospheric rivers and an El Niño event has […]

David McNew/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extreme wildfires that have been burning through the California landscape over recent decades are disrupting wildlife habitats within the state, new research shows. In the past two decades, forest fires in the U.S. have become progressively more intense, frequent and widespread, according to climate scientists and wildfire experts. The […]

ABC News (ATLANTA) — Extreme heat is continuing to impact a large portion of U.S. residents. The National Weather Service issued heat alerts for about one-third of Americans on Sunday, as temperatures continue to remain at dangerous triple digits for millions. More than 115 million Americans are under heat alerts across 16 states. The heat index […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Extreme weather — from destructive storms to blistering heat — continues to wreak havoc across the United States. Since Monday, there have been more than 850 damaging storm reports nationwide with nearly two dozen tornadoes reported from Colorado to Massachusetts. Ten of those twisters have been confirmed by the National […]

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A few moments after Idlewild Creek began to rise on Sunday, the first wave of murky water washed into the ground floor of Kristine Schmidt’s blue-and-white house. Moments later, she saw her neighbors swept away in their SUV, Schmidt told ABC News on Monday. Fire trucks […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Pacific Northwest was hit by a record-breaking heat wave over the weekend, with the highest temperatures seen at this point in the season. Portland, Oregon, reached 93 degrees on Saturday — breaking a record set in 1973 — and 92 degrees on Sunday, according to National Weather Service Portland. […]

Howard Kingsnorth/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Earthquakes, snow, wildfires, flooding, smog, fog, heat, drought — these are just some of the extreme natural disasters and climate conditions experienced in the Golden State in any given year. California is notoriously the “land of extremes,” Kristina Dahl, senior climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — “Extreme” drought has been completely eliminated in California for the first time in nearly three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While the drastic change for California has happened over the last few weeks, the most recent batch of rain has completely eliminated the “extreme” drought category. This is […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Extreme drought, the second-highest level of drought, has been nearly eliminated in the state of California in the wake of storms caused by atmospheric rivers slamming the state over the last several weeks. However, the extreme influx of moisture was contained to west of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Extreme drought, the second-highest level of drought, has been nearly eliminated in the state of California in the wake of storms caused by atmospheric rivers slamming the state over the last several weeks. However, the extreme influx of moisture was contained to west of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which […]