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Phoenix Zoo A powerful “microburst and thunderstorm” pushed through Tempe, Arizona, leaving more than 130 people displaced Monday afternoon, officials said. Several apartment buildings were “severely” damaged during the storm, according to the City of Tempe. The storm, which began around 1 p.m. local time, lasted a little over three hours and knocked out power […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A coastal storm moving along the East Coast on Monday will continue to bring the threat of significant coastal flooding, strong to damaging winds and moderate to locally heavy rainfall. Rain and wind will be dying down Monday morning in the Southeast, while the Northeast will see the worst impacts […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A flood watch remains in effect Tuesday across California, from San Diego in the south to Redding in the north, as a powerful storm continues to unleash rain, snow and wind on much of the West Coast. The south-central California counties of Santa Barabara and Ventura have seen the most […]
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (TOKYO and LONDON) — At least four people have died after a powerful earthquake struck Japan’s west coast on Monday afternoon, officials said. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck at about 4:10 p.m. local time, with its epicenter on the Noto Peninsula, along the Sea of Japan, according […]
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (TOKYO and LONDON) — At least four people have died after a powerful earthquake struck Japan’s west coast on Monday afternoon, officials said. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck at about 4:10 p.m. local time, with its epicenter on the Noto Peninsula, along the Sea of Japan, according […]
Daniel Garrido/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some commercial flights have been getting to their destinations faster than normal over the past few days – all thanks to an extra push from the jet stream. Data from flight tracking site FlightRadar24 shows several flights traveling east to west are flying as much as 200 miles per […]
QASIM Mirzaie / 500px/Getty Images (AFGHANISTAN) — At least 100 people are dead and at least 500 injured after powerful earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, the United Nations said. The United States Geological Survey reported two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes, as well as several strong aftershocks, near the city of Herat. One of the aftershocks […]
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