Severe

Sam Nolan (JUNEAU, Alaska) — The glacier lake outburst that sent an unprecedented amount of water rushing towards Alaska’s capital, destroying homes, would not have happened without climate change, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An outburst flood from a meltwater lake on the Mendenhall Glacier, located about 12 miles north of Juneau, Alaska, […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two people have died, and hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across several states, as severe storms target the East Coast on Monday. More than 630,000 customers were without power across 10 states as of 11:30 p.m. ET, according to poweroutage.us. North Carolina had the most outages, with […]

ABC News (CHICAGO) — Extreme weather is blanketing much of the United States as the weekend comes to a close. The severe storms plaguing the Midwest on Saturday are now moving east. Eight tornadoes were reported in Colorado, Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Funnel clouds were spotted in Colorado […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — An unrelenting heat dome continues to hover over the western United States this weekend, prompting heat alerts for tens of millions of residents. Heat advisories and warnings were issued for 40 million Americans across 10 states on Sunday, with the highest temperatures concentrated in places like California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. […]

FILE photo — spxChrome/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans experienced severe weather Sunday as thunderstorms and extreme heat alerts were in effect for multiple states. Americans in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and one county in North Carolina were under a severe thunderstorm watch through the evening, according […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were more than 300 severe storm reports in the United States on Monday, mostly along the East Coast from New Hampshire to South Carolina, as threatening weather and dangerous heat plagues the nation. Gusty winds of 60 to 66 miles per hour were reported from New York to North […]

FILE — Mike Hollingshead/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than half a million customers were without power in the United States early Monday after a weekend of deadly tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. The severe weather outbreak over the weekend spawned at least 20 reported tornadoes across three Midwestern states — Iowa, Michigan and Indiana. On […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 40 million Americans are on alert for possible severe storms that may bring isolated tornadoes. Americans from Denver and Dallas to Columbus may experience damaging winds up to 70 mph and large hail more than 2 inches in diameter, according to meteorologists. That severe weather chance is all […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is continuing on the East Coast, bringing more opportunities for tornadoes to form in regions that have already experienced several twisters in the past few days. On Thursday, seven tornadoes were reported in Florida and Georgia. More tornadoes, some with winds up to 60 mph, rolled into Florida’s Atlantic […]

ABC News (HOUSTON) — Parts of Texas and Florida are under threat of severe weather Wednesday, including potentially damaging, giant hail. Severe storms, including a tornado threat, are forecast in Texas as a powerful storm system moves across the South Wednesday. There is an enhanced threat for severe storms across north-central Texas as a powerful storm […]