Strengthening El Nino Offers Benefits July 29, 2015 By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK BAJAK In California, they’re counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they’ve already declared a pre-emptive emergency to...
Wildfire Season Being Felt Throughout California June 23, 2015 Hot, dry California was beginning to feel the full brunt of fire season as blazes burned throughout the state, threatening...
Odds Rise That El Nino Will Stay Until Winter June 11, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The odds that a weather-changing El Nino will last until the Northern Hemisphere’s next winter are increasing, though it’s too...
2015 Wildfire Report Identifies More Than 2M California Homes at Risk June 10, 2015 A new report indicates there are 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire, with more than...
Better Late Than Never: El Nino Finally Arrives March 6, 2015 By SETH BORENSTEIN A long anticipated El Nino has finally arrived. But for drought-struck California, it’s too little, too late, meteorologists say. The...
Cities Face Rising Flood, Drought Risk Even With No Climate Change March 6, 2015 A heads-up to New York, Baltimore, Houston and Miami: a new study suggests that these metropolitan areas and others will...
Drought Prompts Disaster Declaration for Most of Nevada February 10, 2015 The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared most of Nevada a natural disaster area due to lingering drought. And state water...
Weather in U.S. in 2014 Not too Bad January 9, 2015 By SETH BORENSTEIN On a day when much of the U.S. struggled with cold, U.S. meteorologists said America’s weather in 2014 wasn’t really...
Dry Southern California Weather Raises Fire Danger November 25, 2014 Red flag warnings for fire danger are in effect for parts of Southern California due to gusty Santa Ana winds...
Dry September Diminishes Oklahoma’s Drought Recovery October 3, 2014 A drier than normal September has diminished drought recovery in Oklahoma, and weather experts say the dry pattern will continue...