Weather Whiplash: Summer Lurches from Drought to Flood August 24, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a...
Study Finds Cleaner Air Leads to More Atlantic Hurricanes May 13, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found. The National...
Northern Europe Battered by 3rd Major Storm; Deaths Hit 14 February 22, 2022 By Danica Kirka LONDON (AP) — Northern Europe was battered by the third major storm in five days, with heavy rains and high...
Airline Weather Shocks Come Faster Than Ever as Climate Changes December 11, 2019 By Mary Schlangenstein Extreme weather is no longer exceptional, and that’s forcing changes at some of the world’s most diligent storm trackers: airlines....
Jet Stream Detour Leaves Midwest Farmers Drenched, Canadians Dried Out May 23, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Ashley Robinson North American farmers are stuck between a flood and a dry spot, and there is little immediate help ahead. Two...
California Storm Could Dump Snow on the Northeast if Jet Streams Collide January 14, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan A storm that’s swinging into southern California could end up blanketing New York and the rest of the Northeast next...
Kink in Jet Stream and Climate Change Spur Extreme Weather July 27, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Eric Roston Kinked, buckled, stuck or stalled, it doesn’t matter how you describe it, the jet stream – the ribbon of wind...
Artic Blast Chills Much of U.S. January 7, 2015 By DON BABWIN A year after a brutally cold spell was blamed on something called the polar vortex – which was treated like...
Weather Extremes Tied to Jet Stream June 27, 2013 By SETH BORENSTEIN Lately, the jet stream isn’t playing by the rules. Scientists say that big river of air high above Earth that...