Over the past month, smoke from wildfires in Canada have been impacting the air quality in the United States. Several states including Washington, Montana, Nebraska and Wisconsin issued air quality alerts in May due to smoke pollution coming from wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. Last week New York City was covered in a thick […]
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Another winter weather system is moving east from Texas bringing ice, sleet, and snow to the region. The current winter weather alerts will impact nearly 40 million people in Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia. Monday and Tuesday January 30 and 31, several airports in Texas, including Dallas Love, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston Bush
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The Southwest and Intermountain West are known for hot weather and even seasonal fires. They have also been experiencing a prolonged drought that has had dramatic effects on the western landscape. 2022 has been the driest year to date in Utah in the past 128 years. Compare what the Great Salt Lake looks like now
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This summer has once again brought an onslaught of heat waves that seems to be becoming less and less surprising each year. Increased average temperatures, heat waves and heat-related illness topped the concerns for the Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan in 2015. The Midwest and South have had their share of heat waves last month combining
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Springdale, just north of Fayetteville, has about 85,000 people and is home to the our largest Marshallese community. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, an EF-3 tornado touched down at 4:04 a.m. near the NWA Mall and continued for 5.2 miles between the Northwest Arkansas Mall and The Jones Center. It later spawned an EF-1 tornado
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Over 800 meals and 350 hygiene housing kits were delivered and with financial donations 20 individuals had temporary housing in hotels within the first couple of days after the tornado impacted Springdale, Arkansas on Wednesday Marsh 30, 2022. Clothes and hygiene products, as well as food, are available at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2925 Old
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Written by: Alex Rhowuniong It is no secret, the islands are ‘melting’ away. And as they do–from the Marshalls to Pohnpei to Chuuk to Yap–residents are left with their own thoughts. Should there be any need to choose? The majority of the older generation would rather stay; the young ones would like to seek out
Two major winter snow and ice storms hit the south particularly hard in February 2021 causing 237 confirmed fatalities, most of which were in Texas. The Category 3 winter storms (February 13-17 and February 15-20) were followed by a cold wave that made recovery efforts difficult. The storm set record snowfall for a two-day period
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Since moving to Iowa last year, I have learned that there is little to slow the wind in the Great Plains. And, a few months ago, the wind woke me from my sleep. I checked my weather app and saw an advisory to stay off the roads. Winds up to 30-40 mph would be strong
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We caught up with Selina Leem who recently participated and presented at the TED Summit Program and COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Selina was the youngest delegate to speak at the climate summit in 2015, attending with Tony deBrum and making the closing statement on behalf of the Marshall Islands. Selina opened the COP26 Heads
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