Weather forecasters at the University of Pennsylvania predicted a record hurricane season for 2024 on Thursday, a “hyperactive” season that could threaten the Gulf Coast.
https://wgnradio.com/news/forecasters-predict-record-number-of-hurricanes/
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. That is more than double ...
Heat is by far the No. 1 weather cause of death in the United States.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. The National Weathe...
We're in for a hot start to summer, according to a national weather outlook released Thursday by the National Weather Service.
https://wgnradio.com/news/will-it-be-a-hot-summer-odds-are-yes-for-all-but-2-states-noaa-says/
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates tried to wring itself out Thursday after the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, with its main airport allowing...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai Interna...
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn't really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud seeding, alth...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Strong storms caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. Tuesday and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa, including one that left two people hurt. An EF-1 tornado touched down ...
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory joins Lisa Dent to give this week's weather forecast, whether the Chicagoland area will go under a frost advisory this weekend, and if we should be conc...
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/conversations-with-demetrius-severe-storms-possible-this-evening/
A huge plume of Saharan dust is now visible on satellite loops.
https://wgnradio.com/news/huge-saharan-dust-blob-cooling-the-eastern-atlantic/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms Monday night through Wednesday, with tornadoes possible in some s...
HONOLULU (AP) — Several people on the Hawaiian island of Kauai needed to be rescued from floodwaters during heavy rain, authorities said Friday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries....
ATLANTA (AP) — Powerful storms rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the world's bigge...
SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans...
A disaster declaration has been issued for a deep South Texas border county, which is suffering from drought and a lack of water payments from Mexico.
A possible tornado caused "catastrophic" damage to the Louisiana city of Slidell, officers said as they assessed the wreckage Wednesday.
https://wgnradio.com/news/possible-tornado-hits-louisiana-police-describe-unbelievable-damage/
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory joins Lisa Dent to give this week's weather forecast, and tells us whether the warm weather will continue into the weekend. Demetrius also talks about c...
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/conversations-with-demetrius-reflecting-on-2024-total-solar-eclipse/
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle th...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for th...
A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies.
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Eclipse spectators staked out their spots across three countries Sunday, fervently hoping for clear skies despite forecasts calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanis...
If you’re in Vermont, Maine and Canada, you’re in luck. But for the rest of the path of Monday’s total solar eclipse, it could be dicey weather-wise. Clouds are forecast for much of the ecl...
https://wgnradio.com/news/ap-total-solar-eclipse-forecast-will-your-city-have-clear-skies-monday/
GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, left hundreds of thousands o...
A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at one point. A woman wa...
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A new storm swept into California on Thursday and again forced the closure of scenic Highway 1 in iconic Big Sur where one of its two lanes collapsed into the ocean after...
It could be an "extremely active" 2024 hurricane season, according to a long-range forecast from researchers at Colorado State University.
https://wgnradio.com/news/extremely-active-2024-hurricane-season-ahead-researchers-predict/
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A major spring storm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains soaked the East Coast and cleanup work c...
Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvan...
XENIA, Ohio (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000....
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory joins Lisa Dent for his weekly WGN Radio appearance on the afternoon show to talk about his recent spring break trip, what the 'thundersnow' phenomenon ...
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/demetrius-ivory-will-we-experience-thundersnow/
A band of unseasonable spring storms is set to dump snow on much of the upper Midwest and Northeast and bring a significant threat of tornadoes to the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys starting ...
https://wgnradio.com/news/dangerous-spring-storms-threaten-millions-in-us/
It's almost here, perhaps the most important weather forecast for the millions of people planning to be in the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse on April 8.
https://wgnradio.com/weather/latest-weather-forecast-for-the-april-8-total-solar-eclipse/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the annual Easter egg roll at the White House on Monday, but the event eventually rolled ahead under gray skies with a large crowd i...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Easter weekend storm has slammed into Southern California, bringing more rain and mountain snow to a region already drenched by winter weather. The slow-moving storm was e...
Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. Since 1979...