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☆ Huge winter storm churns across northern U.S., threatening record snowfall
  + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
CHICAGO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A massive winter storm spreading across the U.S. West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making road travel treacherous and disrupting air travel. The National Weather Service issued winter storm, blizzard and high-wind advisories for a broad swath of the western and north-central United States. Some spots in the South may have temperatures that are over 100 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than some places in the Northern Plains, the forecast showed. While the U.S. East has experienced a relatively mild winter, the Northern Plains has had an extreme winter in terms of snowfall and temperatures, NWS meteorologist Matthew Bunkers in South Dakota said. Although the snow storm could wreak havoc on daily life, it was welcomed by skiers.
☆ Winter storm threatens record snowfall in parts of US
  + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
[1/5] Waves come to shore along the coastline as a winter storm approaches Oceanside, California, U.S., February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike BlakeCHICAGO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A winter storm spreading across the U.S. West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making roads treacherous and disrupting air travel. The National Weather Service issued winter storm, blizzard and high-wind advisories for large parts of the western and north-central United States. The agency said these areas will also be under a winter storm warning until Friday and advised people against traveling. Although the snow storm could wreak havoc on daily life, it was welcomed by skiers.
☆ Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
On February 3 a train derailment caused chemical spillage in East Palestine, Ohio. However, the environmental impact of the East Palestine incident should not be ignored, experts say. The chemicals in the East Palestine incident are also not as potent as the nuclear waste in Chernobyl. Nobody died as a result of the East Palestine chemical spillTwo people died immediately following the explosion at Chernobyl. East Palestine resulted in an evacuation, but it was short-livedAfter the derailment, close to 2,000 residents in East Palestine were asked to evacuate.
☆ Worried residents near Ohio train derailment report dead fish and chickens as authorities say it's safe to return
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Aria Bendix | David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Drone footage shows the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 6, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released by the NTSB. For days, authorities have been telling residents of the area around East Palestine, Ohio, that it is safe to return home after a 150-car train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed Feb. 3. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said the chemical spill resulting from the derailment had killed an estimated 3,500 small fish across 7½ miles of streams as of Wednesday. For some people who live near the derailment site, the reports continue to spur fear that they and their animals might be exposed to chemicals through the air, water and soil. The Ohio Department of Agriculture said the risk to livestock remains low.
☆ Kayakers hailed as heroes for rescuing pilot from icy creek after plane crash
  + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Quick-thinking kayakers are being hailed as heroes after helping rescue a pilot whose single-engine plane crashed Monday morning into an icy creek in Maryland, authorities said. The aircraft plummeted into Beards Creek in Edgewater near the Lee Airport shortly before 10:30 a.m., according to Maryland State Police. While the plane was sinking, the pilot exited his plane and stood on the wing. A small plane crashed into an icy creek in Maryland on Monday. WRC/WBALShortly after, personnel with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources arrived by boat, police said.
☆ A ship that sank mysteriously 86 years ago has resurfaced as Utah's Great Salt Lake continues to dry up
  + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Water levels in Utah's Great Salt Lake have reached historic lows revealing a shipwreck. Great Salt Lake State Park Manager Dave Shearer said, "It's very exciting to see a piece of history." Speaking to ABC4, Great Salt Lake State Park Manager Dave Shearer said that the ship plied the lake's waters in several different roles. —Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) December 9, 2022The Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, is drying up due to a megadrought, PBS has reported. Speaking last week about the Great Salt Lake and its diminishing size, Senator Mitt Romney said: "A shrinking Great Salt Lake poses a significant threat to Utah and our neighboring states."
☆ 'Firmageddon': Researchers find 1.1 million acres of dead trees in Oregon
  + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. He Can Be Reached At Evan.Bush Nbcuni.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
“We’re seeing forms of stress in all of our species of trees,” said Christine Buhl, a forest entomologist with the Oregon Department of Forestry. Trained observers peer outside both sides of the plane, looking for noticeable damage to trees. “You definitely have to have a stomach of steel.”This year, the aerial observation program flew over about 69 million acres of Washington and Oregon forest in about 246 hours. Oregon’s average temperatures have risen about 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, according to a 2021 state climate assessment delivered to the state’s Legislature. “It was the combination of the high temperatures in the afternoon with the sun boring down,” said Chris Still, a professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.
☆ Washington Wildfire Burns More Than 1,500 Acres in a Day
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Nakia Creek Fire in Clark County, Wash., has burned more than 1,500 acres as of Monday. A fast-moving wildfire in Washington has charred more than 1,500 acres and forced thousands of evacuations, officials said Monday. Additional firefighters from Oregon will travel to Clark County, Wash., to help get the Nakia Creek Fire under control, said Trina Contreras, a spokeswoman for Washington’s Department of Natural Resources. The fire was about 5% contained on Monday, she said.
☆ Photos show the tragic mass stranding event the killed a super pod of 200 whales in Australia
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
200 long-finned pilot whales have now died in the mass stranding event. The episode comes two years after 380 pilot whales were stranded and died in the same harbor area. - About 200 pilot whales have perished after stranding themselves on an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. GLENN NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty ImagesThis event comes just two years after the largest mass whale stranding happened in the same harbor. The largest ever recorded whale mass stranding was in 1918, when approximately 1,000 pilot whales came ashore on the Chatham Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
☆ Rescue efforts underway for about 230 whales beached in Australia
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
HOBART, Australia — About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast. Griffith University marine scientist Olaf Meynecke said it’s unusual for sperm whales to wash ashore. The department said it is not unusual for sperm whales to be sighted in Tasmania. The pilot whale is notorious for stranding in mass numbers, for reasons that are not entirely understood. Two years ago, about 470 long-finned pilot whales were found beached on sandbars off Tasmania’s west coast in the largest mass-stranding on record in Australia.
☆ Extreme weather could push food inflation even higher
  + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
But as extreme weather events increase in frequency or become even more intense, the unpredictability is becoming more of an economic liability. “And those higher costs are being passed on to consumers.” The rise in food prices is one of the key factors fueling inflation, according to recent CPI data. Extreme weather also can negatively affect companies’ bottom lines, according to research from Paul Griffin, professor of management at UC Davis. Corn crops that died due to extreme heat and drought during a heatwave in Austin, Texas, on Monday, July 11, 2022. Still, the very prospect of more extreme weather could further sap away groundwater and limit the cultivation potential in the future, Smith said.
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