Extreme Weather

A “bomb cyclone” swept across the northwest U.S., knocking down trees, causing widespread power outages and leaving at least two people dead.

Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually call bombogenesis. It’s the rapid intensification of a cyclone in a short period of time, and it can happen during powerful storms such as the one northern California and the Pacific Northwest are preparing for this week.

The tri-state area, along with most of the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, continues to choke under prolonged exposure to the dense smoke filtering in from Quebec, Canada this week.  It is the result of a “perfect storm” of phenomena coming together in the wrong place and at the wrong time. First, there are the fires themselves. They are producing copious…

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Rafael has weakened to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane.

A number of brush fires are burning right now in New Jersey, including the “Shotgun Fire” in Jackson Township and another blaze in Englewood Cliffs. The dangerous and dry conditions making things difficult for firefighters. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace and Adam Harding report.

The latest update to the U.S. Drought Monitor was issued Thursday and the news isn’t good.  The tri-state area is withering in a prolonged and increasingly extreme drought situation.  It started in September, when we got off to a very dry start. We ended the month with a large rain deficit. And then came October, We got a whopping...

Hurricane Rafael was moving west across the Gulf Coast of Mexico Friday, bringing the threat of life-threatening conditions to the southern United States coastline, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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The latest update to the U.S. Drought Monitor was issued Thursday and the news isn’t good.  The tri-state area is withering in a prolonged and increasingly extreme drought situation.  It started in September, when we got off to a very dry start. We ended the month with a large rain deficit. And then came October, We got a whopping...

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Anger and frustration erupted in Spain on Sunday as King Felipe VI surveyed the damage from historic flash floods that killed more than 200 people.

Authorities say flash floods in Spain turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 people.

Devastating floods have killed at least 205 people in eastern and southern Spain, local officials announced Friday.

The Environmental Voter Project says more than 130,000 first-time voters, who prioritize climate change, have already cast ballots. Combined with the impacts of extreme weather and climate change, they could decide this election. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us where climate voters could have the most influence.

With no measurable rain for nearly all of October, and none in the forecast for the next few days, the tri-state’s fire danger keeps increasing. Crews in part of New Jersey are still trying to get a handle on a wildfire that at one point threatened some buildings. Fires like these could become more frequent as the dry spell continues. NBC...

Low humidity and a staggering lack of precipitation have led to an elevated risk of fire across the tri-state area. Throughout Connecticut and New Jersey, the fire danger is considered very high. Across the Hudson Valley, NYC, and Long Island, New York state is under a moderate risk of fire danger. In New Jersey, smoky conditions could be seen from…

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There has been no measurable rain in the tri-state area for the entire month of October, and it’s igniting concerns about the fire danger in new jersey. And due to the lack of rain, people are being asked to conserve water. Farmers say it’s been tough. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.