A ‘glacial outburst’ prompted a flooding crisis in Alaska. What is that?

Water from a melting glacier has caused a river near Alaska’s capital city of Juneau to swell to historic levels amid a “glacial outburst” event that has prompted flooding fears and evacuations. Tap below to read the article by Doyle Rice…

First glimpses of fall 2025 forecast warn of high temperatures across USA

Weather forecasters have their first predictions about what to expect as hot summer weather turns to a cooler fall — or doesn’t. Forecasts of above-average temperatures abound, along with concern about what a hot fall could mean for wildfires. Tap…

How Hurricane Oscar fooled forecasters, became smallest on record

Hurricane Oscar, now downgraded to a tropical storm over Cuba, was the smallest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, meteorologists said Monday. When the storm formed on Saturday, hurricane hunters found the extent of Oscar’s hurricane wind field was only…