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US drought outlook doesn’t look good at all!

US drought outlook doesn’t look good at all!

US Seasonal drought Outlook valid for April 21-July 31, 2022 via NOAA Latest Seasonal Assessment – Drought expansion and intensification dominated most areas from the Rockies to the Pacific Coast, but…

Wildfires Merge, Spread in New Mexico, Arizona as High Winds Beleaguer Fire Crews

Wildfires Merge, Spread in New Mexico, Arizona as High Winds Beleaguer Fire Crews

Evan Craighead All materialsWrite to the author More than 174 square miles (450 square kilometers) have been burned in Arizona and New Mexico as numerous fires of considerable size destroyed…

‘It’s going to be a long one this year’: Southwest officials warn of explosive wildfire season as blaze in Arizona reaches 20,000 acres and forces hundreds to evacuate their homes

‘It’s going to be a long one this year’: Southwest officials warn of explosive wildfire season as blaze in Arizona reaches 20,000 acres and forces hundreds to evacuate their homes

The Tunnel Fire, burning near Flagstaff in Arizona, was first reported on Sunday afternoon and by Wednesday night was burning almost 20,000 acres The fire was burning nine square miles on…

Thousands evacuate as Arizona’s Tunnel Fire explodes to 6,000 acres and races towards homes on the outskirts of Flagstaff: High winds whip the blaze into 100-foot ‘wall of fire’

Thousands evacuate as Arizona’s Tunnel Fire explodes to 6,000 acres and races towards homes on the outskirts of Flagstaff: High winds whip the blaze into 100-foot ‘wall of fire’

Tunnel Fire was 0 percent contained at 6,000 acres near Flagstaff on TuesdayThousands of residents were evacuated as the wildfire with 100-foot flames raced toward homesIts not yet clear what…

Montana unprecedented April snowstorm dumps almost 4 FEET of snow in 24 hours on Tobacco Root Mountains (video and pictures)

Montana unprecedented April snowstorm dumps almost 4 FEET of snow in 24 hours on Tobacco Root Mountains (video and pictures)

Historic storms have pummeled parts of the U.S. with blizzards, record-breaking hail and tornadoes, causing widespread damage across the central and southern states. Montana and North Dakota were slammed by the…

Corrupt to the core: US congressman reveals seats on committees are ‘literally’ bought

Corrupt to the core: US congressman reveals seats on committees are ‘literally’ bought

Seats on Congress’ most powerful committees are literally offered for sale to special interest groups, said Representative Mo Brooks © Getty Images / fStop Images – Antenna In a video that circulated…

Two killed, hundreds of homes burned in New Mexico wildfire

Two killed, hundreds of homes burned in New Mexico wildfire

The McBride Fire burns in the heart of the village in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States, April 12, 2022. (Reuters photo) An elderly couple died in their home as they…

Hydro power is decreasing as climate change hangs the Southwestern US out to dry.

Hydro power is decreasing as climate change hangs the Southwestern US out to dry.

DOUG JOHNSON Enlarge / Water levels at the Hoover Dam are well below capacity.Jorge Villalba 198WITH 103 POSTERS PARTICIPATING SHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWITTER News that Arizona’s Lake Powell is slowly but surely drying…

The Texas drought is the worst in years. Are we on the brink of widespread disaster

The Texas drought is the worst in years. Are we on the brink of widespread disaster

BY DALIA FAHEID Texas is in the worst drought conditions since 2011, when 95% of the state was in drought. Eleven years ago, parched conditions caused over $7 billion in…

Deadly tornadic storms rip through US south and midwest, killing 2, injuring dozens and causing widespread power outages and damage (videos and pictures)

Deadly tornadic storms rip through US south and midwest, killing 2, injuring dozens and causing widespread power outages and damage (videos and pictures)

Severe storms that included at least two confirmed tornadoes injured several people on Wednesday, damaged houses and businesses and downed power lines in Mississippi and Tennessee after they spread damage…

California drought: Sierra snowpack falls to one of lowest levels in 70 years

California drought: Sierra snowpack falls to one of lowest levels in 70 years

January-March was driest such three-month period in San Francisco since records began during Gold Rush Nick Ellis, Lauren Alkire, and Sean de Guzman of the California Department of Water Resources,…

Almost 20,000 people are ordered to evacuate fast-approaching Boulder, Colorado wildfire as it’s fanned by strong winds: 8,000 properties are under threat

Almost 20,000 people are ordered to evacuate fast-approaching Boulder, Colorado wildfire as it’s fanned by strong winds: 8,000 properties are under threat

Wildfire is burning near the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado with 19,000 ordered to evacuate on Saturday afternoonFire was estimated to have quickly grown from 60 acres…

Almost 100 Areas Within US Are Set to Break Record High Temperatures This Weekend

Almost 100 Areas Within US Are Set to Break Record High Temperatures This Weekend

CC BY-SA 4.0 / Rosser1954 / Cracked earth in a ditch after prolonged drought Mary Manley All materials The western United States is expected to break records this weekend with heat that will prompt…

Louisiana family gets ride of their life when house is picked up by tornado and carried into the street: New Orleans declares a state of emergency after tornadoes damage more than 12,000 buildings and kill one man

Louisiana family gets ride of their life when house is picked up by tornado and carried into the street: New Orleans declares a state of emergency after tornadoes damage more than 12,000 buildings and kill one man

Louisiana’s governor declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after storms ripped through New Orleans The storm is the latest to devastate a region still reeling from Hurricane Ida and Hurricane…

Videos: Abbot Declares Disaster in Texas After Tornadoes Tear Across US South

Videos: Abbot Declares Disaster in Texas After Tornadoes Tear Across US South

© Sputnik Screenshot Subscribe A band of powerful storms is cutting its way across the American South, bringing torrential rain, powerful wind and numerous tornadoes from central Texas eastward. At…

Kenosha Off-Duty Police Officer Kneels on 12-Year-Old Girl’s Neck Amid School Melee – Video

Kenosha Off-Duty Police Officer Kneels on 12-Year-Old Girl’s Neck Amid School Melee – Video

The girl’s father, Jerrel Perez, demands criminal charges against Shawn Guetschow, pointing to the fact that the now-retired police officer used a type of restraint against the teenager that was…

California drought conditions predicted to worsen in coming months, federal forecasters say

California drought conditions predicted to worsen in coming months, federal forecasters say

More hot, dry weather on tap across American West as California enters third year of severe drought NOAA, the agency that oversees the National Weather Service, on Thursday March 17,…

California slashes supplies to water agencies amid record drought

California slashes supplies to water agencies amid record drought

Emma Newburger@EMMA_NEWBURGER California water officials on Friday said they are slashing State Water Project allocations from 15% to 5% for urban water consumers and farmers as the state grapples with…

In an about-face, liberal US cities target homeless people

In an about-face, liberal US cities target homeless people

City of Seattle workers remove tents, trash, and personal belongings from a stretch of sidewalk across from City Hall that had been used by people experiencing homelessness, on March 9,…

Lake Powell catastrophic water crisis: Unprecedented water levels threatening hydropower generation in the West

Lake Powell catastrophic water crisis: Unprecedented water levels threatening hydropower generation in the West

The continued ‘megadrought’ in the West has brought a critical reservoir down to extraordinarily low levels, further endangering the region’s water supply. Officials say Lake Powell is shrinking to a…

Videos: Late Winter Storm Slams US East Coast With Strong Winds & Inches of Snow

Videos: Late Winter Storm Slams US East Coast With Strong Winds & Inches of Snow

© AP Photo / Jim Gerberich Kirill Kurevlev Correspondent All materials Write to the author Earlier, the US National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings, Winter Storm Watches, and Winter…

One of America’s most important reservoirs Lake Powell is at just QUARTER capacity sparking fears of drought and power cuts for more than five million who rely on Glen Canyon Dam

One of America’s most important reservoirs Lake Powell is at just QUARTER capacity sparking fears of drought and power cuts for more than five million who rely on Glen Canyon Dam

Lake Powell has had a series of record low water levels over the past decade Experts predict it could hit a ‘trigger point’ low water mark in the coming weeksThis is…

US Clearly Has No Substitute Plan After Banning Russian Oil, May Face Recession, Investor Says

US Clearly Has No Substitute Plan After Banning Russian Oil, May Face Recession, Investor Says

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Biden administration does not have an alternative plan to secure oil supplies after it banned Russian oil and energy imports and may quickly face a recession…

Florida Evacuates 1,100 Households Amid Massive Wildfires That Scorched About 35,000 Acres

Florida Evacuates 1,100 Households Amid Massive Wildfires That Scorched About 35,000 Acres

Several massive wildfires in the Florida Panhandle spread through thousands of acres, forcing local authorities to evacuate over 1,000 households. The situation is also complicated by strong winds that have…

Nearly 75% of Pacific Northwest in some level of drought

Nearly 75% of Pacific Northwest in some level of drought

by Joe English, KATU Staff PORTLAND, Ore. — With nearly three-quarters of the Pacific Northwest under some level of drought, some areas can only expect it to get worse. Others probably won’t…

‘It could happen tomorrow’: Experts know disaster upon disaster looms for West Coast

‘It could happen tomorrow’: Experts know disaster upon disaster looms for West Coast

Joel Shannon Brown pelicans fly in front of the San Francisco skyline Aug 17, 2018. It’s the elevators that worry earthquake engineering expert Keith Porter the most. Scientists say a…

Biden fails to use Ukraine crisis to cover partisan struggles in US

Biden fails to use Ukraine crisis to cover partisan struggles in US

State of the Union shuns provoking China, showing US limited ability: experts By Yang Sheng and Zhang Han Joe Biden Photo: CFP US President Joe Biden finally made his delayed State of…

Another sign of Imperial decline as the Empire’s next door neighbor, Mexico declines to join Russia sanctions

President Lopez Obrador says his country won’t take part in trying to punish Moscow over its attack on Ukraine Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is shown at a press…

US’ human rights situation worsened in 2021: report

US’ human rights situation worsened in 2021: report

By Xu Keyue    US human rightsChina’s State Council Information Office on Monday issued the Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2021. The report said the human rights…

Two snowstorms expected to barrel from California to the Northeast and affect up to 200m begin: More than 800 flights scheduled for Wednesday are canceled

Two snowstorms expected to barrel from California to the Northeast and affect up to 200m begin: More than 800 flights scheduled for Wednesday are canceled

Two major winter storms will dump heavy snow and blow fierce winds in the Midwest, New England and Southwestern United States on Tuesday One system was expected to bring more than…