Natural Disasters

Why are we seeing the northern lights in New York?

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, gave a surprise visit over New York and New Jersey overnight due to what forecasters predict a potentially severe geomagnetic storm. A large chunk of northern US states could likely get a g ...

What happens if Lake Lure Dam breaks?

A dam in North Carolina is in imminent danger of failing due to floodwaters driven by Hurricane Helene, local officials have claimed. The National Weather Service has said life-threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urb ...

How do you know a tornado is coming?

Tornado is a violently rotating column of air touching the ground, which is generally attached to the base of a thunderstorm. Tornadoes are the most violent storms in nature. Created by powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause ...

Half a million in Houston suffer from heat, power cuts after deadly storm

As Houston works to clean up and restore power to nearly half a million after deadly storms killed at least seven, a smog warning was issued and temperatures skyrocketed which could pose health risks, reports AP. Meteorologist Mar ...

Utah avalanche: Search crews recover bodies of 2 skiers

Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two skiers who were swept away by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City and buried a day earlier, reports ABC News. The victims, Andrew Cameron, 23, of Utah, and Austin ...

What are Northern Lights that can be seen across parts of US ?

A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun is likely to create dazzling auroras that could be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California, reports CNN. However, it may disrupt communications on Earth ...

At least 1 killed after tornado hits Oklahoma, 5 hurt

A number of tornadoes struck overnight in Oklahoma killing at least one person and injuring five others as they flattened homes and ripped down trees in the northeast corner of the state, according to local media reports. In  ...

4.1 magnitude earthquake hits Corona

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook Corona in Riverside County on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake, which struck just 5.3 miles from Corona at 1:49 pm, was initially reported to be magnitu ...

Oklahoma tornado outbreak kills at least three

At least three people, including an infant, were killed after a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma overnight, as severe storms threaten more twisters, heavy rain, and large hail from Missouri to Texas Sunday. According to the Oklahoma D ...

Taiwan hit by dozens of strong shocks from deadly earthquake

A series of earthquakes hit Taiwan’s capital Taipei overnight into the early hours of Tuesday. The government said they were shocked by a huge deadly quake that hit the island over two weeks ago, reports AFP. The strongest w ...