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A deep freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm killed dozens of people from the Northeast to the Deep South, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-america-colossal-winter-storm.html Environment Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:05 EST news688751353 A monster storm barreling across swaths of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancellations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into Monday. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-historic-winter-storm.html Environment Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:02:05 EST news688615270 Freezing temperatures plunged swathes of Europe into a second day of travel chaos on Tuesday, with six people dying in weather-related accidents during the continent's bitterest cold snap this winter so far. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-dead-weather-accidents-cold-snap.html Environment Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:40:01 EST news686925143 When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as "once-in-a-century," and heat waves as "record-breaking." While these descriptors may be technically accurate, they miss a more fundamental point: Disasters do not occur in a vacuum. They unfold within environments that humans have designed, built, maintained, and—often—neglected over long periods of time. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-infrastructure-hidden-architecture-disaster.html Environment Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:20:01 EST news686827170 In May 2024, the strongest solar storm in twenty years raged. An international team led by ETH Zurich observed it. Their findings are now helping to improve space weather forecasts. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-solar-region-days.html Astronomy Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:40:03 EST news686849414 Tropical cyclones—also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and intensity—are among the world's most destructive and costly climate disasters. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-tropical-cyclones-globally-people-died.html Environment Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:20:01 EST news681732683 Georgia and northern Florida are likely to be hardest hit by increasing hurricane-induced power outages along the Atlantic coast in the future, with Hispanic, non-white and low-income populations most affected, according to new research led by the University of Michigan. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-analysis-hurricane-power-outages-future.html Environment Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:40:54 EDT news679844450 Standing near the lifeless body of her sister, Rosalia Ortega was grateful to have found her in the river of mud that suddenly swept away her house as torrential rains pounded her Mexican mountain town. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-minutes-mexico-swept-homes-people.html Environment Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:10:01 EDT news679549940 When a storm or tropical cyclone impacts mainland Australia, would you get behind the wheel of a vehicle? https://phys.org/news/2025-10-behaviors-extreme-weather-events-explored.html Social Sciences Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:57:04 EDT news679222622 Hurricane Imelda, now a Category 2 storm, was churning toward Bermuda on Wednesday with sustained winds of 100 mph (160 kph), threatening damaging waves and flooding. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-hurricane-imelda-bound-bermuda-cat.html Environment Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:40:03 EDT news678543887 An international collaboration of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Toronto, have detected the brightest Fast Radio Burst (FRB) to date—and have been able to pinpoint its location in a nearby galaxy by using a network of radio telescopes. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-astronomers-brightest-fast-radio-date.html Astronomy Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:30:01 EDT news677946117 Residents in southern China's Yangjiang were grappling with damaged property and power outages Wednesday evening in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Ragasa, hours after the destructive storm made landfall near the city. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-broken-chinese-residents-typhoon-path.html Environment Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:42:57 EDT news677925772 Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you probably don't think about how every lightning bolt that flashes across the sky also emits a gas, nitrogen oxide (NO), that is also emitted in the exhaust from your car's engine. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-scientists-track-lightning-pollution-real.html Earth Sciences Sat, 30 Aug 2025 05:52:12 EDT news675751916 A new study shows how extreme weather and power outages can impact socially vulnerable populations in counties near the U.S. Gulf Coast. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-links-power-outages-social-vulnerability.html Social Sciences Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:29:45 EDT news672416971 A new study suggests that, under realistic scenarios of high emissions and socioeconomic development, annual heat-related deaths in the U.K. could rise to about 50 times current rates by the 2070s, but that climate change mitigation and adaptation could significantly limit this rise. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-climate-action-limit-uk-deaths.html Environment Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:08 EDT news671355721 Typhoon Danas battered Taiwan's west coast early Monday, killing two people, injuring hundreds and leaving nearly 400,000 households without electricity, authorities said. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-typhoon-danas-hundreds-taiwan.html Environment Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:38:07 EDT news671081883 Some 13,000 years ago, the sun emitted a huge belch of radiation that bombarded Earth and left its imprint in ancient tree rings. That solar storm was the most powerful one ever recorded. The next strongest was the 1859 Carrington Event. It was spurred by a huge solar flare that triggered a powerful geomagnetic storm on Earth. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-world-ready-catastrophic-solar-storm.html Planetary Sciences Thu, 22 May 2025 16:43:04 EDT news667150981 Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-cluster-uk-winter-storms-driven.html Earth Sciences Thu, 27 Mar 2025 06:00:05 EDT news662198101 Research by the Met Office and Newcastle University shows power outage predictions in windstorms improved when accounting for multi-hazard effects. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-accounting-multi-hazard-effects-windstorm.html Environment Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:02:04 EDT news662209320 A Japanese panel of experts issued guidance to greater Tokyo residents on Friday in the event Mount Fuji erupts, telling them to stay indoors unless the ashfall becomes severe. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-japan-panel-response-mount-fuji.html Environment Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:40:01 EDT news661761029 Sanctions are, according to research, effective less than 10% of the time if success is defined as the complete compliance of a sanctioned regime with the imposed external pressure. Taking a more lenient view, which includes partial concessions or negotiated settlements, the success rate rises to 35% at most. https://phys.org/news/2025-02-sanctions-rarely-goals-russia-myanmar.html Economics & Business Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:30:35 EST news659626229 An understanding of the relationship between severe weather and power outages in our changing climate will be critical for hazard response plans, according to a study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study is published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-nationwide-patterns-severe-events-crucial.html Environment Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:00:14 EST news656759221 A deadly storm system dumped heavy snow and freezing rain across the eastern United States on Monday, killing five people and disrupting travel for millions of Americans from the central plains to the capital Washington. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-eastern-major-winter-storm-wreaks.html Environment Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:29:20 EST news655381755 Dangerous wintry conditions descended Sunday on a large swath of the central United States as a severe storm system tracked eastward, prompting travel and work disruptions from Kansas City to Washington. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-central-pummeled-ice-major-storm.html Environment Mon, 06 Jan 2025 08:00:22 EST news655372817 South Korea's capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago, the weather agency said. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-south-korean-capital-november-snowfall.html Environment Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:31:55 EST news651904310 Ireland, Britain and France faced travel chaos on Saturday and one person died as a winter storm battered northwest Europe with strong winds, heavy rain, snow and ice. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-storms-chaos-ireland-france-uk.html Environment Sun, 24 Nov 2024 05:40:01 EST news651648225 The death toll from powerful storm Helene, which battered the southeastern United States, has climbed to at least 155, authorities said Tuesday, as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris prepared to survey the damage. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-death-toll-powerful-storm-helene.html Environment Wed, 02 Oct 2024 05:10:01 EDT news647064194 Across the Southeastern United States, hundreds of roads are closed, power outages continue to be reported and catastrophic flooding devastated mountain towns as the fallout from Hurricane Helene swept through parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia this weekend. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-qa-hurricanes-gulf-trigger-storms.html Earth Sciences Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:44:04 EDT news647005441 Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding power lines. These areas are known as electric rights-of-way, and anything that obstructs access to them can threaten power outages, hinder public safety and make it harder for utility crews to perform necessary maintenance and repairs. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-essential-habitat-good-pollinators-companies.html Plants & Animals Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:14:04 EDT news646409641 Deadly Storm Boris has flooded large areas of central Europe and the UK, destroying homes and displacing thousands of people. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-blame-climate.html Environment Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:58:59 EDT news646394334