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Calm weather is a good time to find out your city’s risk for flooding before the next storm. It’s easy - just enter your address or zip code into the Flood Factor app and find out if you, your family or friends live in a flood zone so you can get prepared now.  Here’s...

86 million American in the West and Southeast are under heat alerts as rain and thunderstorms move across the Northeast. But over the weekend, temperatures are expected to be a little lower and provide a semblance of normalcy. This is a good time to get your disaster...

It’s still hot and now many Americans are dealing with a severe rain making system. The Midwest and South weathered the rain a few days ago and now it’s traveling up the I-95 corridor from Wilmington to Maine and beyond. Authorities have issued flash flood watches...

July 2023 brought the world's hottest weather in history. The U.S. had four conservative days of 90+ degree weather and over 55 million people were under a heat advisory. Across the globe, many countries suffered through the most oppressive temperatures ever...

A trivector, of heat, thunderstorms, and air quality, is causing weather instability across the country. Extremely hot weather and straight line winds spun tornadoes in the mid-west. Severe thunderstorms are expected to impact people in 15 states and atmospheric haze...

Tropical Storms Bret and Cindy’s simultaneous June appearance is rare. The last time two June storms, Brenda and Candy, swirled in the Atlantic Ocean was over 50 years ago in 1968. Typically, concurrent storms form during the peak of hurricane season in August or...

Six tornadoes tore through Mississippi in the last 24 hours. One person died and two dozen people were injured. 100 mph straight-line winds uprooted trees leaving widespread damage to the Powergrid. In Mississippi and across the south, 35 million people are facing...

Tornadoes, rainstorms, and flooding are reminders to get your Hurricane Kit together before the next disaster. The 2023 Hurricane Season started June 1. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expect stormy weather to continue this week. Get your...

Uncle Richard is soaring with a new pair of wings.  Born in Jim Crow Mississippi, he moved to Flint, married, raised a family, experienced scary and glorious adventures, retired from 'The Shop' etc.... Along his 78-year journey, I remember my family awaiting Uncle...