More than 200 flights have been canceled as travel chaos hit the Midwest on Tuesday when up to 15 inches blanketed a few states during a major winter storm that left 100 million people under weather advisories. The storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the middle of the country while … Read more
A destructive tornado has hit Alabama, trapping people in their homes, damaging buildings and downing trees – while a major winter storm blanketed parts of the Midwest. The tornado hit in Fultondale about 10.30pm, with Jefferson County under a watch until 1am. It caused significant damage and multiple people were trapped in buildings and cars, … Read more
Hospitals across the US – including in the Great Plains, the Midwest and the Southwest – are seeing record highs of COVID-19 patients. As of Tuesday, more than 43,000 people were hospitalized as the country deals with a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to The COVID Tracking Project. These are levels not seen … Read more
A rare storm packing 100 mph winds has left more than 1.1million Americans without power across the Midwest as it caused widespread destruction with blown over trees, flipped vehicles, property damage and several severe weather warnings as it turned toward embattled Chicago. The derecho, a widespread weather system with a long line of storms packing high winds, … Read more
The COVID-19 death toll has now surpassed 150,000 after spiking by more than 10,000 in just 11 days with hotspot states Florida, California and Texas hitting record daily fatalities – as infections across the US plateau for the first time in two months but continue to spread across Midwest states. The number of Americans who … Read more
Two dams burst after several days of rainfall Tuesday forcing the evacuation of around 10,000 people in mid-Michigan, where the governor said one county could be ‘under approximately 9 feet of water’ by Wednesday morning. For the second time in less than 24 hours, families living along two lakes and a river were ordered Tuesday … Read more