In this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo, a military officer wearing a protective suit gives instructions to evacuees from Wuhan, China, as they travel to a hospital after their arrival at a military base in Wroclaw, Poland. Arek and Jenina Rataj were starting a new life in the Chinese industrial center of Wuhan when a viral outbreak spread across the city of 11 million. While they were relatively safe...
Africa's worst locust plague in decades is threatening the continent, and there's no telling just how far the ravenous creatures will...
Last month, Elon Musk said he expected the SpaceX Crew Dragon to launch, with astronauts onboard, sometime between April and June. Now, Ars Technica's Eric Berger reports that first crewed flight could take off on May 7th. Though, due to "a number of variables not hardware related" the launch could happen in late April or later in May. We don't know yet how long the flight will...
On a windy, wintry day, a wobbly chairlift can feel like the scariest place to be. And with potentially record-breaking wind gusts lashing the mountain, Kirkwood Ski Resort in Northern California near the Nevada border wasn't going to take a chance.An unverified 209-mph wind gust was recorded shortly before 8 a.m. PST on Sunday by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Reno. If the...
After imposing a coronavirus quarantine, Barnard heads apologized to students for sending emails that were "not accurate, appropriate, or...
As the coronavirus spreads to countries outside China, flight attendants shared their thoughts about working in air travel during an...
After 2019's nightmare of a year for farmers in the United States, AccuWeather is predicting a record-setting corn crop, as well as a substantial increase year-over-year in soybean production."The crop story for 2020 is the bounce-back in U.S. production for both corn and soybeans," said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Jason Nicholls.AccuWeather is predicting U.S. corn production...
Indian crew members shared a video on Facebook, begging their government to rescue all 160 of them. They are afraid of "who will be...
In a province near the coronavirus epicenter, China has reported an animal outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in...
The New Year holidays were originally set to end on January 30, but amid the outbreak of deadly coronavirus authorities decided to extend the...
Multiple months' worth of rain in a matter of days caused dangerous flooding across the Australian state of New South Wales, but it also extinguished dozens of fires that have ravaged the country for months.An influx of moisture from the Tasman Sea helped spark widespread rainfall and thunderstorms from across central and eastern New South Wales since late last week.The heaviest rainfall in...
In addition to the ongoing flooding concerns from the Deep South to the Tennessee Valley and mid-Atlantic, severe thunderstorms may also threaten the region on Wednesday.Residents across much of the lower Mississippi River Valley through the Southeast coast have already been on alert following damaging winds and tornadoes that swept through the area last week.Some parts of the South won't have...