Record heat Thursday with a much colder weekend ahead
We challenge record high temperatures Thursday and Friday ahead of a big weekend cooldown.
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Two powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks rock Panama, prompting evacuations
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Panama, collapsing buildings and prompting evacuations. The quake occurred Friday morning near Pitaloza Arriba in the Herrera province. Residents in Panama City felt the tremors, and aftershocks have continued, including a 6.6 magnitude quake Friday afternoon.
Duke Energy prepares for remnants of Hurricane Isaias in western Carolinas
Utility crews are mobilizing as the eastern edge of Hurricane Isaias threatens to bring power outages, heavy rain, and strong wind gusts to the NC mountains and SC Upstate this weekend.
Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the US Gulf Coast
Isaias has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it surges toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center reports that the storm's maximum sustained winds increased to 100 mph on Thursday.
Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strike the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaias is gaining strength off eastern Mexico and should become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before it strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. The storm is on track to tie or break a 121-year-old record as the latest first Atlantic hurricane of the season.
Gentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska's Fat Bear Week
After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.
The final showdown of Alaska's Fat Bear Week comes down to heavyweights Bear 910 and Backpack
After a week of fierce competition, Bear 910 and Backpack have emerged as finalists for the Fat Bear Week title of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. But there can only be one winner of Fat Bear Week and it’s up to the voters to decide Tuesday.
Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 130,000 without power as high tides threaten coast
A powerful, slow-moving nor’easter continued to batter the Northeast on Sunday, leaving more than 130,000 customers without power and threatening coastal communities with another round of flooding at high tide. The storm remained just south of Long Island and east of northern New Jersey and was expected to linger in the region for about another day.
Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska’s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?
After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve against each other for the title of most oversized ursine.
