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Available reporting does not substantiate the specific claim that “freezing rain occurred in Seattle this month and caused the death of a homeless person.” Local coverage confirms both (A) that Seattl...
Huron County is currently under a Level 1 Snow Advisory issued by local authorities, a county-level warning that roads are snow‑covered, slippery and subject to blowing/drifting snow, and that motoris...
The core finding is simple and consistent across analyses: , so a person is far more likely to suffer a lightning strike in their lifetime (or even in a year) than to hit a major lottery jackpot. Mult...
Ice storms—defined by the National Weather Service as freezing‑rain events that leave at least 0.25 inches of ice—most commonly strike the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, but significant ev...
Reporting from July 2025 places the statewide death toll from catastrophic Central Texas flash floods in early July 2025 at a range of reports from “at least 82” up through about 135 confirmed dead; m...
San Antonio’s January climate is mild compared with much of the U.S.: typical daytime highs cluster around the low-to-mid 60s °F (about 64°F/18°C) and overnight lows near the low 40s °F (about 40–41°F...
Tucson in January is mild and typically dry: average daytime highs around the mid-60s°F and nighttime lows near 40°F, with mostly sunny conditions and only a few overcast or rainy days each month (Wea...
San Angelo’s January climate is mild by U.S. winter standards: average highs about 58–62°F and average lows around 39–43°F, with typical January precipitation near 0.8–1.3 inches and occasional light ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) is funded primarily through the federal budget process as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which itself is an agency inside the U....
Yes — when sufficiently cold air moves over warmer water the result is commonly steam (evaporation) fog: warm water evaporates into the overlying cold, dry air, that air becomes saturated and tiny wat...
La Niña typically tilts U.S. winter temperature anomalies colder in the northern and north‑central states and warmer/drier in the southern tier, while El Niño tends to shift warmth and wetness into th...
Short answer: available sources do not provide a location-specific, short-term rain forecast for “is it going to rain” at your exact place and time; they give monthly/seasonal outlooks and regional De...
The heaviest snowfall outside countries inside the Arctic Circle in recent reporting and forecasts is concentrated in North America — notably the U.S. Great Lakes / Midwest (lake‑effect corridors and ...
Bisbee’s January climate is cool and generally dry: typical daytime highs cluster around the mid-to-high 50s °F (about 14–16 °C) and nighttime lows near the mid-30s °F (about 1–3 °C) across multiple c...
U.S. federal agencies were directed to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” by Executive Order 14172 signed January 20, 2025; the White House ordered the Interior Secretary to update the Geog...
Jockeys at Aqueduct Racetrack refused to ride after the first race on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, forcing NYRA to cancel the final eight races of a nine‑race card; reports say the protest centered on conce...
A video recorded in January 2016 showing a captured by a local business owner and reported widely at the time; multiple contemporaneous news outlets and federal agencies described the event and warned...
The documents provided suggest a range of viable for the National Weather Service (NWS) beyond strict appropriations: user fees for premium value-added services, public–private partnerships and commer...