FRANKFORT, KY (WOWK) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Kentucky Emergency Management director Michael Dossett are continuing to keep the state…
Posts published in “Weather Stories”
Tracking the Tropics: Historically low level of tropical activity as hurricane season nears end
By The Citizen on November 17, 2021
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With two weeks left to go in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, tropical activity has been almost non-existent, despite La Nina…
Louisiana man reportedly attacked, dismembered by alligator during Hurricane Ida flooding
By The Citizen on August 31, 2021
SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — A Louisiana woman says her husband was attacked and dismembered by an alligator on Monday during flooding from Hurricane Ida. Follow…
Hurricane Henri: How to prepare for hurricane conditions
By The Citizen on August 21, 2021
NEW YORK (WPIX/NEXSTAR) – As Hurricane Henri takes aim at the Northeast, officials warned it was residents’ last chance to prepare their families and their…
At least 30 unaccounted for after storms in Haywood Co., damage assessment underway
By The Citizen on August 18, 2021
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – Haywood County officials updated on storm aftermath in the area on Wednesday, saying that at least 30 people are unaccounted…
Historic Pacific Northwest heat wave may have killed hundreds
By The Citizen on July 1, 2021
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of deaths in Canada, Oregon and Washington may have been caused by the historic heat wave that baked the Pacific…
12 dead in Alabama due to Tropical Depression Claudette, including 10 children
By The Citizen on June 20, 2021
Tropical Depression Claudette claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern U.S., causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens…
EF-1 tornado with 100 mph winds hit Burlington, Whitsett areas, National Weather Service confirms
By The Citizen on March 19, 2021
An EF-1 tornado touched down in the Burlington and Whitsett areas on Thursday, according to preliminary survey results from the National Weather Service. Preliminary NWS…
Power outages continue across Appalachia after winter storms
By The Citizen on February 20, 2021
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thousands of residents across West Virginia and eastern Kentucky remain without power due to severe winter weather. In West Virginia, Appalachian…
Another casualty of 2020: The magic of the snow day
By The Citizen on December 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Even before the first flakes fell, New York City’s first big snowfall of the season was doomed to be a gloomy…