Spokane Valley Fire Department (SPOKANE, Wash.) — Evacuations are in place as three wildfires burn in eastern Washington state, officials said. The largest of the blazes — known as the Gray Fire, located in and around Medical Lake in Spokane County — has burned approximately 9,500 acres and is 0% contained, […]
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, with Hilary expected to be the first tropical storm to hit the region since Nora in 1997. Hurricane Hilary has entered cooler water and is starting to weaken. The storm has […]
NASA (NEW YORK) — NASA is asking amateur astronomers to help the agency study the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Next month, NASA will be observing the two planets via its New Horizons spacecraft, originally designed to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a disc of icy bodies beyond the […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Po’omaika’i Estores-Losano normally texts in a group chat with his family every day. But since the wildfires tore through Lahaina last week, his family hasn’t heard from the 28-year-old father of two. “He would text us every day like, ‘Hope you have a good […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Heavy rains set off flooding in Cedar City that hit homes and streets, as well as the hospital and the Iron County Jail on Thursday. The hospital kept treating patients even as water invaded the emergency department, med search units, the cafeteria, and some patient rooms. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah National guard commander Major General Michael Turley has been placed on administrative leave. The decision was made following an investigation by the U.S. Army Inspector General Agency. According to reports, the two-year investigation determined that Turley was involved in an inappropriate relationship with a […]
ABC News (KAHANA, Hawaii) — Along the shores of Kahana, a community five miles north of Lahaina, on the island of Maui, residents have been hauling coolers and boxes off boats up to a makeshift distribution center. “We all made our calls to the family” for help, one resident told […]
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Ohio-based company is voluntarily recalling over 100,000 of its products for young kids due to the potential for injuries, including head injuries. The Simplay3 Company has received over one dozen reports of its Toddler Tower product “tipping over while in use,” according to the […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hilary, now a powerful Category 4 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in Mexico’s Baja California by Sunday morning and then weaken to a tropical storm before crossing into California Sunday night. Southern California — including San Diego and Palm Springs — is bracing for […]
