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Natural disasters with acute onsets include events such as earthquake, flood, hurricane or typhoon, tornado, fire, tsunami or storm surge, avalanche, volcanic eruption, extreme cold or blizzard ...

Fire Chief Sherrocko Stewart said it will be ... The original structure on Arledge Street was destroyed by an EF-3 tornado on Jan. 21, 2017. The tornado killed four people and caused major damage ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

Jan. 31, 2025 — A new study of satellite imagery and high-resolution climate model data upends previous assumptions and provides insight about how the atmosphere and ocean weather patterns ...

Oklahoma is enjoying a taste of “fake spring” today, with highs soaring to 80 degrees in Oklahoma City—nearly 30 degrees above average for early February. After a weekend of sunshine and ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity ...

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That heat extended across much of Oklahoma, with upper 80s in western parts of the state. But change is already knocking on our door. A powerful Arctic front is pushing down from the north ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Unseasonably warm temperatures continue again with highs heading for the mid 80s again today. The record high in Austin is 85º set in 2021 at Camp Mabry and we’ll be close to ...