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Weather

Houses are pictured amid heavy floodwaters.
Housing
Pennsylvania

‘It’s honestly devastating’: Bucks County dries off and starts to repair after 100-year flood

Officials put more than $1.2 million from the Bucks Emergency Rental Assistance program into the Bucks County Opportunity Council and the local chapter of the YWCA.

4 years ago

An overhead view of destroyed houses in Erftstadt-Blessem
Environment
International
Public Safety

Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows climate action as death toll surpasses 180

“It is shocking — I would almost say that the German language barely has words for the devastation that has been wreaked,” Merkel said at a news conference.

4 years ago

Streets and homes flooded in Newport Beach, Calif., during a high tide in July 2020. So-called sunny day floods are getting more common in coastal cities and towns as sea levels rise due to climate change. (Matt Hartman/AP)
NPR
Environment
Infrastructure
Sustainability

There’s not a cloud in the sky, but your house could still be underwater

Coastal neighborhoods around the U.S. are seeing a steady increase in high tide flooding, as sea level rise accelerates and sends seawater into homes, sewers and streets.

4 years ago

Aa car is pictured in heavy floodwaters
Environment
Public Safety

Bucks County declares emergency to help residents affected by ‘100-year’ flood

Bucks County Commissioners approved an emergency declaration to help residents impacted by the “100-year” storm that hit parts of the Philadelphia suburb earlier this week.

4 years ago

The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles in September.
(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Extreme heat is worse for low-income, nonwhite Americans, a new study shows

The journal Earth's Future provides one of the most detailed looks to date at how differences in heat extremes break down along racial and socioeconomic lines.

4 years ago

A Bucks County resident observes the aftermath of flooding at his residence.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Officials in Burlington, Bucks counties assess storm damage

Known for his criminal justice work in the community, Wayne Jacobs is asking for help.

4 years ago

Houses are pictured amid heavy floodwaters.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
6ABC

Part of Philadelphia region hit with ‘100-year flood,’ National Weather Service says

The torrential rain flooded neighborhoods throughout Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The areas greatest impacted by the storm received 6"-10" of rain in around 3-4 hours.

4 years ago

A firefighter sprays water while trying to stop the Sugar Fire from spreading to neighboring homes
Environment
National
Public Safety

Wildfires rage as West Coast grapples with heat wave, drought

A large swath of the West baked during the weekend in triple-digit temperatures that were expected to continue into the start of the work week.

4 years ago

Heavy rain in Atlantic City as Tropical Storm Elsa made its way past the Jersey Shore. (6ABC)
Environment
New Jersey

Elsa leaves Jersey Shore largely unscathed

Tropical Storm Elsa left minimal impact on the Jersey Shore as it moved through the region overnight.

4 years ago

An overhead shot of the beach in Delaware.
Delaware
New Jersey
Outdoors

Delaware, New Jersey coasts prep for heavy rain from Tropical Storm Elsa

Forecasters say heavy rain, not high wind, will be the biggest impact as Tropical Storm Elsa makes its way through the Mid-Atlantic late Thursday and early Friday.

4 years ago

Kids cool off in the LOVE Park fountain
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly, suburbs take emergency measures as temps rise above 90 degrees

While temperatures are officially in the 90s, the combination of heat and humidity will make conditions feel even hotter, increasing the risk of heat-related illnesses.

4 years ago

Alfredo Salce
Environment

Forecasters expect a busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season

While this hurricane season is expected to be above average, forecasters say it won’t be as bad as 2020.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 4, 2012 file photo, Dave Bailey, right, gulps water from a bottle while hanging inside of a tent on the sidewalk with his sons Daquan Bailey, 14, left, and Davandre Bailey, 17, while beating the heat on Fourth of July in Paterson, N.J. According to a study published Tuesday, May 25, 2021 in Nature Communications, during the summer of 2017 in nearly all large urban areas, people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Environment
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

People of color more exposed to heat islands, study finds

In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found.

4 years ago

A woman from the Mayan community of Tecoh wades through the water in a flood caused by Tropical Storm Cristobal in the town of Tecoh, near Merida in Yucatan State, Mexico, in June 2020. (Luis Perez/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Environment

Expect an above average Atlantic hurricane season this year

The forecast calls for 3 to 5 major hurricanes. The agency also said it's revising upwards what counts as the "normal" number of storms in a season.

4 years ago

A rollercoaster that once sat on the Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., rests in the ocean on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 after the pier was washed away by superstorm Sandy. (Julio Cortez/AP)
NPR
Environment
Sustainability

Climate change’s impact on Hurricane Sandy has a price: $8 billion

Using flood maps and sea-level rise measurements, researchers found that human-induced sea-level rise caused an estimated $8 billion in excess flooding damage during Sandy.

4 years ago

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