Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms also hit other parts of the Midwest such as Wisconsin and Nebraska. According to the National Weather Service, there were 23 tornado reports on Tuesday — with many coming from the Midwest.
Tuesday’s natural disasters follow a series of severe storms that have ravaged other parts of the country, including Houston and Portage, Mich., in recent weeks.
Several Iowa counties were still without power Wednesday morning, forcing some schools to cancel classes. At a press conference Tuesday evening, Iowa police confirmed that a number of people were killed as a result of the tornadoes, but they were unable to provide an exact number.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds authorized an emergency proclamation for 15 counties in Iowa — allowing the state government to provide financial assistance to its inhabitants. Reynolds is scheduled to visit the small town of Greenfield, which was the hardest hit by Tuesday’s storms, on Wednesday.
STORY: :: Shanghai temperatures soar above 100 fahrenheit as the city declares an orange heatwave alert:: July 4, 2024"It is super hot. Sweat is dripping down and I keep sweating like a pig all the time. It's really super hot. I feel like everybody feels the same. Everyone on the street wears short sleeves, but I wear long sleeves for sun protection. It’s super hot, so stuffy and sticky.""I feel that it is really hot outside today. It's so hot that I feel like I'm suffering from a slight heat stroke. So I have to stay here in the shade, buy some cold drinks and rest here."The heatwave is expected to continue to bake the eastern Chinese city throughout the weekend, the meteorological bureau said.China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the country's weather bureau warned on Thursday.
With lengthy fangs and a massive skull, a giant salamander-like creature was likely the terror of polar swamps 40 million years before the dinosaurs appeared.
STORY: :: People take a boat trip to witness the dramatic volcanic eruption of Stromboli, in Italy:: July 4, 2024:: Near Stromboli, Italy:: Marco MalaspinaEruptions at Italy's Mount Etna and the smaller Stromboli volcano spewed hot ash and lava, raising alert levels on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and forcing a temporary shutdown of Catania Airport on Friday (July 5).Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has seen intense activity in recent days, lighting up the sky near the city of Catania, while Stromboli off the northern Sicilian coast has spilled lava into the sea.Italy's civil protection agency issued its top, red alert for Stromboli, warning the situation could deteriorate.
A fire burning at a peat bog operation in Foxley River, in western P.E.I., continues to smoulder. The fire started June 17 at Gulf Island Peat Moss, north of Tyne Valley. Two days later, crews had managed to control the fire around its perimeter. Now, officials say they hope to have it extinguished soon. "By monitoring the fire and acting when needed, we are not allowing the fire to grow into open flames," officials with the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action said in a statemen
The West is sizzling under a major, prolonged heatwave through July 4 and beyond that’s bringing triple-digit temperatures and fueling wildfire risk as thousands have had to flee their homes from an advancing Northern California blaze.
The combination of a hurricane, heat wave and a multi-day blackout is a nightmare scenario, but it’s one that is set to become more common as humans continue to warm the planet.
The boy died of a "heat-related medical event" after hiking with his family in South Mountain Park and Preserve, according to the Phoenix Police Department
It's as if the sky opened up and dropped everything it had in a matter of minutes. It's the time of year when Arizona and New Mexico receive about half of their annual precipitation, from mid-June through September. From church altars and farm houses to city halls, prayers, songs and even festivals are held in hopes of having a bountiful monsoon, enough to water crops and provide drinking water but not too much to turn roads into rivers and wash away homes where wildfires have reduced mountainsides to ash.
North Dakota public safety officials said several train cars carrying hazardous material are still on fire after about 25 to 30 derailed early Friday morning near Bordulac.
Torrential rains and surging rivers across northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh have killed at least nine people, disaster officials said Thursday, with more than three million people affected.In low-lying Bangladesh, downstream from India, the disaster management agency said floods had impacted around 1.8 million people.