Wild Summer 2018
Tracking the storms, fires, floods, earthquakes and recoveries for the 2018 summer season.
Power company under pressure to explain actions before California wildfire
Victims of California's worst wildfire asking why state's largest utility didn't shut off power in high-risk areas
Officials In California Tally Losses, Release Missing Persons List
At least 56 people have died in the Camp Fire, which has destroyed entire neighborhoods and continues to burn. Meanwhile, Butte County says about 300 people are missing.
"Firefighters have been working diligently to attack the fire through direct and indirect methods," authorities said. …
Southern California wildfire threatens 30,000 homes, forces evacuations
A pair of rapidly intensifying wildfires in Ventura County, California, are forcing thousands of evacuations and already burning structures.
The Woolsey Fire, the blaze currently causing the most concern for firefighters, was up to 7,500 acres around 1:30 a.m. local time, according to th…
‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss
Insects are vanishing even in a pristine tropical forest, and an ecologist calls this "one of the most disturbing articles I have ever read.”
In 2014, an international team of biologists estimated that, in the past 35 years, the abundance of invertebrates such as beetles and bees had dec…
'This Is A War Zone': Hurricane Michael Leaves Deadly Trail Through Southeast
At least 11 people have died from Hurricane Michael, which slammed into Florida's Panhandle with 155-mph winds on Wednesday. The storm hacked a trail of catastrophic destruction in Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia before finally heading back out over water.
Five deaths were reported i…
'It's gone': Mexico Beach, Fla., left in ruins by Hurricane Michael
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin struggled to find the words to describe the sheer devastation left by Hurricane Michael as she flew in a helicopter above Mexico Beach, Fla., on Thursday morning.
“It’s gone. It’s gone,” Baldwin said before her cameraman panned to long rows of leveled homes below. “I…
Hurricane Michael becomes Category 4 brute, targets Florida Panhandle -- live updates
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says Hurricane Michael is packing even more punch: It strengthened into a Category 4 storm early Wednesday, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. According to the NHC's latest advisory, Michael could produce a life-threatening storm surge as high as 13 feet…
"Monstrous" Hurricane Michael eyeing Florida's Gulf Coast
MIAMI -- Michael gained new strength over warm tropical waters amid a forecast that it would swiftly intensify into a major hurricane before striking Florida's northeast Gulf Coast, where frantic coastal residents were boarding up homes and seeking evacuation routes away from the dangerous stor…
Indonesia tsunami: Tears and hope amid the rubble as aid arrives
Palu, Indonesia (CNN)The ground was still shaking when Martinus Hamaele entered the shattered ruins of the Mercure Hotel, a five-storey building on the Palu coast, shortly after the earthquake and tsunami which devastated the city on Friday.
Screams and cries for help led him to six diff…
Huge surge in Indonesia quake toll
At least 832 people were killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency says.
Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in Friday's 7.5-magnitude earthquake, agency spokesman Suto…
Hurricane Florence remains Category 4, track pushes farther south
Hurricane Florence continues to be a dangerous Category 4 storm. The National Weather Service says it "will likely be the storm of a lifetime for portions of the Carolina coast."
The storm started to track south Wednesday morning, but an official with Federal Emergency Management Agency…
Fearsome Five: Florence, Helene, Isaac, Olivia, and Mangkhut by Bob Henson | Category 6
All by itself, Tropical Storm Florence is plenty to contend with, but there is much more going on during this turbo-charged peak of the Northern Hemisphere hurricane season
Tropical Storm Florence approach prompts state-of-emergency declaration in North Carolina
Tropical Storm Florence drew closer to the East Coast overnight and was expected to reach hurricane strength Sunday -- possibly becoming a major hurricane thereafter, forecasters said early Saturday.
Hurricane Lane is the dangerous Category 5 storm that's headed toward Hawaii
Hurricane Lane strengthened into a Category 5 storm as it rolled toward Hawaii -- just two weeks after Hurricane Hector passed the islands.
Trump to Relax Rules for Coal-Fired Plants, Likely Leading to Surge in CO2 Emissions
The new proposed rules that are set to be unveiled this week are the latest in a broad effort to rollback regulation designed to combat climate change.
Mendocino Complex fire now second-largest in California history, officials say
As residents whose homes were threatened by the deadly Carr Fire in Redding begin to return home, the Mendocino Complex Fire in Lake County grew again overnight to become the second-largest wildfire in California's history, officials said.
The world has never seen a Category 6 hurricane. But the day may be coming
One NASA scientist suggests that by the end of the century hurricanes could reach wind speeds of 230 mph if current global warming trends continue.
Hurricane Beryl takes aim at eastern Caribbean; will likely miss Puerto Rico
Hurricane Beryl is churning in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and taking aim at the small islands that make up the eastern Caribbean. It appears, based on the current track, the storm will skirt just south of Puerto Rico, portions of which remain in the dark nine months after Hurricane Maria.…
Macrolide use in pregnancy tied to higher risk of birth defects
The study, published this week in the BMJ, looked at data on more than 100,000 children born in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2016 to mothers who w…
In a Huge First, Physicists Have Captured Individual Atoms And Watched Them Merge
To understand how atoms unite to turn into molecules, we need to catch them in action. But to do that, physicists must force atoms to pause long enou…
President Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, who served time in Colorado
"We have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich. He served eight years in jail. That’s a long time. I watched his wife on television. I don’t know …
North Carolina court blocks voter ID law as discriminatory
In December, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the same voter ID law, finding that it was at least partially motivated by an at…
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