Plains megafire grows to nearly twice the size of Chicago with more dangerous weather to come

Dangerous, critical fire weather conditions persist Wednesday after more than a dozen new wildfires torched tens of thousands ...
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Plains megafire burns a Chicago-sized area spanning two states with more dangerous weather to come

Dangerous, critical fire weather conditions persist Wednesday after more than a dozen new wildfires torched tens of thousands ...

January 23, 2026 — Winter storm begins, bringing ice, heavy snow to much of the US

The National Weather Service is forecasting 13 inches for the city. The biggest snowstorm Oklahoma City has ever seen dumped 13.5 inches on December 24, 2009. Oklahoma City has had only three storms ...

The eastern US has been gripped by an Arctic freeze. That’s about to change

The US is a nation divided, with frigid conditions, snow and ice entrenched east of the Rockies all the way into Florida, and record warmth and paltry snowfall in the West.

Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center

Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center ...

Global warming forced scientists to change the way they look at El Niño

The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

February 1, 2026 — Bomb cyclone drops historic amounts of snow on Southeast as snowflakes fly in Florida freeze

A historic snowstorm has blanketed eastern North Carolina, creating dangerous travel conditions on roads and bridges in Carteret County. Piles of snow blown by strong winds are blocking neighborhoods, ...