Tag Archives: Environment

WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) - At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain ...

FINLAND, Minn. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens the 1...

NEW YORK (AP) - Here's everything to know about this weekend's weather that's tropical in name, but far from its titular home: HUH, A HURRICANE IS HITTING NEW ENGLAND? Maybe! Rare tropical weather is ...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued a state of emergency for parts of the state, imploring those in New York to take warnings seriously ahead of Hurricane Henri. He told people to ...

MONTREAL - Environmental experts are praising Montreal's decision to ban some kinds of single-use plastics, but they say Canada is still a long way from being plastic-free despite government promises....

Apocalyptic images of dark eerie skies and blazing red wildfires from B.C. are circulating on social media and those in Saskatchewan are feeling the effects of hazy skies. Registered Nurse and Certifi...

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - The chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation was taken in for questioning by federal Fisheries Department officers on Monday, moments after he announced the expansion of his band's se...

High winds intensified numerous wildfires burning in British Columbia, forcing more evacuation orders for residents in hundreds of homes late Sunday, says the BC Wildfire Service. Some of the largest ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...

VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...