NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Mother Nature is cranking up the thermostat this week as areas of the country are expecting to see record heat. The upper-air pattern causing the temperatures to soar is what ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The first derecho to impact the Quad Cities in 2023 is now in the books, bringing winds up to 120 mph to parts of the region. Hancock County in Illinois was especially hard hit with ...

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) researchers, supported by the National Institute of Justice, recently conducted a series of experiments on fire patterns and damage that fire investigators need to know ...

Gusty winds continue into the mid-evening with High Wind Warnings and Fire Weather Warnings back in place tomorrow, but a potent cold front provides a pattern change in the afternoon After a windy and ...

FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR LIGHTNING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO MORE UNPREDICTABLE FIRES. IMAGINE THROWING MARBLES ON THE FLOOR. THEY RULE IN A PRETTY PREDICTABLE PATTERN. THAT IS HOW THE CHIEF EXPLAINS ...

While research is still mixed on whether diverse fire patterns promote biodiversity, a new study suggests that practices under active Indigenous stewardship can do so. The study draws a reference to ...

Reading’s fire marshal says the arsons at the former Lincoln Chemical building are part of a much larger, and dangerous, pattern in the city.