Authorities are pleading with residents to evacuate parts of greater Los Angeles. Low humidity and high winds are complicating firefighting efforts.
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Hurricane Helene’s death toll could rise higher still, a week after the storm came ashore in Florida before carving a path of destruction through the Southeast. Searchers have made their way towards remote places in the mountains of western North Carolina, where the storm washed out roads and knocked out electricity, water and cellular service.
Tropical storm force winds began battering Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall, with forecasters warning that the enormous storm could create a “nightmare” surge along the coast and churn up damaging winds hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S.
Rockbridge County has been in severe drought all month, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Local farmers say the growing season is over, so no amount of rain will help them now.
2023 has been laden with natural disasters, both in the U.S. — Maui and northeastern fires — and abroad — Libya flooding, among many others. The United Nations weather agency forecasts that natural disasters aren’t going anywhere, and the need to address climate change is urgent as ever.
The “Matt’s Creek Wildfire” is spreading across much of the Jefferson National Forest. It has burned over 2,700 acres so far with no end in sight.
Virginia is just one of numerous states in the Southeast experiencing wildfires. Officials blame droughts in the region for the fires.
Tremendous snowfall and rainfall eased California’s drought worries, but groundwater dryness is still a concern.
More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week’s earthquake.
Rescuers worked through the night to find survivors of the 7.9 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.