There really is such a thing as too much. A handful of wind turbines in southwest Iowa belonging to the energy company MidAmerica suffered immense damage on Tuesday after a tornado blew through the area, overwhelming the green energy producers, according to KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids. Video footage captured the wreckage of the destroyed turbines, […]
A catastrophic tornado outbreak unleashed its fury across several states in the nation’s Heartland this past weekend, leveling neighborhoods and businesses and upending countless lives. The multi-day event produced dozens of tornadoes, some rated as strong as EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with peak winds over 200 mph. CNN reported, the frenzy started on […]
Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are working tirelessly to dry out the heaviest rain ever recorded in the region, when a storm unleashed more than a year’s worth of rain in a single day, sparking widespread chaos across the desert nation. Dubai, a city famed for its architectural marvels and bustling international airport, has […]
California should mercifully split off from the rest of the U.S. politically, but the possibility of such a geological reality is no laughing matter. Although California wouldn’t exactly break off into the ocean, as some hyperbolic predictions suggest, a new study published in Frontiers in Earth Science is warning that the San Andreas Fault is […]
It’s all climate change, all of it! New Jersey Senate candidate Christina Khalil made bizarre claims on her X account that because her state normally does not get earthquakes, Friday’s quake could be blamed on climate change. Khalil is running to replace Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez as he faces countless charges surrounding an alleged bribery […]
The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes, engineering experts say skyscrapers are built with enough flexibility to withstand moderate shaking. The 4.8 magnitude quake on Friday […]
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least nine and at least initially sending populations in neighboring Pacific countries scrambling for higher ground. Among the dead, according to The Associated Press, were three hikers who were killed by a rockslide at Taiwan’s Taroko National Park, in the northeast part of the island […]
A funding bill is currently being discussed in Congress that could have catastrophic consequences for the Northeast in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency. Buried on Page 441 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act is a proposal to sell off the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve, which contains 1 million barrels of gasoline. The […]
Wildfires raging through the Texas panhandle caused a nuclear weapons facility to pause operations amid evacuations and a disaster declaration from Gov. Greg Abbott that covered 60 counties. Pantex, where most of America’s nuclear weapons are assembled or disassembled, shut down Tuesday night due to the fires, according to CBS. The facility reopened on Wednesday. […]
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves in nearby towns but not immediately prompting reports of serious damage. No tsunami was expected. The earthquake, which the U.S. Geological Survey initially reported as magnitude 6.3, was centered […]
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