Wildfires spark gun control debate in Utah
(CBS News) SALT LAKE CITY – Two new wildfires were burning in Utah Tuesday, and officials said one of them was sparked by gunfire. Recreational shooting is being blamed for at least 20 fires...
Category: Geophysical
Solar fireworks might be heading our way for the 4th
(multimedia) The sun sent out a flare powerful enough to disrupt radio communications over Europe today, along with an eruption of electrically charged particles that just might sweep past Earth’s magnetic field in time to...
Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off New Zealand coast
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand Tuesday sending shock waves into its capital city of Wellington, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website. Its epicenter was between the...
Storm blackouts continue to drag on
(multimedia) WASHINGTON – Millions of people in a swath of states along the East Coast and farther west went into a third sweltering day without power Monday after a round of summer storms that...
Hurricane like storm strikes Eastern
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummeled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 people and leaving...
Hidden Magnetic Portals Around Earth
(multimedia) A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed a way for spacecraft to hunt down hidden magnetic portals in the vicinity of Earth. These portals link the magnetic field of our planet...
110-plus degrees across Kansas as heat spreads East
The heat wave smothering the central U.S. — and especially Kansas, which saw at least 18 areas at or above 110 degrees on Thursday — was spreading east on Friday. Triple-digit temperatures and some...
Worst wildfire ever in Colorado claims first victim
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 28 – A wildfire that forced the evacuation of 35,000 people from the edge of Colorado’s second-largest city has killed at least one person and incinerated 346 homes, making it...
Drought May Rival 1980s U.S. Scorcher That Cost $78 Billion
The drought in the U.S. Midwest that has pushed up corn prices 28 percent since June 15 may eventually rival a dry period in 1988 that cost agriculture $78 billion, a government meteorologist said. This...
Over 30,000 Flee Colorado ‘Inferno’
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and multiple homes destroyed as a growing wildfire races through Colorado Springs in a scene Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper described as “like...
