Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act.
2018 audit found 'glaring deficiencies' at pipeline company
The author of a 3-year-old audit of the pipeline company hit by a cyberattack threatening East Coast fuel supplies has told The Associated Press that he found โatrociousโ information management practices and โa patchwork of poorly connected and secured systems."
Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead
Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday with a tidal surge that caused the boat to become unmoored. In Atlanta and New Orleans, drivers dodged trees in roads and navigated intersections without traffic signals. John Bel Edwards said the state sustained โcatastrophicโ damage on Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish, where Zeta punched three breaches in the levee. Edwards ordered the Louisiana National Guard to fly in soldiers to assist with search and rescue efforts and urged continued caution. Zeta was the 27th named storm of a historically busy year with more than a month left in the Atlantic hurricane season.
OH, HEY SUMMER! Temperatures, humidity levels, storm chances all climb this week
With humidity levels slightly higher than recent days, temperatures in the 80s will leave us sweating a little more in the afternoon. Tuesday afternoon's high temperaturesThis warming wind continues through Wednesday, with high temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s. This will likely be our hottest day in seven months and our first 90 day of the year in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Southside and surrounding localities. Wednesday afternoon's high temperaturesWith high pressure over the Southeast breaking down, humidity levels will have the opportunity to climb. Humidity levels on the rise this weekA front sagging southward will lift the hot and humid air, allowing showers and thunderstorms to develop each afternoon.
Next week could bring a couple more chances of severe weather to the Southeast
ROANOKE, Va. โ Multiple National Weather Service offices have been surveying storm damage left by this past Sunday and Mondayโs severe weather outbreak. pic.twitter.com/vp85DrlA6w โ NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) April 16, 2020So, the last thing the Deep South and Southeast want to hear is that severe weather is possible. Weโll dive into the dynamics and show you whether or not that severe weather potential comes up this way next week. Possibility for more severe weather late next weekThis means at least the possibility of more severe weather in the Plains and Southeast between Wednesday and Friday of next week. โข The severe weather threat for our region Sunday into Monday looks relatively low.
A sign of spring? Birds seen migrating north on radar
KEY WEST, Fl. The National Weather Service in Key West tweeted that birds migrating north were detected on radar. ๐ก Key West radar has had a busy night, but not because of weather! Spring leaves arriving early - southeast USEven here at home, you can see that some places are seeing spring leaves roughly three weeks early. Spring leaves - southwest and central Virginia