OMAHA, Neb. — Several buildings at Omaha’s airport facility suffered significant damage as a tornado roared across the airfield Friday, but luckily no one was injured. As Tornado Warnings blared across eastern Nebraska during Friday's tornado outbreak, officials at Omaha’s Eppley Field instructed passengers in the terminal to take shelter in their designated storm shelters. Airport weather observers sighted a funnel cloud just before 5 p.m. CDT and closed down airport operations a few minutes...
Another widespread and life-threatening tornado outbreak is likely across the Southern Plains on Saturday, with increasingly dire messaging from severe weather forecasters as conditions continue to worsen just hours after twisters ripped through the nation’s heartland. In addition, confidence is increasing for a major to extreme flash flooding event in parts of east-central Oklahoma where 5-10 inches of rain may fall by Sunday morning. LIVE SEVERE WEATHER STORM MAP TRACKER Some 55 million...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Several tornadoes were reported across the Plains on Friday, which were part of a multi-day severe weather threat covering over 60 million Americans. During the afternoon, FOX Weather Storm Tracker Corey Gerken captured video of one of the powerful tornadoes crossing Interestate 80 outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. After the supercell moved through, damage was reported in the town of Waverly and several semi-trucks were reported flipped on local interstates. The Lancaster County...
NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. – The emergence of cicadas in South Carolina has caused a disturbance so loud that it prompted uneasy residents to call police for help. The Newberry County Sheriff's Office said they had several calls Tuesday about a noise in the air that sounded like "a siren, or a whine or a roar." "The sound is cicadas," deputies informed residents. On hot, sunny days, the brood's collective sounds can reach the volume of a lawnmower or motorcycle. "Cicadas are a superfamily of insects...
April's full Moon, known as the Pink Moon, rises on Tuesday night and will appear bright in the night sky through the end of the week. The Moon will rise at 7:49 p.m. ET Tuesday for those on the U.S. East Coast. Those in the West will have to wait a few hours to see the full Moon light up the night sky, which rises around 4:48 p.m. PT on the Pacific Coast. This Moon is known by many names, according to different Native American tribes and cultures worldwide. The Maine Farmers' Almanac started...
Cheers and applause erupted this weekend when NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft sent back the first usable data from interstellar space after a five-month communication gap. Engineers with Voyager's flight team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have been troubleshooting an issue since November, when the spacecraft, more than 15.1 billion miles from Earth, began sending back nonsense computer code. On Saturday, after 45 hours of waiting to find out if their plan to send the...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – At least two strong earthquakes struck Taiwan early Tuesday morning, just weeks after one of the strongest quakes in the country’s history killed several people. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 2:26 a.m. local time (2:26 p.m. ET Monday) just off the eastern shore of the island nation, about 17 miles south of Hualien City, at a depth of about 6.7 miles. The second, a magnitude 6, happened about 6 minutes later along the eastern...
April 22 is Earth Day. Started in 1970, the day celebrates our home and promotes efforts aimed at protecting the environment. Countless people are working every day to preserve our planet. While most people enjoy spending time sunning on the beach, some volunteer to restore sand dunes by planting seagrass. The plants help secure sand along the coast and help protect the delicate environment from hurricanes. REBUILDING SAND DUNES FOR EARTH DAY Volunteers are also helping remove hundreds of...
April's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks Sunday night, offering skygazers a chance to spot shooting stars as Earth passes through debris from the comet Thatcher. Known for fast and bright meteors, the Lyrid meteor shower is active during late April. This year's peak occurs from Sunday night into Monday morning for those in the U.S. NASA Ambassador Tony Rice said the outlook for seeing the Lyrid meteor shower is not great this year because of a nearly 95% full Moon. "Every year, we have to look...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A volcano in Indonesia has recently experienced a series of powerful and explosive eruptions, prompting concerns of a potential tsunami. Mount Ruang on Tagulandang Island, one of the Sangihe Islands located off the northern coast of Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday, the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia said. Lava has been spewing from the crater, as ash plumes are believed to have reached the stratosphere several miles into the sky. There have been...
Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Thursday, April 18, 2024, and National Exercise Day. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast. Damage reported in Ohio after Wednesday's severe storms Severe thunderstorms rumbled across Ohio on Wednesday, causing significant damage in northern portions of the Buckeye State. The...
ATLANTA – Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International has maintained its ranking as the busiest airport in the world, but changes in the travel industry have caused other airports to gain momentum in passenger throughput. Airports Council International (ACI) World recently unveiled its annual list of the top ten busiest airports, which span three continents and include half in the U.S. While Hartsfield-Jackson International retained its position, all other U.S. cities on the list fell at least...