- 5 minutes 34 secondsWater demand: the double-edged sword of data centers
America’s data centers, now totaling 5,000 and counting, consume nearly half a billion gallons of water each day.
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25 September 2026, 12:20 pm - 7 minutes 11 secondsCalifornia declares state of emergency ahead of 'potentially historic' El Niño; plus, Nor’easter to bring major coastal flooding
The proclamation mobilizes resources as officials prepare for flooding, landslides, damaging waves and other severe weather.
Also, a strengthening September nor’easter will worsen coastal flooding from North Carolina to New York through Friday, then threaten New England with damaging winds, power outages and heavy rain this weekend.
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24 September 2026, 11:05 am - 6 minutes 54 secondsAtlantic broke a 112-year record; also, a tropical depression will intensify, threatening Hawaii
The Atlantic has never gone this late without a hurricane since modern satellite tracking began in 1966.
Also, a slow-moving tropical depression is poised to intensify and raise the risk of prolonged downpours, flooding and mudslides across Hawaii, with the greatest impacts expected on the Big Island.
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23 September 2026, 11:45 am - 6 minutes 50 secondsSignificant September Nor’easter: Storm to cause coastal flooding, beach erosion; plus a rare high-elevation tornado in Utah mountains at 7,500 feet
Autumn officially begins Tuesday evening and the atmosphere may soon deliver a damaging early-season nor’easter with tropical moisture that could bring rain, strong winds and erosive surf on the mid-Atlantic coast.
Also, a tornado touched down in the mountains of Utah last week, a rare example of how tornadoes can happen almost anywhere.
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22 September 2026, 11:10 am - 9 minutes 17 secondsTropical Storm Fay becomes sixth named storm of Atlantic hurricane season; plus, Monarch butterflies are heading south
Fay became the sixth named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season and is forecast to remain away from land as AccuWeather experts track additional areas for development later in September.
Also, cooling weather and changing winds are helping monarch butterflies begin an extraordinary journey of up to 3,000 miles.
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21 September 2026, 12:20 pm - 6 minutes 3 secondsFlooding rain risk to return to Plains, Midwest and Northeast; plus, Man and his dog found alive after 7 days in remote Wyoming wilderness
Rounds of heavy rain will raise the risk of flooding across the Plains and Midwest before reaching the Northeast this weekend, while bringing drought relief to some hard-hit areas, yet perhaps slowing harvest operations.
Also, search crews and members of the public spent a week looking for Jonathan Bailey and Wrigley in the Wind River Range.
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18 September 2026, 11:30 am - 7 minutes 32 secondsNorth American monsoon surge to bring risks to western US; plus, risk of 'extraordinary' coastal El Niño rises in Peru
A surge of monsoon moisture will bring downpours and flash flooding to parts of the Southwest, while dry thunderstorms heighten the wildfire risk in the Northwest into the weekend.
Also, the conditions significantly increase the threat of torrential rains, widespread flooding and severe damage to Peru's infrastructure.
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17 September 2026, 11:05 am - 6 minutes 14 secondsHarvested rainwater could help cities beat the heat; plus, human remains found are believed to be a Helene victim
A Tokyo modeling study suggests spraying stored rainwater on rooftops could reduce extreme heat and air-conditioning demand.
Also, authorities are investigating the discovery in Washington County, one of the areas affected by catastrophic flooding from the hurricane.
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16 September 2026, 10:45 am - 9 minutes 34 seconds2026 Atlantic hurricane season: 2 areas could boost tropical activity; plus, why is summer heat sending more Americans to the ER?
El Niño has stifled Atlantic tropical activity, but AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking two areas for possible development, including one near the United States Gulf Coast.
Also, heat-related ER visit rates would have been 27% lower without human-caused warming, Climate Central estimates
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15 September 2026, 10:20 am - 6 minutes 36 secondsNew heat dome to build in south-central, southeastern US in mid-September; plus, super El Niño-fueled fires destroyed huge tracts of this country before
Over a dozen states from the Plains to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts will experience a late-summer heat wave during the middle of September.
Also, wildfires are ripping across parts of Indonesia, destroying peatland and smothering the country in a toxic smoke so thick, people are struggling to breathe.
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14 September 2026, 11:40 am - 5 minutes 42 secondsCalifornia's record heat to fade as Western cooldown brings snow to Northwest mountains; plus, what is a doublet?
A sharp cooldown will sweep across the West, bringing chilly rain, small hail and a bit of snow to the high country of the Cascades, Olympics and Rockies this weekend.
Also, doublets is a phenomenon that has no strict definition, but involves similarly sized earthquakes occurring close together.
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