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Why you shouldn't worry about invasive Joro spiders

3:01am June 14, 2024

Joro spiders are spreading across the east coast. They are an invasive species that most likely arrived in shipping containers from eastern Asia. Today, we look into why some people find them scary, why to not panic about them and what their trajectory illustrates about the wider issue of invasive species.

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Weather

A major storm sweeping the US is expected to bring heavy rain, snow to the East Coast this weekend

9:00am January 06, 2024

by Associated Press

A winter weather system moving through the U.S.

Hurricane Lee is currently moving at a very slow forward pace, but the storm is expected to turn northward and gradually accelerate later this week.

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Hurricane Lee, now very large, is raising wind and surf dangers along the East Coast

3:11pm September 12, 2023

by Bill Chappell

As of early Tuesday afternoon, Lee was packing 115 mph winds and moving west-northwest at a virtual crawl of just 6 mph.

A deicing agent is applied to a SkyWest airplane before its takeoff on Jan. 18, 2019, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

National

Powerful Winter Storm Sweeps East After Blanketing The Midwest

2:15pm January 19, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The storm is bringing snow, ice, freezing rain and arctic air to much of the East Coast.

Floods in Ellicott City, Maryland, pushed cars into a pile last May. This year has been a year of record rainfall for cities throughout the mid-Atlantic and Carolinas.

National

2018 Is Now The Wettest Year On Record For Washington And Other Cities

2:33pm December 15, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

So far this year, 61.34 inches of rain have fallen in Washington, breaking a 129-year-old record.

Tropical Storm Florence is expected to approach the U.S. East Coast next week. Emergency officials have told residents to expect immediate threats of ocean swells, dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding.

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Florence Forecast To Become A Major Hurricane; Risk To The East Coast Is Rising

5:55pm September 08, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Florence is expected to pick up speed and become a hurricane Saturday night. North and South Carolina have declared states of emergency and are urging residents to prepare for the storm.

A man shovels snow from a footpath in New York City.

National

Blizzard Has Passed, But Frigid Temperatures Remain Along East Coast

2:11pm January 05, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The National Weather Service says there's a good chance that some locations will set temperature records today, as arctic air settles in after a massive winter storm.

Pedestrians cross the street in Harlem during a snow storm. As a major winter storm moves up the Northeast corridor, New York City is under a winter storm warning.

National

Blizzard Conditions Hit New England As Massive Winter Storm Travels North

9:23pm January 04, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

As the "bomb cyclone" intensifies, visibility has dropped to nearly zero in some sections of the snow band. Serious flooding and hurricane-force winds have been observed in coastal Massachusetts.

A plow clears snow in Bellport, N.Y., as a winter storm hits the Northeast on Thursday.

National

Winter Storm Rakes East Coast, Bringing Snow, Wind To Northeast

1:56pm January 04, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The storm, which meteorologists are calling a "bomb cyclone," brought bitterly cold weather to the South.

Rolled oysters have been a favorite snack in Louisville, Ky., restaurants for more than a century, but turmoil in the oyster industry has caused them to dwindle.

The Rolled Oyster, Louisville's Oddball Bar Snack, Is Tumbling Off Menus

1:47pm September 28, 2017

by Ashlie Stevens

The softball-size, deep-fried morsels, which have been offered in this Kentucky city's restaurants for more than a century, are taking a hit due to low supply and high costs in the oyster industry.