Fire officials, the sheriff’s office and the utility give the morning update on containment, evacuation zones and the power shutoff. Full briefing, with the map walkthrough at 09:40.
27 minutes agoThe fire doubled in size overnight as winds shifted onto a ridge above two subdivisions. Crews say containment is in single digits and the next twelve hours will decide whether the eastern flank holds.
42 minutes agoThe updated outlook calls for 17 to 21 named storms. Emergency managers say the figure that should drive planning is landfall probability along a given stretch of coast, which the seasonal outlook does not provide.
21 hours agoSurveillance shows sustained community transmission already under way in the south and mountain west. Health officials still recommend vaccination, and are clear about what a partial match does and does not do.
23 hours agoThey are not filming the tornado. They are trying to place instruments in its path, which means being close enough to matter and far enough to leave.
2 days agoAfternoon highs will reach 112°F in the desert valleys. Health officials say the greater risk is that overnight lows stay above 85, giving the body no chance to recover.
2 days agoThe payload must reach a specific orbital plane at a specific local solar time. That leaves a launch opportunity of eleven minutes a day — and weather has cooperated on none of them.
Aug 21Reductions of 18% to 23% will apply to three states next year. About 78% of the water in the system goes to irrigation, which is where any meaningful cut has to come from.
Aug 21Average tornado warning lead time is now about 17 minutes. Research on what people do in those minutes finds most spend the first several seeking a second confirmation.
Aug 20Thirty years of measurements from one of the longest-running Arctic monitoring sites will continue two kilometres away, on bedrock. Relocating it means a gap in a record that has no substitute.
Aug 18Forecasters put the odds at about 62%. In weak events, the classic pattern shows up less than half the time, which makes the seasonal outlook considerably less useful than the label suggests.
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