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Two fireballs were observed streaking across the sky over Fairbanks, Alaska, in the early hours of December 1, 2024, accompanied by a green aurora. The two fireball events occurred just two hours apart, creating a rare spectacle for early-morning skywatchers.
An atmospheric river is forecast to bring significant precipitation to Washington and Oregon between Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7, 2024, with the Olympic Peninsula and North Cascades expecting up to 127 mm (5 inches) of rainfall and AR2 conditions likely in southern Washington and northern Oregon. While confidence is high regarding the occurrence of the event, uncertainties remain in its duration, intensity, and precise timing due to variability among GEFS ensemble model predictions.
A large asteroid designated 2020 XR flew past Earth at a safe distance of 5.7 LD / 0.01477 AU (2.2 million km / 1.3 million miles) at 05:26 UTC on December 4, 2024 — exactly 4 years after its discovery. This is the closest approach of 2020 XR to planet Earth at least until December 2157.
State-mandated tests at the Albany Bulb, a popular recreational area in the Bay Area, have uncovered elevated levels of gamma radiation, raising concerns about potential health risks from buried radioactive waste.
A low-pressure system is set to bring heavy snowfall, freezing rain, and challenging travel conditions across Alaska starting Tuesday, December 3, 2024, prompting the issuance of multiple Winter Weather Advisories.
Heavy rains have unleashed devastating floods across Thailand and Malaysia, leaving over 30 dead, displacing tens of thousands, and causing widespread destruction, officials reported on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.
A powerful storm system is set to intensify by Wednesday, December 4, 2024, bringing strong winds to the northern Plains and Midwest before spreading across the Great Lakes and Northeast by the end of the week.
A wildfire in Chile’s Tiltil Commune, Chacabuco Province, scorched 200 ha (494.2 acres) of land on Saturday afternoon, November 30, 2024, prompting evacuations, injuring three people, and raising suspicions of arson before being controlled by firefighting teams.
The Thanksgiving holiday brought record-breaking lake-effect snowstorm to parts of the United States, with areas in New York State, such as Copenhagen, buried under as much as 1.22 m (4 feet) of snow.
A powerful lake-effect snowstorm fueled by record-warm water temperatures in the Great Lakes unleashed its full force over 2024 Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, burying parts of New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan under more than 90 cm (3 feet) of snow. The city of Erie, Pennsylvania, experienced its snowiest day on record on Friday, November 29, receiving 57.4 cm (22.6 inches) of snow in 24 hours. The Arctic air colliding with the warm lake waters triggered intense snowfall rates of up to 100 mm (4 inches) per hour, creating hazardous conditions that are expected to persist until midweek.
