Typhoon Phanfone is intensifying in the Pacific Ocean, possibly to super typhoon status, as it travels along a projected path that shows the storm making a direct hit on Japan's Ryukyu Islands this weekend before continuing on to mainland Japan early next week.
Residents living on the south and southwestern coasts of Mexico are being pummeled with tropical storms this hurricane season, and as of Wednesday evening yet another tropical depression has formed in the area and is forecast to become a tropical storm by Thursday.
A group of wildfires comprising the Happy Camp Fire Complex has been burning in northwest California since mid-August and firefighters just can’t seem to get a handle on it. The blaze continues to grow, currently having burned through 164 square miles of land, the equivalent of over 100,000 acres.
On Wednesday morning a tropical depression in the East Pacific strengthened into yet another tropical storm, adding to the extensive tally of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season.
A severe and non-treatable respiratory virus is causing an epidemic across the United States, affecting hundreds of children in more than 10 states, according to the latest reports.
A wildfire in northwest California has been steadily expanding over the past four weeks, having destroyed nearly 90,000 acres of land and leaving firefighters exasperated, having contained less than a third of the fire’s total area as of Saturday evening.
Though still a Category One storm, Hurricane Norbert has grown stronger as its eye passes south-southwest of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico and leaves massive flooding through parts of the country in its wake, weather experts report.
A wildfire complex burning in northwest California for the better part of the past month has now destroyed almost 75,000 acres of land and forces mass evacuations in nearby communities. With thousands of fire personnel and resources being utilized, the cost of fighting the blaze has crawled up to $44.7 million as of Thursday morning.
Forbes released the numbers Wednesday from its annual roster of the highest paid actors and actresses on U.S. television and for the third consecutive year Sofia Vergara took the number one spot. Vergara left the rest of the big female names in Hollywood’s high income game several million times over.
Tropical Storm Norbert, currently off the west coast of Mexico, has officially been upgraded to a hurricane as of Wednesday. Norbert is the ninth named storm in a busy hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific, reports say.
Remember little Kylie Jenner as a tween making the occasional Kardashian family TV cameo? Well that little girl is all grown up; 17 years old as of this weekend. And after spending Saturday night partying with some of Hollywood’s biggest names we know that as hard as this girl works (more on her accomplishments over the past year to come), she certainly knows how to let loose too!
In the midst of her whirlwind Bangerz tour, wild child Miley Cyrus went country girl crazy this week while in her hometown for a performance as part of the 2014 tour. Taking a page from the life and styles of rowdy rednecks representing all throughout the Deep South, this Nashville native showed off the “White Trash” Tennessee proclivity to party like rock stars.
A group of four wildfires have blazed through the past week in northeastern Washington, destroying over 8,000 acres of land and prompting widespread evacuations. At only two percent containment, the current estimated cost for these wildfires is $1.8 million.
When Homeland left off last season, viewers had a lot take take in and much to consider in terms of how the show would evolve with Brody no longer in the picture. A trailer for season four has been released and lets us see CIA agent Carrie Mathison dealing with a new life.
A tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and according to weather experts the conditions are right for the disturbance to strengthen into a tropical storm. If the depression does form into a more organized system, Tropical Depression Bertha would become the second named storm of the 2014 hurricane season.
The four wildfires sparked at the beginning of this week in Washington have converged into what is being called the Carlton Complex fires and the massive blaze continues to expand, destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of land, burning down homes, causing widespread evacuations, and more.
A wildfire is blazing out of control near Warm Springs, Ore., having burned up approximately 40 square miles of land in the five days since it was sparked. Firefighters are making very little headway in their efforts to battle the blaze and officials warn that they expect the fire to continue to grow significantly before any real progress in containment is made.
A wildfire that sparked 10 days ago on July 17 in the Coronado National Forest in Arizona has destroyed approximately 8,200 acres of land and has forced into place an official closure of the area surrounding the fire for safety purposes, according to officials.
Just days ago pop superstar Justin Bieber took to Twitter to apologize to his fans after a video surfaced of the singer going off on a racist rant at 15 years of age. New allegations arose on Wednesday with news of another video clip that shows Bieber reportedly rapping about joining the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and “killing n****s.”
As of Tuesday evening the Funny River fire, located within the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska has burned through almost 200,000 acres of land since it was ignited well over two weeks ago and fire officials are still having a hard time containing the blaze.
Beginning as a tropical depression off the coast of Mexico on Monday, Boris escalated on Tuesday into the second named tropical storm of the 2014 Pacific season.
A wildfire that sparked near the heart of Arizona, just south of Flagstaff and north of Prescott, has been burning for nine days straight as of Thursday and has engulfed more than 21,000 acres of land. Evacuations and fire restrictions are currently in place as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle this blaze at a multi-million dollar cost to the state.
The 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which kicked off on Tuesday with a total of 281 spellers participating in the 87th annual competition, now has a total of 46 spellers who move on to the Semifinal Round on Thursday. By Thursday evening at the end of the Championship Final Round, only one speller will emerge victorious.
The judge presiding over Jodi Arias’ upcoming penalty phase retrial has ordered restrictions in terms of news coverage of court proceedings. Although video and audio recording will be allowed by the media, news outlets will not be allowed to stream coverage live.
