New Jersey hit with powerful back-to-back thunderstorms after enduring extreme heat

Parts of New Jersey are cleaning up after a wave of powerful thunderstorms brought flooding and ripped the roof off a BJ’s Wholesale Club. Lana Zak reports on that and some of the other severe weather across the U.S., while Lonnie Quinn has a look at the forecast. Source link

Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History promotes ‘extreme political activism,’ WH report alleges

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sweeping new White House report concluded that the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) has become a taxpayer-backed institution of “ideological capture” and “extreme political activism.” “The report concludes that the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its … Read more

Extreme weather mars 4th of July weekend; seaplane makes hard landing in NYC river

A number of cities broke temperature records over the Fourth of July weekend. In storm-ravaged New Jersey, authorities say at least 19 deaths are blamed on the heat. Meanwhile, a seaplane was forced to make a hard landing in New York City’s East River on Sunday. Shanelle Kaul reports on it all and meteorologist Andrew … Read more

Super Typhoon Bavi approaches near Guam with extreme winds posing

Residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday, threatening an area still recovering from another destructive storm earlier this year. Bavi, a massive cyclone approaching the Mariana Islands east of the Philippines, was forecast to strike Rota … Read more

Temperature records smashed as extreme heatwave grips Europe

PARIS — Paris, along with much of the rest of Europe, is scorching. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Gripped by a record heatwave that has killed dozens of people, closed schools and knocked out power for thousands, the French capital has enforced early closures … Read more

Extreme sport deaths expose a patchwork of safety regulations

Experts and operators in the adventure tourism industry watched in horror as a video went viral of a young woman in Brazil plunging to her death this month. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after rope-jump instructors tossed her … Read more