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Rain began falling again across parts of southwestern B.C. Tuesday morning — with forecasters warning it could turn heavy later in the day, raising renewed concerns about flooding and high streamflow on the North Shore.
The Swedish capital has recorded just a half-hour of sunlight in the first half of December, putting it on track for the darkest December since 1934 if the trend continues, meteorologists said.
Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an official said.
Thousands of glaciers have vanished over the past few decades and as the world continues to heat up, they are expected to disappear at an increasing pace. New research gives a glimpse of just how quickly that might happen.
A Swedish court on Monday stopped a planned wolf cull because officials had failed to prove it would help to preserve population levels.
There are flood warnings, rainfall warnings and travel advisories in effect in parts of B.C.’s Lower Mainland on Monday afternoon, as officials continue monitoring the impacts of the region’s latest atmospheric river.
A mix of wintry weather is in the forecast across Canada, prompting warnings in more than half the provinces and two of three territories.
The Whale Sanctuary Project, a proposed underwater enclosure that would encompass roughly 40 hectares off Nova Scotia’s eastern shore, needs up to $15 million if it hopes to open by the end of summer 2026.
Evacuation alerts were lifted and orders were downgraded in Abbotsford, B.C., meaning some people forced to flee due to flooding can soon return home. However, the forecast says a system bringing heavy rain is expected to hit Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley soon.
Many of the weather advisories issued early Sunday morning remained in effect into the afternoon, impacting residents of several provinces and two territories.
British Columbia is preparing for another widespread deluge of rain after flooding through the province’s Fraser Valley temporarily shutdown a portion of Highway 1 last week.
The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia says the government of France wants to talk to them about sending two killer whales to the proposed site.
A warning to stay out of forests close to one of the Netherlands’ biggest cities was withdrawn Friday after DNA tests confirmed that a wolf shot last week was an animal that had menaced visitors to the area near Utrecht that is popular with walkers, runners and cyclists.
The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.
Flooding in the B.C.’s Fraser Valley, caused by overflow from the Nooksack River in Washington state, is expected to peak today, as residents wait to see the severity of the inundation.
