WOW, the weather has become our enemy!! It seems to be completely out of control. However, many of us know that the ruling elite have been using weather manipulation as a weapon against us for some time. I will not have room to present the documentation on Weather Manipulation in this post. I do have multiple Posts that address that issue. Check them out.
Whether you believe that the weather we are experiencing is due to “Climate Change” or you recognize that they are manipulating the weather on the ground…the damage, injuries, deaths and emotional stress are the same.
They are able to use the weather to accomplish multiple AGENDA GOALS.
- Clearing the land to make way for their 15-minute cities, corporate farms and habitat reservations.
- Force people out of the homes and real property
- To disable, destroy or remove vehicles.
- Depopulation Goals
- Reinforce the fear of “Climate Change and increase public support for Environmental policies and ordinances.
- Forcing more people to become totally dependent on the Government. People who depend on the government WILL COMPLY.
Today we are going to be looking at how the weather can affect travel, both short term and long term. This is one of the NWO’s top goals. To limit our mobility in every way possible. They want to take away our freedom of movement and confine us to the 15-minute cities.
When these weather events blow through an area, we see it on our TV screens or Smart Phones as a NEW BYTE. Ya, they may show pictures of damage and share short blurbs of a family affectied directly by the event. And then it is out of sight and out of mind. Unless you are among those living through the nightmare, or those who are doing their best to assist them, you have NO CLUE what millions of our fellow Americans are suffering.
Many of these victims have lost EVERYTHING, including loved ones. All of them have been seriously impacted. So much so, that they may never recover financially or emotionally. Whether you know it or not, this can happen to you sometime very soon. What will you do?
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Dangerous Storms Target Midwest, Deep South
Today’s Severe Weather Outlook
The multi-day severe weather outbreak will continue into the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys today. Once again, all modes of severe weather will be on the table.
The same system that brought a regional tornado outbreak to the central Plains on Sunday and Monday will slowly advance eastward tonight while maintaining its strength. New storms will billow up across the central and lower Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys later today.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued an Enhanced Risk (level 3 and out of 5 on the severe weather index) from southeastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and northern Alabama to much of Tennessee and Kentucky. Here, strong tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds are all likely to occur today for cities such as Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., and just south of Louisville, Ky.
Surrounding this main area, a Slight Risk (level 2 and out of 5 on the severe weather index) for severe weather is also in place from northern Louisiana to central Illinois and as far east as western North Carolina and southwestern Virginia. A few cities included are Little Rock, Ark., St. Louis, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Cincinnati.
A Tornado Watch is in place this morning across southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky. There is also a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in place from northeastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana into north-central Arkansas.
Make sure to know the difference between a watch and a warning should they become issued. A “watch” means that conditions are favorable for severe weather to occur and to be on alert for any rapidly changing conditions. A “warning” means that severe weather is imminent, and you should act fast to remain safe.
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More storms threaten the central US as thousands recover from deadly tornadoes
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A volunteer goes through the remains of a home looking for what could be salvaged in the Sunshine Hills neighborhood in London, Ky., Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Thousands of people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up Monday from severe weather that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings (AND VEHICLES) in four days as another round of tornadoes struck the central U.S.
At least four tornadoes were confirmed in Oklahoma and Nebraska on Monday evening, according to a preliminary report from the National Weather Service.
In Wilburton, in southeast Texas, the city’s Facebook page reported a tornado on the ground and heading its way. “Take cover now!” the post warned residents.
In northern Texas, softball-sized hail was confirmed, according to Scott Kleebauer, meteorologist with the service’s Weather Prediction Center.
Earlier Monday in St. Louis, where officials estimated a Friday tornado damaged 5,000 buildings and may cost well over $1 billion, the mayor warned that federal assistance could take weeks.
Kentucky has been hardest hit by the storms. A devastating tornado late Friday into early Saturday damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles, left many homeless, and killed at least 19 people, most of them in southeastern Laurel County.
In London, Kentucky, where the devastation was centered, the small airport became a beehive of cleanup work after it took a direct hit from a tornado. Small aircraft stored there had large dents in them and even wings ripped open. Officials were using it as a base to get water, food, diapers and other supplies out to the community.
“We have 1,001 things going on. But we’re managing it. And we’re going to get it all cleaned up,” said London Mayor Randall Weddle.
Officials in Kansas and Texas also were evaluating damage from late Sunday storms.
The risk of severe storms moves into Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee on Tuesday, the weather service said.
The Kentucky storms that killed 19 people were part of a weather system that caused seven deaths in Missouri and two in northern Virginia, authorities said.
Forecasters on Sunday night issued a tornado emergency for Greensburg, Kansas, where 12 people were killed and 90% of the town was destroyed in May 2007 by a 1.5-mile wide tornado with winds of 205 mph.
The city was spared this time. Power was out but residents were safe after the “storm scare,” Greensburg officials posted on social media.
Tornadoes in Kansas carved a 20-mile path through Stafford and Reno counties. While damage was extensive, no injuries or deaths were reported.
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said five people died, 38 were injured and more than 5,000 homes were affected by an EF3 tornado with winds up to 150 mph that slammed areas north and west of downtown Friday. Spencer has estimated that damages will exceed $1.6 billion.
“Eight miles of pure destruction, at times a mile wide,” Spencer said at a Monday news conference. “We’re talking about thousands of buildings, thousands of families are being displaced.”
The city is awaiting a disaster declaration from the governor’s office as a first step to getting federal assistance.
Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief David Richardson said last week he plans to shift responsibility for disaster recovery to states this year as part of an agencywide transformation and that FEMA would coordinate federal assistance “when deemed necessary.”
Spencer said during a news conference Monday evening that emergency protocols put in place in 2021 were not followed, possibly preventing sirens being activated to warn residents about the tornado.
She said it was not clear whose responsibility it was to let the community know about the emergency but that the fire department will do so moving forward.
In Texas, several tornadoes touched down west of Fort Worth on Sunday, including an EF1 with peak winds of 105 mph that caused damage in and around Gordon, the weather service said Monday.
Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina; Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas; Sarah Brumfield in Cockeysville, Maryland; Hallie Golden in Seattle and Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report.
Outlook for Tuesday, May 20
Outlook Summary
THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID/DEEP SOUTH TO TN VALLEY AND CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms are expected today through this evening, centered on the Mid/Deep South, Tennessee/Lower Ohio Valleys, and Cumberland Plateau. Tornadoes, some of which could be strong, along with scattered to widespread damaging winds, and large to isolated significant severe hail will be possible.
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Severe storms, tornadoes kill more than 25 in south-central US
Severe storms that tore through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, leveling homes and businesses while knocking out power for tens of thousands, authorities say.
At least 18 people were killed in Kentucky in the storms Friday night,state governor Andy Beshear posted on X, while officials in Missouri said another seven were dead there.
Two people were also killed by falling trees in Virginia, local media reported.
Jamie Burns, 38, who lives with her husband and son in a trailer home in the town of London, Kentucky, fled to the basement of her sister’s brick house while the storm destroyed 100 to 200 houses in the area.
“Things that have been here longer than I have, things that have been here for 30-plus years are just flat,” Burns told AFP in a phone interview, her voice quavering.
“It’s wild, because you’ll look at one area and it’s just smashed… totally flattened, like, not there anymore.”
Drone footage shared by local media showed scenes of devastation in London, with houses leveled and reduced to splinters and tree trunks standing bare, shorn of branches.
More than 108,000 people were still without power across the three states late Saturday.
Eastern Kentucky, an area historically known for its coal mines, is one of the poorest regions in the country.
“A lot of us live in manufactured homes that aren’t safe for tornado weather,” said Burns.
‘One of the worst storms’
In Missouri, five people were killed in the major city of St. Louis, in what authorities said was one of the worst storms in its history, and two in Scott County, the State Highway Patrol said in a statement to AFP.
More severe weatherwas forecast for Sunday night and Monday.
Asked Saturday by a reporter whether it was the worst storm ever to hit St. Louis, Mayor Cara Spencer replied: “I would describe this as one of the worst storms — absolutely. The devastation is truly heartbreaking.”
She said 38 people in the city were injured and some 5,000 buildings damaged.
In one St. Louis neighborhood, a church was heavily damaged, according to CBS footage, and rescue workers continued to treat victims near the building Saturday morning.
“It’s horrific for a tornado to come through here and cause this much damage to the residents and also to the church,” Derrick Perkins, a pastor at the Centennial Christian Church, told CBS. “Our hearts are broken.”
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Bruce Madison, who also works at the church, said the community was coming together in the face of the tragedy.
“Right now, we’re just praying for… everybody that they’re trying to find right now.”
The United States saw the second-highest number of tornadoes on record last year with nearly 1,800, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), trailing only 2004.
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Widespread power outages were recorded in 10 states across the eastern U.S. on Monday morning, following inclement weather across the region.
Why It Matters
High winds pose significant risks to residents and travelers throughout the affected regions. The strongest gusts may also cause tree damage, and difficult driving conditions, especially for high-profile vehicles, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
What To Know
The outages follow a bout of heavy rain and flooding that hit multiple states in the Eastern U.S. over the weekend, and difficult winter weather is expected to continue this week, the NWS has warned.
As of approximately 6:30 a.m. ET, more than 250,000 customers were without power across the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks disruptions nationwide.
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FLOODING
Flooding can come in many different shapes and sizes.
Flash floods can happen quickly and with little notice, while hurricanes can move slowly, leaving tremendous property damage in its wake. There are also coastal floods due to high tides, and storm surges commonly occur after east coast hurricanes. However, those who are inland are not without risk, and river flooding and floodplain geography present recurring challenges in some regions.
Even though the cause of a flood may be different, often the results are similar.
Basements and crawl spaces will begin to take on water. Streets can turn into rivers. Houses will be damaged, and property owners will face major cleanup. Vehicles can be destroyed or swept away.
The force of floodwaters is nearly unstoppable. For example, outside of St. Louis, MO, flooded rivers can flow at a rate of 1.27 million gallons per second, overtaking multiple highways, knocking out utilities, and causing significant damage. And that’s not one of the worst flooding areas.
What are the worst U.S. cities for flooding? Let’s take a look at the data to find out. Source
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More than 900 flights were halted across the U.S. on Wednesday, with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport hit the hardest with more than 700 of those cancellations. So far on Thursday, over 200 flights are canceled.
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On Thursday, the worst of the severe weather will focus on two areas: one is Oklahoma City to Dallas to Alexandria, Louisiana, and the second is Nashville, Tennessee, to Louisville, Kentucky, to Charleston, West Virginia, to Cleveland to Pittsburgh.
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The primary threats for both areas will be damaging wind gusts and large hail. Tornadoes are possible from Nashville to Pittsburgh.
The storms will begin around noon and end by Thursday night.
Flash flooding will also be a concern Thursday from Texas to New York, with the worst flooding forecast for Oklahoma and the Pittsburgh area
On Friday, the severe weather and flash flood threats will be confined to the south-central Plains.
For flash flooding, the highest threat area will stretch from Texas to Mississippi, including the cities of San Antonio; Dallas; Ada, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; and Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Weird Weather Is Making Air Travel Even Worse
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Nightmare summer travel is upon us as vacation season coincides with high temperatures and severe weather capable of disrupting flights. By Wednesday of this week, FlightAware, a site that follows air traffic around the world, had tallied some 30,000 delays and between 900 and 1,400 cancellations per day. In the US, more severe weather is expected in the Southwest, as scorching temperatures are forecast to reach above 115 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas, and thunderstorms are forecast for the Northeast.
The airline industry has a disproportionate effect on the climate; flying is a carbon-intense activity, responsible for 2 to 3 percent of the globe’s energy-related CO2 emissions. But it’s also vulnerable to the effects of higher temperatures and changing weather patterns. Hot weather causes obvious problems for aviation: It makes working conditions on tarmacs unbearable, and wildfire smoke reduces visibility. But there are also some surprising effects of a changing climate on flights, like more turbulence, problems with takeoffs, and more frequent and severe storms that can lead to delayed or canceled flights.
First, there are the immediate effects of sudden heat waves themselves. Last summer, a heat wave in the United Kingdom damaged runway infrastructure and led to delays. As an extreme example of what heat can do, in 2012 high temperatures melted the tarmac at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, trapping a plane when its wheel became stuck.
More heat in the atmosphere means that the air holds more moisture, making thunderstorms more likely. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned this week that more thunderstorms from warmer temperatures will bring more delays.
Climate change is also linked to increasingly severe fire seasons. This year’s rocky start to July comes after a bad June, when wildfires from Canada sent smoke that engulfed the East Coast and the Midwest and affected flights. Wildfire smoke does more than reduce visibility—it affects a plane’s advanced navigation systems. These are designed well to work through rain and fog, but particulate matter from smoke and ash are more disruptive. To respond to these conditions, the US Federal Aviation Administration shifts air traffic, creating more distance between planes as they land.
But there are more complicated, invisible effects of a warming world too. Hotter air is trapped near the ground, and cooler air above. Shifts in temperature gradients affect the wind shear, or the changes in speed and direction between air near the ground and at higher elevations. These eddies create clear air turbulence, which occurs in the absence of clouds. Light turbulence can cause sudden changes in altitude that feel like bumps, but severe turbulence can cause structural stress to the aircraft.
Turbulence isn’t just unpleasant. It’s the cause of more than one third of injuries aboard air carriers, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board, and in rare instances can even lead to death.
Changing wind patterns may also alter flight lengths. If, for example, there are stronger eastward winds, flights from the US to Europe will speed up, but flights in the other direction may take longer. Transatlantic flights may even need to reroute and refuel.
Research from Paul Williams, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Reading in the UK, found that jet stream changes could increase the amount of time flights are in the sky each day, leading to more fuel burning, higher costs, and more CO2 emissions. Jet streams are high-altitude air currents that drive weather systems. As the Arctic warms, the North Atlantic Jet Stream is changing, leading to more odd weather.
But heat alone can also lead to delays and cancellations, like when a 119-degree day in Phoenix grounded planes in 2017. That’s because high temperatures decrease air density. When the air is less dense, planes need more time and distance to fight gravity as they take off—so they may need a longer runway to become airborne. Not all airports can accommodate these sudden changes.
Passengers are feeling the effects, but this isn’t new or surprising to the aviation industry, which has grappled with sustainability issues for decades, says Rob Britton, a former American Airlines executive and a professor of marketing at Georgetown University.
The industry has taken strides to make flying more efficient, but significantly reducing delays and cancellations will depend on designing aircraft that can withstand new environmental challenges and updating aviation infrastructure. It’s a plan that requires cooperation from the FAA, airlines, and manufacturers. “These are not solutions that happen quickly,” Britton says.
Despite the drawbacks, people want to fly. The US Transportation Security Administration expected a record number of passengers to board planes this summer. Combine the travel boom with heat waves, worker strikes in Europe, and staffing issues in the US, and these headaches aren’t likely to end soon.
WASHINGTON — Air traffic controllers are facing about 1,000 equipment failures per week — and “more and more” are expected without a serious “overhaul” of the ancient systems, a former FAA official and several airline industry insiders tell The Post.
The shocking revelation follows the 90-second radar and comms blackout for controllers overseeing Newark Liberty International Airport, which resulted in a cascade of cancellations and delays that has lasted more than a week.
A fried piece of copper wire caused the April 28 outage. (Or at least that is the story we are given) Following the incident, five FAA workers in the Philadelphia-based control center took federal “trauma leave” of up to 45 days, according to CNN.
“This is a copper wire system, and frankly the FAA is experiencing almost 1,000 outages a week,” one airline industry official said of the fiasco. “Some outages are worse than others — but the bad thing about them is you can’t predict them.”
Industry officials explained that the miles of telecommunications wire snaking its way through systems from New York to California are being overloaded by the tens of thousands of flights Americans take every day — and the historic lack of certified professional controllers (CPCs) overseeing the planes.
It’s an “increasingly urgent” problem, they said.
Another airline industry insider said most of the technology currently in use is, at best, late 1980s, early 1990s-era, making it a “top priority” for lawmakers to address in upcoming reconciliation and appropriations bills if possible.
David Grizzle, who served under President Barack Obama as the FAA’s chief counsel, acting deputy administrator and chief operating officer of its Air Traffic Organization, said the current “air traffic control dilemma” is entirely due to “archaic” equipment, a shortage of air traffic controllers and “inadequate and inconsistent” funding from Congress.
“Historically, we have assured safety by trading off inefficiency, and so we would just slow the traffic down more and more and more to keep it safe,” Grizzle said.
But “when you start having unscheduled outages like what happened at Newark — you can’t do the safety-for-efficiency tradeoff like we’ve been doing.”
“Today at Newark the average flight is four hours delayed,” he went on. “The FAA is holding planes on the ground all over the country in order to meter the number of arrivals down to a small enough number to safely manage it with the staffing and the unreliable equipment that they have.”
As of October, there were 1,020 fewer certified professional controllers than there were at the end of fiscal year 2012 — a 9% decrease.
Just 34 controllers were added through hiring last year.
In total, there are 10,791 certified controllers at the FAA spread across 300 air traffic control facilities monitoring 50,000 flights per day.
Asked about the 90-second blackout that air traffic controllers suffered, Grizzle noted that it was certainly the most “dramatic” incident in recent memory but that an “unscheduled outage” is likely to be seen “more and more.”
“The nature of an unscheduled outage is you don’t know where it’s going to happen,” he warned — and despite it being less than two minutes, “if a plane is traveling at 555 miles per hour, a few seconds is significant.”
Grizzle also cautioned that passengers should still feel safe given the other guidelines the agency is applying nationwide.
“They can still assume that this is a very safe system, but the margin of safety is declining and the level of delays and cancellations that are being required to maintain this level of safety is completely unacceptable for a modern country like the United States,” he added.
“We’re having to cancel hundreds of flights because we simply don’t have the technology and staffing to manage them.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is preparing Thursday to announce an “overhaul” of much of the outdated and understaffed FAA with a recruiting blitz, “cutting-edge technology” and a consolidation of the roughly two dozen air traffic control towers into just five or six state-of-the-art centers, the insiders added.
In a Fox News interview Monday night, Duffy slammed the Biden administration for doing “nothing” to fix the mounting problems at the FAA — including its telecom system.
“It hasn’t been updated in the last 30 to 40 years,” he declared, before explaining what happened in Newark.
“The primary communication line went down, the backup line didn’t fire, and so for 30 seconds, we lost contact with air traffic control,” he said on “The Ingraham Angle.”
“Were planes going to crash? No, they have communication devices. They can see other air traffic,” he added. “But it’s a sign that we have a frail system in place, and it has to be fixed.”
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who serves as chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, is hoping to push for at least $4.75 billion to upgrade the telecom system in the coming year.
On Wednesday, the FAA released a statement announcing that “three new, high-bandwidth telecommunications connections” would be added between the New York-based radar processing location and the Philadelphia one.
The agency is also hiring more air traffic controllers and replacing the copper wires with fiberoptic ones for higher bandwidth and greater speed and setting up a “temporary backup system” at the Philly-based radar processing center.
Just 22 CPCs serve at the Philadelphia center, known as TRACON, along with 21 other controllers and supervisors in training.
“We have a healthy pipeline with training classes filled through July 2026,” a spokesperson for the agency said.
“The FAA has been slowing arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport due to runway construction at Newark and staffing and technology issues at Philadelphia TRACON, which guides aircraft in and out of the airport,” the spokesperson added.
Nicholas Calio, CEO of the leading trade association for cargo and passenger planes, told Congress in a March hearing that around 90% of the FAA’s facilities and equipment budget is used just to patch up issues in the existing system.
“It’s not acceptable to just continue to tolerate a chronically understaffed air traffic control system. Just like it’s not acceptable for controllers and technicians to be using paper strips and floppy disks to run our nation’s National Aviation System.”
Industry officials said there will likely be a push for an even higher $30 billion or $40 billion supplementary request in the coming months.
A Government Accountability Office report last December found that “of the FAA’s 138 systems,” at least 27% “were unsustainable” and 39% were “potentially unsustainable.”
There are also concerns about how so-called “slot relief,” a system that forces roughly 10% fewer flights at a given airport, has been unnecessarily deflating the number of flights daily at high-traffic hubs like JFK and LaGuardia, prompting a letter from Calio’s group, Airlines for America, in April.
That missive requested an extension until 2027 of slot relief to allow for increased hiring and updated tech before taking on the higher daily total of flights.
It also noted that “approximately 75% of all delays in the National Airspace System” occur in NYC airspace.
“In 2019, the FAA estimated that the annual cost of delays to the U.S. economy and passengers was $33 billion, reinforcing the need to address these issues,” the letter noted.
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PLANES COLLIDING ON THE TARMAC
The recent incidents of planes colliding on the tarmac have raised concerns among travelers and aviation experts alike. The collision at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport involved a Delta Airbus A350 and an Endeavor Air Bombardier CRJ900, with no injuries reported. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of this incident.23 Another incident occurred at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where a Japan Airlines Boeing 737 collided with a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 on the tarmac. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries to crew or passengers, and both airlines apologized for the experience and delays.5 These incidents highlight the importance of maintaining clear taxiways and ensuring that aircraft are on the correct path to prevent such collisions. Travelers are advised to remain calm and follow the airline’s instructions during such emergencies. Source
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Airline says there were no reported injuries after an incident at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (WAGA)
The Federal Aviation Administration says a Delta Airbus A350 and an Endeavor Bombardier CRJ900 jet clipped each other Tuesday morning on the tarmac at an Atlanta airport.
The FAA said in a statement to Fox News Digital that “while Delta Air Lines Flight 295 was taxiing for departure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, its wingtip struck the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526.”
“The Delta Airbus A350 was headed to Tokyo. The Endeavor Bombardier CRJ900 was headed to Lafayette, Louisiana,” the agency added. “The FAA will investigate the incident, which occurred at the intersection of two taxiways around 10:10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Sept. 10.”
Images being posted on social media show heavy damage to the tail of one of the planes, whose vertical stabilizer appears to have been severed from the aircraft.
The tail of one of the planes is seen damaged at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday. (WAGA)
“Well that was terrifying. Taxiing out for the flight from Atlanta to Louisiana and another plane appears to have clipped the back of our plane,” WFTS Meteorologist Jason Adams posted on X. “Very jarring, metal scraping sounds then loud bangs. We’re fine. No fire or smoke.”
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One of the planes in Atlanta suffered severe damage to its tail. (X/@GregVojnovic)
Delta said in its own statement that “the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to LaFayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350.
“There have been no reported injuries at this time,” the airline said. “There were 221 customers on DL295 and 56 customers on DL5526. At this time, no additional operational adjustments are expected. ”
Delta later issued a second statement saying it has “worked with each customer… to provide accommodation on alternate aircraft scheduled to depart Tuesday afternoon. We apologize to our customers for the experience.”
Delta says “there have been no reported injuries at this time and customers are being transported back to the terminal where they will be reaccommodated on alternate flights.” (WANF )
United Airlines aircraft clipped the wing of another United plane while preparing to depart from San Francisco International Airport early Tuesday, the airline confirmed.
“Last night, a United aircraft made contact with the wing of another United aircraft while pushing back from a gate at San Francisco International Airport,” a United spokesperson said in a statement. “We are working with our customers to rebook them on other flights.
The two planes involved were both Boeing 777s. Flight UA877, bound for Hong Kong, had 306 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, while Flight UA863, scheduled to depart for Sydney, carried 202 passengers and 16 crew members.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the collision happened at approximately 12:35 a.m. The agency stated that the aircraft were operating in an area where air traffic controllers do not communicate directly with flight crews.
“The incident was totally avoidable,” passenger Michael Belkin, who was on one of the planes, told the Chronicle on Tuesday. “From my perspective, it was caused by the ground crew not paying enough attention as we were taxiing. It seemed like there were issues with our tug from the moment we left the gate — we stopped abruptly as we were pulling away and then resumed after a short pause.”
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Delta plane, Air force jet nearly collide at Reagan National Airport; triggering proximity warning
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Boeing 737 BREAKS UP IN MID-FLIGHT / DISINTEGRATING AND FALLING APART OVER CENTRL AMERICA
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Part of a Boeing 737 Max 9 was ripped off an Alaska Airlines plane as it made its way over Oregon toward California on Friday forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Portland, where the flight originated.
It’s still not clear why the incident occurred but the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced it would be launching an investigation into the cause of the alarming episode.
Approximately 171 customers and six crew members were on board flight 1282 and several people sustained injuries from the blowout. All have now been medically cleared, the airline said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to ground all models of the aircraft until they undergo inspections, which will include both left and right cabin door exit plugs, door components and fasteners.
“Operators must also complete corrective action requirements based on findings from the inspections prior to bringing any aircraft back into service.” The inspections are expected to take approximately four to eight hours per plane. The decision is expected to impact 171 aircrafts worldwide.
A door plug, a specific panel of the fuselage near the rear of the aircraft, blew out of the side of the plane seven minutes after the flight departed from Portland on Friday around 5pm and was only three miles or 16,000 feet up in the sky.
Two seats next to the panel were torn off but had no passengers in them. Most of what’s known about what happened next has come from passengers and officials who have spoken out about the event.
One passenger, who described her experience on TikTok, said she felt the plane drop and worried that she wouldn’t survive. Videos posted to social media showed a large rectangular hole in the side of the panel as wide as a refrigerator.
As the flight crew tried to make sense of what had occurred they could be seen in the footage reassuring passengers. It’s not clear what caused the incident, but officials are investigating.
Three infants and four minors were on board the plane. The infants were being held in their caregivers’ laps, officials said, and were reported safe, though one child had their shirt ripped off.
How will this affect future travel
Soon after the incident occurred hundreds of flights were cancelled in order for the aeroplanes to undergo inspection. On Monday, United Airlines announced it had found loose bolts on multiple of its Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. The company operates 79 of the aircraft.
The inspections are expected to be completed this week.
Experts say that long-term changes stemming from the Alaska Airlines incident are potential reforms at Boeing, the company that supplies the aircraft model.
“(Boeing) has to stop giving lip service to the idea that they put safety over profits because right now it looks like they put… speed to the marketplace over safety,” aviation trial attorney Robert Clifford told CNN, adding that the company will likely be responsible for paying airlines for lost revenue.
“They put the need to have a competitive advantage against Airbus over safety,” he said. Both Airbus and Boeing own more than 90 per cent of the commercial plane market share. Mr Clifford stated that the repercussions from the incident were minor because it happened 16,000 feet in the air.
“If something like this happened at 30,000 feet, everyone would perish,” he told the outlet.
Philadelphia plane crash, explosion caught on Ring video
Philly plane crash captured on Ring video
Residents fled into their home after a small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening. (Credit: LiveNOW from FOX viewer)
PHILADELPHIA – A new video reveals the moment when a small plane crashed down in Northeast Philadelphia late Friday evening.
The crash comes just days after an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., claiming the lives of dozens.
Officials said the plane was on its way to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri before crashing in Northeast Philadelphia at 6:30 p.m.
The FAA and NTSB will be investigating the incident.
How the California wildfires are affecting air travel
How the Palisades Fire is affecting airlines
Cancellations and delays at BUR and LAX
At BUR and LAX delays and cancellations took place, though the airports still operated at a mostly normal pace. On Wednesday, BUR canceled or delayed 98 departures and arrivals, with the airport encouraging travelers to check with airlines for the latest updates. On the same day, LAX delayed 270 departures and arrivals, with few cancellations.
With the fires continuing on, Los Angeles City Fire Chief Kristen Crowley warned residents to stay vigilant: “We are absolutely not out of danger yet, with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and the county today.” The L.A. County Fire Department posted updates on X, noting the size and scope of the fires, and their 0% containment.
With the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the fires, it may be a good bet to put off travel, contact your airline, and obtain a waiver for a future trip.
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Think only California burns? Think again. Even Florida, Texas and New Jersey at risk.
Elizabeth Weise“There are a lot of cities that share similarities with what happened in Los Angeles,” said Kelly Pohl with Headwaters Economics, a nonprofit research group in Montana that had done research on the cost of retrofitting homes to protect against wildfires.
Think Boise, Idaho. Salt Lake City. Amarillo, Texas; Reno, Nevada; and Oklahoma City, she said.
A USA TODAY analysis found that 3.3 million Americans live in census tracts where the wildfire risk is “very high.” Another 14.8 million live in tracts where the risk is “relatively high.”
That includes states that might not spring to mind when thinking about wildfires, such as Florida, West Virginia and New Jersey.
It’s not even about forest fires any more, the analysis found. A full 74% of people living in “very high”-risk census tracts are in metropolitan areas.
The USA TODAY analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data calculated how many people are living in very high wildfire risk areas and where those population centers are located.
- St. George, Utah
- Rapid City, South Dakota
- Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
Two things that have changed in the past couple of decades are contributing to the threat.
Many parts of the country have become hotter and drier and subject to “flash droughts” that dry things out quickly. And an ever-increasing number of people want to live in or near wildlands that evolved to burn.
The USA TODAY analysis found that even as the risk rises, Americans are flocking to very high wildfire risk areas in significant numbers. Population growth in metros with people in high wildfire risk areas increased about 70% between 1990 and 2020, while population in the average American metro over the same period increased about 40%.
“What these disasters all have in common is while they may have started as wildfires, they then spread into densely populated urban areas,” she said. Once there, the flames spread from home to home. “We’re now seeing urban conflagration resulting from a wildfire.”
High-risk areas:
The Southwest
One might imagine the desert couldn’t burn if it wanted to. But many areas of the Southwest are actually scrubland. Today, invasive plants such as cheatgrass have created a contiguous carpet of fuel that fire can race through, igniting shrubs and trees that are normally spaced apart, allowing blazes to spread over large distances.
“Cheatgrass was involved in 39 of the largest 50 fires across the Great Basin West,” said Jennifer Balch, a fire scientist and professor of geography at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
In areas where there are forests, increasing droughts and homes pushing ever further into the wilderness are putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk.
Reno, for instance, Pohl said, is “a place that could experience something catastrophic.”
Idaho
Idaho is one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. People flock there, in part, for its affordable housing that is still near the state’s tremendous natural beauty.
“Idaho is consistently rated high on the proportion of structures they have at risk,” said Michele Steinberg, director of the wildfire division of the National Fire Protection Association.
Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
These states are subject to big grassland fires that can move very quickly in high wind conditions, putting large numbers of homes a risk, said Radeloff, the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.
In 2021, the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, Colorado, killed two people, destroyed more than 1,000 structures and caused the evacuation of more than 37,000 people. The grassfire was the most destructive fire in Colorado history.
Grassland fires destroy as many homes in the United States as forest fires do but don’t get as much attention.
“Grass fires are not as intense as forest fires, but they burn hot enough to set a house ablaze,” Radeloff said.
In addition, fires are moving faster, which makes them harder to fight and increases home loss. “Fires are 250% faster in the West and 400% faster in California,” said UC-Boulder’s Balch. “Speed is fundamentally the underlying driver of why fires are getting so much bigger.”
In the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma, the Smokehouse Creek fire in February 2024 was the largest in state history. It killed two people, burned more than 1.2 million acres and destroyed more than 30 homes. It was also the costliest fire in the state’s history, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and the Carolinas all have areas with the potential for large fire events, Pohl said.
In 2016, the Great Smoky Mountains wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, killed 14 people and destroyed more than 2,500 homes and businesses. The fire burned for five days in an isolated part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park before high winds whipped it up and swept it toward Gatlinburg.
“All it takes it is a little bit of above-average temperature, low humidity, relatively persistent drought in an area and the wind to pick up ‒ and you end up with red flag warnings,” said Jeremy Porter, who runs climate implications research for the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit that has created wildfire and flood risk models for the entire nation.
An area that’s starting to worry people is West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, which is becoming a bedroom community for people who work in the Greater Washington, D.C., area.
“They’re starting to urbanize in areas that we know have a fire history, a natural ecosystem that burns,” said Steinberg.
Florida
Tourists spend time on the beaches, but many parts of Florida and southern Georgia are ecosystems that have historically burned frequently.
“It’s shocking how many historic fires there were, like around the Everglades, in areas you would never think of as flammable,” Porter said.
Polk County, Florida, between Tampa and Orlando, has the fourth highest county-level fire risk by First Street’s calculations.
The state’s population is growing fast, and suburban areas are expanding outward and moving into wild areas. Unfortunately, that has set the stage for fire.
“We’re seeing increases in the number of wildfires in the ecosystems that make up the majority of Florida,” said Victoria Donovan, a professor of forest management at the University of Florida.
Those highly flammable ecosystems are now home to millions of Americans.
“Even in Florida, it only takes a few months for fuels that were saturated at one point with water and humidity in the summertime to dry out and become fuels for a wildfire,” said Porter.
New Jersey Pine Barrens
The New Jersey Pine Barrens, a large, beautiful national reserve in the southern part of the state, is a unique ecosystem composed of forests, scrubland and waterways.
“If you look on the maps, it’s a hot spot – a bright orange circle right in the middle of New Jersey,” said Porter.
It’s not surprising the state’s Ocean County, with a population of 660,000, is number seven on First Street’s list of most at-risk counties for fire.
Protecting yourself
While the dangers are real, there are newer tools that can help people protect themselves against fires.
The first is simply avoiding, when possible, living in areas at high risk, Porter said.
“This information is available now. You can go on Zillow, you can go on Redfin, you can go on Realtor.com and there’s fire risk information for every property across the country,” he said.
There’s also increasingly clear data on how to protect a home from wildfires, especially the dangerous embers that can drift for as much as a mile.
“The cost of retrofitting can be as inexpensive as $2,000,” she said. “Some of the most effective things can by done by a homeowner over a weekend.”
Contributing: Ignacio Calderon
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We are seeking extremes in temperatures and unpredictability of trends. Too much heat can cause real problems not only for humans but for equipment as well.
Extreme heat altering travel plans, people’s daily routines worldwide
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People across the world are reeling in the aftermath of increased extreme weather events.
A new study by researchers from Arizona State University, University of Washington, and the University of Texas at Austin has revealed that extreme heat significantly alters people’s daily routines and transportation choices.
The study, titled “Understanding How Extreme Heat Impacts Human Activity-Mobility and Time Use Patterns,” provides crucial insights into how rising temperatures affect human behavior in urban areas.
Led by Professor Ram M. Pendyala of ASU, the research team analyzed data from the American Time Use Survey and weather information from NOAA, focusing on 11 major U.S. metropolitan areas. Their findings show that on extremely hot days, people tend to stay indoors more, reduce outdoor activities, and avoid non-essential travel.
The study uncovered a notable shift in transportation preferences during heat waves. Car usage increases, while walking, biking, and public transit trips decrease significantly.
Public transit usage drops by nearly 50% on extremely hot days as people opt for air-conditioned private vehicles. This trend poses challenges for cities aiming to promote sustainable transportation options.
Importantly, the research highlights that extreme heat disproportionately affects vulnerable groups.
Low-income individuals and those without access to cars, who often rely on walking or public transportation, face greater exposure to dangerous temperatures. These groups also tend to have less flexibility in their work schedules, necessitating travel even in oppressive heat.
The study also found that older adults struggle more to adapt their routines during heat waves, potentially leading to increased social isolation.
Professor Pendyala emphasised that extreme heat exacerbates existing inequities in mobility and activity participation. He called for targeted policy interventions to protect the most vulnerable populations from the impacts of rising temperatures.
Srinivas Garimella, Georgia Institute of Technology and Matthew T. Hughes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars and airplanes, become less efficient and degrade more quickly in extreme heat. Machines generate their own heat, too, which can make hot temperatures around them even hotter.
We are engineering researchers who study how machines manage heat and ways to effectively recover and reuse heat that is otherwise wasted. There are several ways extreme heat affects machines.
No machine is perfectly efficient – all machines face some internal friction during operation. This friction causes machines to dissipate some heat, so the hotter it is outside, the hotter the machine will be.
Cellphones and similar devices with lithium ion batteries stop working as well when operating in climates above 95 degrees Farenheit (35 degrees Celsius) – this is to avoid overheating and increased stress on the electronics.
Cooling designs that use innovative phase-changing fluids can help keep machines cool, but in most cases heat is still ultimately dissipated into the air. So, the hotter the air, the harder it is to keep a machine cool enough to function efficiently.
Plus, the closer together machines are, the more dissipated heat there will be in the surrounding area.
Deforming materials
Higher temperatures, either from the weather or the excess heat radiated from machinery, can cause materials in machinery to deform. To understand this, consider what temperature means at the molecular level.
At the molecular scale, temperature is a measure of how much molecules are vibrating. So the hotter it is, the more the molecules that make up everything from the air to the ground to materials in machinery vibrate.
As the temperature increases and the molecules vibrate more, the average space between them grows, causing most materials to expand as they heat up. Roads are one place to see this – hot concrete expands, gets constricted and eventually cracks. This phenomenon can happen to machinery, too, and thermal stresses are just the beginning of the problem.
Travel delays and safety risks
High temperatures can also change the way oils in your car’s engine behave, leading to potential engine failures. For example, if a heat wave makes it 30 degrees F (16.7 degrees C) hotter than normal, the viscosity – or thickness – of typical car engine oils can change by a factor of three.
Fluids like engine oils become thinner as they heat up, so if it gets too hot, the oil may not be thick enough to properly lubricate and protect engine parts from increased wear and tear.
Additionally, a hot day will cause the air inside your tires to expand and increases the tire pressure, which could increase wear and the risk of skidding.
Airplanes are also not designed to take off at extreme temperatures. As it gets hotter outside, air starts to expand and takes up more space than before, making it thinner or less dense. This reduction in air density decreases the amount of weight the plane can support during flight, which can cause significant travel delays or flight cancellations.
Battery degradation
In general, the electronics contained in devices like cellphones, personal computers and data centers consist of many kinds of materials that all respond differently to temperature changes. These materials are all located next to each other in tight spaces. So as the temperature increases, different kinds of materials deform differently, potentially leading to premature wear and failure.
Lithium ion batteries in cars and general electronics degrade faster at higher operating temperatures. This is because higher temperatures increase the rate of reactions within the battery, including corrosion reactions that deplete the lithium in the battery. This process wears down its storage capacity. Recent research shows that electric vehicles can lose about 20% of their range when exposed to sustained 90-degree Farenheit weather.
Data centers, which are buildings full of servers that store data, dissipate significant amounts of heat to keep their components cool. On very hot days, fans must work harder to ensure chips do not overheat. In some cases, powerful fans are not enough to cool the electronics.
To keep the centers cool, incoming dry air from the outside is often first sent through a moist pad. The water from the pad evaporates into the air and absorbs heat, which cools the air. This technique, called evaporative cooling, is usually an economical and effective way to keep chips at a reasonable operating temperature.
However, evaporative cooling can require a significant amount of water. This issue is problematic in regions where water is scarce. Water for cooling can add to the already intense resource footprint associated with data centers.
Struggling air conditioners
Air conditioners struggle to perform effectively as it gets hotter outside – just when they’re needed the most. On hot days, air conditioner compressors have to work harder to send the heat from homes outside, which in turn disproportionally increases electricity consumption and overall electricity demand.
For example, in Texas, every increase of 1.8 degrees F (1 degree C) creates a rise of about 4% in electricity demand.
Heat leads to a staggering 50% increase in electricity demand during the summer in hotter countries, posing serious threats of electricity shortages or blackouts, coupled with higher greenhouse gas emissions.
How to prevent heat damage
Heat waves and warming temperatures around the globe pose significant short- and long-term problems for people and machines alike. Fortunately, there are things you can do to minimize the damage.
First, ensure that your machines are kept in an air-conditioned, well-insulated space or out of direct sunlight.
Second, consider using high-energy devices like air conditioners or charging your electric vehicle during off-peak hours when fewer people are using electricity. This can help avoid local electricity shortages.