Month: December 2024

As temperatures drop, many folks may want to brave the cold to enjoy some ice fishing. Here are some tips on how to venture onto the ice safely.

Renovation work in 2019 sparked a massive fire that significantly damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Most religious artifacts, including the Crown of Thorns, were rescued.

The Devils Hole Pupfish in Death Valley National Park had their world rocked Thursday when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck off the Northern California coast sent tremors through their delicate habitat.

A ferocious storm battering Ireland and the United Kingdom turned deadly as wind gusts topped 80-90 mph.

Water woes continue to plague Grand Canyon National Park, as its main water pipeline suffered another break this week.

A large area of high pressure that brought an arctic chill to much of the South and East this week is moving off Florida and now, ironically, in its wake is set to push a southerly fetch of tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico along into the Gulf Coast.

Despite one of the coldest starts to December in decades across the nation, the second half of the final month of 2024 is looking to be on the warmer side. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center expects the possibility of higher than average across most of the West and New England during the final week of December, but forecasters caution the forecast certainty is below normal.

The National Park Service (NPS) is inviting everyone to explore America's national parks in 2025 with six free entrance days throughout the year.