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Millions of Americans are gearing up for Christmas travel, but inclement weather could dampen their festive plans.

Two endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted on Dec. 9 by an aerial survey team around 50 miles southeast of Nantucket.

Continued swelling around the volcanoes summit has prompted a yellow advisory issued by the USGS.

Indiana is set to take on Notre Dame on Friday at 8 p.m. ET in South Bend, Indiana. The FOX Forecast Center predicts temperatures will remain in the 20s throughout the game, with wind chill values in the teens. A fast-moving storm system that passed through the Upper Midwest on Thursday was expected to bring 1-3 inches of snow to northern Indiana. However, precipitation is forecast to exit the region before kickoff.

The man was taken to a hospital for medical treatment, and he died from his injuries four days later on Dec. 13.

The northern giant hornet was first reported in Washington state in 2019. The hornets were spotted again in the state in 2020 and 2021. Since then, no northern giant hornets have been found

Cities from New York to Boston could see their first measurable snow of the season as we head into the final weekend before Christmas as an incoming weather system sets up the Interstate 95 corridor for a period of potentially slippery travel.

Today's top weather news for Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024: A winter storm is blanketing the northern U.S. with heavy snow, disrupting holiday travel from Montana to the Northeast. Plus, bone-chilling cold invading millions just days before Christmas.

A white Christmas is officially defined by the National Weather Service as having at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on Christmas Day. On average, only about a third of the Lower 48 has snow on the ground on Christmas Day, but this figure has steadily dropped over recent years. In 2003, only 18% of the contiguous U.S. had snow on the ground on December 25.

A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami has revealed that 35 buildings along the Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach coastline are experiencing subsidence, where the ground is either sinking or settling. According to measurements, scientists found subsidence rates ranging from two to eight centimeters.