Brittany Peterson

9 hours ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Seth Borenstein |Carolyn Kaster |Brittany Peterson

SHAMROCK, Texas (AP) — As severe storms once again soak, batter and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: hail.

20 hours ago | journalrecord.com | Seth Borenstein |Carolyn Kaster |Brittany Peterson

Key Summary:Scientists collect data from inside severe hailstormsHail causes over $10 billion in damage annuallyProject ICECHIP funded by NSF and insurance partnersStudy links larger hail to climate change trendsSHAMROCK, Texas  — As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: Hail.

5 days ago | post-gazette.com | Dorany Pineda |Brittany Peterson |Allen Breed |Leah Willingham

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Jaron Kohari never thought his path to sobriety would involve horses. The 1,000-pound animals unnerved him upon his arrival at a farm outside Lexington that teaches horsemanship to addicts, with the prospects of a job and a future if they get clean. But in short order they were making him feel content, the same emotion he used to chase with alcohol and drugs.

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Dorany Pineda |Brittany Peterson

CABAZON, Calif. — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A helicopter flew in to drop water, but it had to fly a long distance to refill — and a fire that might have been stopped went on to destroy homes. kAmpD E96J 7@F89E E92E 62C=J a___D 3=2K6[ (92=:?8 D2JD[ 96 DA@EE65 2 D62=65[ >:==:@?\82==@?

1 week ago | fireapparatusmagazine.com | Dorany Pineda |Brittany Peterson

By DORANY PINEDA and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press CABAZON, Calif. (AP) - Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A helicopter flew in to drop water, but it had to fly a long distance to refill - and a fire that might have been stopped went on to destroy homes.