Scott Sistek

1 week ago | foxweather.com | Scott Sistek

KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Those heading up to Alaska for a late spring cruise this week got a heaping dose of weather reality as an atmospheric river brings several inches of rain to one of the most popular ports of call in the "Last Frontier."WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? The jet stream tapped into a bountiful plume of tropical moisture and has been steering it into southeastern Alaska and northwestern British Columbia since the start of the week, creating days of heavy rains across the region.

3 weeks ago | foxweather.com | Scott Sistek

LONDON, Ky. - A tornado outbreak swept across the Ohio Valley Friday night, leaving more than a dozen dead and rescue crews frantically searching neighborhoods left in ruins for any other survivors. So far, at least nine people have died in Kentucky and seven more have been killed in Missouri -- five of them in the St. Louis area. Some of the hardest hit towns from apparent large tornadoes Friday night in Kentucky were the Somerset area and London, where city officials reported significant damage.

3 weeks ago | foxweather.com | Scott Sistek

LONDON, Ky. -- A tornado outbreak that swept through the Ohio Valley Friday night left multiple people dead and several seriously injured in Kentucky as rescue crews were frantically searching damaged cities for other victims into Saturday morning. Some of the hardest hit towns by apparent large tornadoes on Friday night were the Somerset area and London, where city officials reported significant damage.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Scott Sistek

LONDON, Ky. - A tornado outbreak that swept through the Ohio Valley Friday night left nearly two dozen people dead and several more seriously injured in Kentucky as rescue crews were frantically searching damaged cities for other victims into Saturday morning. "Daylight is painting a more complete, and more painful picture of the damage and loss that devastating storms have wreaked upon the Commonwealth this Friday and Saturday," Kentucky Emergency Management officials posted Saturday morning.

3 weeks ago | foxweather.com | Scott Sistek

FRY, Greece -- A strong earthquake rattled the waters just off the Greek island of Crete Tuesday evening, with shaking felt across the region in the middle of the night. The magnitude 6.1 quake struck just before 2 a.m. local time Wednesday (7 p.m. ET Tuesday) and was centered just 10 miles south of Fry, Greece and about 70 miles east of Ágios Nikólaos on Crete, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was deep, measured at nearly 50 miles below the Earth’s surface.