New York City

Heavy rain caused serious flooding across the region on Friday, leading Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency as rising waters disrupted travel and stranded people in cars and homes.

The air quality index, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency metric for air pollution, exceeded a staggering 400 at times in Syracuse, New York City and Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. A level of 50 or under is considered good; anything over 300 is considered “hazardous,” when even healthy people are advised to curtail outdoor physical activity.

The mammoth storm sparked torrential rain, flash floods and tornadoes that pummeled the region.

The hordes came running and the snow-white raptor became the latest celebrity bird of Manhattan. Some enthusiasts took Manhattan Bird Alert to task for revealing the bird’s exact whereabouts to 38,000 followers. By Thursday morning, the Central Park snowy was nowhere to be found.

With less litter on the ground and garbage in Dumpsters behind restaurants, rats are seeking food elsewhere.

US Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reports her observation of air temperatures reaching 70 degrees Farenheit (21 degrees Celsius) in January of 2020.

This stoop-pumpkin-rotting event is unusual compared with Dr. Johnson's long-term (lifetime) time series of annual October observations of stoop pumpkins in New York City.

The East Coast on Sunday sweated through another day of extreme heat and humidity.

While the northeastern is recovering from the third major winter storm this month, the Arctic is experiencing one of the warmest winters on record.

Forty-one whales have died in the past 15 months along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine. Ten of the whales were killed by collisions with ships.On average, eight humpback whales are stranded each year and fewer than two are hit by ships.

Medvedev used an inhaler during a second-set changeover Wednesday while being looked at by a doctor, who checked his breathing with a stethoscope.