Kristina Pydynowski
Latest articles by Kristina Pydynowski

Southern High Plains: Needed Rain to Follow Fire Danger
By Kristina Pydynowski published
While the week will start with a high fire danger across the southern High Plains, days of welcome rainfall are on the horizon.

Haiyan-Ravaged Philippines Face Another Tropical Threat
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Another tropical disturbance will bring heavy rainfall to areas hardest hit by once-Super Typhoon Haiyan at midweek.

Super Typhoon Usagi Barrels Toward Taiwan and China
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Usagi has strengthened into a super typhoon as it barrels towards Taiwan followed by Southeast China.

Philadelphia Shatters Record for the Heaviest Rain in a Day
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Less humid air is following the drenching showers and thunderstorms that are slowly pushing across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Flossie Sets Sights on Hawaii
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Tropical Storm Flossie will remain on a path to Hawaii through next week.

Tropical Storm Chantal Aims for Caribbean
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Tropical Storm Chantal has developed in the Atlantic Ocean, the first tropical storm in the Atlantic Basin for nearly 2.5 weeks.

Death Valley Heat to Approach All-Time World Record
By Kristina Pydynowski published
The heat across the West is so intense that Death Valley will approach the world's hottest temperature record.

Andrea Shatters Records: Raleigh to NYC to Boston
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Numerous rainfall records were shattered, with flooding being triggered in the process, as Andrea moved up the East Coast on Friday.

Southern California Wildfire Triples in Size
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Firefighters in Southern California continue to battle the massive Powerhouse Wildfire that more than tripled in size from Saturday night to Sunday.

Historic Snowstorm Records; Climate Change to Blame?
By Kristina Pydynowski published
While the debate as to whether climate change is responsible for the rare May snow across the Plains and Upper Midwest continues, there is no question that the snowstorm is one for the record books.

2013's First 80-Degree Day for Atlanta, Raleigh, DC
By Kristina Pydynowski published
The year's first 80-degree day is coming to many communities across the South and northward to the Mason-Dixon line by Wednesday.

Anniversary of Niagara Falls Running Dry
By Kristina Pydynowski published
March 29 marks the anniversary of when a massive ice jam reduced the mighty Niagara Falls to a trickle in 1848, a rare phenomena that lasted for nearly 40 hours

Snow Records Fall During Wednesday's Nor'easter
By Kristina Pydynowski published
More than a foot of snow blankets the Northeast.

Sandy Potential Impacts Norfolk to NYC, Boston
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Halloween could be a destructive time for the area.

Jamaica to Bahamas Face Future Sandy's Wrath First
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Tropical Depression 18 expected to build into Tropical Storm Sandy.

Historic Dry Spell in Seattle, Portland to Soon End
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Residents should get their umbrellas ready.

Ernesto May Become Hector in the Eastern Pacific
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Ernesto could come back to life and assume a new identity in the eastern Pacific this weekend.

East to Stay Stormy Through the Weekend
By Kristina Pydynowski published
Rain and thunderstorms will stick around the East this weekend.

Phoenix Put on Haboob Watch
By Kristina Pydynowski published
The intense dust storms are carried on winds following thunderstorms.
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