Environment
Latest Stories
aptopix_california_storms_05584.jpg
A section of southbound Interstate 15 just south of Hwy 138 is washed away on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017, in the Cajon Pass, Calif. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP) /The Daily Press via AP)
california_storms_53756.jpg
Two vehicles are swept away into the wash as they tried crossing Hughes Road, at Doris Davies Park in Victorville, Calif., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)
california_storms_58374.jpg
A California Highway Patrol officer investigates the scene near a sink hole that swallowed a tractor trailer and a San Bernardino County Fire Department fire engine on southbound Interstate 15, just south of Highway 138, in the Cajon Pass, Calif., on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)
pikes_peak_mysteries_53121.jpg
FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. MST.-Tony Eichstadt, pointing, and the dozen mountaineers climbing with Eric Swab Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, scramble to the summit of Cap Rock near Palmer Lake, Colo., while on their weekly trek exploring the remote and historic spots in the backcountry of the Pikes Peak region. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
california_storms_75416.jpg
A worker starts repair work where trees battered by heavy winds pulled power lines which broke a pole in rural Salinas, Calif., Friday Feb. 17, 2017. (David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
california_storms_86477.jpg
Mo Trahan walks while balancing on a downed pine beside Brian Potts while checking trees that were toppled by the heavy winds at Rainforest Farm in rural Salinas, Calif., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The tree just missed an outbuilding at right and was snagged in another tree. (David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
california_storms_32957.jpg
Downed trees and power lines are viewed near a school in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
avalanche_hurricanes_hockey_03955.jpg
Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner (53) is blocked by Colorado Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
avalanche_hurricanes_hockey_32700.jpg
Carolina Hurricanes' Joakim Nordstrom (42), of Sweden, and Viktor Stalberg (25), of Sweden, chase the puck with Colorado Avalanche's Andreas Martinsen (27), of Norway, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
mexico_us_border_90270.jpg
A flower sits on a guard rail as people form a symbolic human wall along the Rio Grande, which marks the border between Mexico and the U.S. in Ciudad Juarez, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Responding to plans by President Donald Trump to build a wall along the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than a thousand people lined the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez Friday, holding hands and carrying flowers.(AP Photo/Christian Torres)
mexico_us_border_62572.jpg
Mexicans students stand together as they form a symbolic human wall along the Rio Grande, which marks the border between Mexico and the U.S. in Ciudad Juarez, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Responding to plans by President Donald Trump to build a wall along the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than a thousand people lined the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez Friday, holding hands and carrying flowers.(AP Photo/Christian Torres)
california_storms_13000.jpg
The Los Angeles County Fire Department patrols Melcanyon Road, lined with K-rails and other barriers in Duarte, Calif., in a threatened area below a San Gabriel Mountains burn area known as the Fish Fire, as a powerful storm moves into Southern California Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
california_storms_36497.jpg
K-rail, sand bags and other barriers are set up to block the flow of mud in a wash above Melcanyon Road in Duarte, Calif., in a threatened area below a San Gabriel Mountains burn area known as the Fish Fire, as a powerful storm moves into Southern California Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
california_storms_75081.jpg
Mud from earlier storms is seen in a wash above Melcanyon Road in Duarte, Calif., in a threatened area below a San Gabriel Mountains burn area known as the Fish Fire, as a powerful storm moves into Southern California Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
california_storms_41492.jpg
A semi-tractor lies on its side after it was was blown over by strong winds while traveling northbound along Highway 1, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Marina, Calif. A powerful storm is beginning to move into California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows around the northern region. (Vern Fisher/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
california_storms_59820.jpg
With charred foliage seen in the foreground, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies patrol a road lined with K-rail and other barriers in Duarte, Calif., in a threatened area below a burn area known as the Fish Fire, as a powerful storm moves into Southern California, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
california_storms_09063.jpg
Several fallen eucalyptus trees block Castroville Blvd., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, near Moss Landing, Calif. A powerful storm is beginning to move into California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows around the northern region. (Vern Fisher/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
california_storms_36089.jpg
Traffic makes its way in the rain over the Golden Gate Bridge Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in San Francisco. A powerful storm is beginning to move into California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows around the northern region. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
california_rail_electrification_92346.jpg
FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo, commuters board a Caltrain train at the Caltrain and Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Millbrae, Calif. The Federal Transit Administration is delaying a decision on whether to approve a $650 million federal grant for electrification of a San Francisco Bay Area train system that would also help California's high-speed rail project. Congressional Republicans had pushed the administration to reject the application from Caltrain. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
