Weather

Michigan experiences hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes each year and ranks 25th in lightning density per square mile, according to 2024 data.

Fifty-million dollars in federal aid is coming to Northern Michigan after months of local and state officials advocating for relief from a historic ice storm that swept through the region in March.

After the deadly floods in Texas, a National Weather Service meteorologist explains how northern Michiganders get warnings and alerts when bad weather strikes our region.

Northern Michigan continues to grapple with debris and forestry management.

Weeks before the ice storm pummeled Alpena and Montmorency counties in late March, local officials were discussing sharing an emergency manager. Now, it's uncertain if the proposal will go into effect.

The same debris that knocked out the power a few weeks ago could be used to make electricity.

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is allocating over $1 million to pay for generators and food for counties hit by last month's ice storm that brought widespread destruction to the region.

Supporters of the EPA's work in Michigan and the U.S. to protect the environment urged Congress to rein in a plan to roll back multiple pollution regulations.

The closure of four of the six Regional Climate Centers across the U.S. occurred after funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ran out. A recent report stated that the Trump administration plans to propose a 25% cut to NOAA's budget next fiscal year.

State Rep. Parker Fairbairn's (R-Harbor Springs) bill would distribute $75 million in relief for northern Michigan. The spending would meet the matching requirements to qualify for $225 million of federal disaster aid, lawmakers say.