RICHLAND COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – National Weather Service officials confirmed an EF-2 tornado hit the the city of Shelby Sunday afternoon. National Weather Service officials added the violent tornado had wind speeds of 120-125 mph and was a 1/2 mile wide. Police and city officials held a news conference Monday and stated the tornado damaged […]
via Wkyc: Thousands of people are without power throughout portions of Northeast Ohio after strong storms swept through the area. The hardest-hit areas are Mahoning, Portage, Stark and Summit counties. Kent State University was also impacted by the outages but says power has now been restored to campus. Here are the outage numbers from FirstEnergy as of 10:25 p.m. […]
STARK COUNTY, Ohio — The National Weather Service confirms that an EF-0 tornado touched down just west of Canton on Thursday night. The twister touched down around 8:15 p.m.; it started in Navarre and ended in eastern Perry Township in Stark County. According to the National Weather Service, the vast majority of the damage associated […]
MARION, Ohio – Pennsylvania’s famous groundhog predicted an early spring. Ohio’s Buckeye Chuck agrees. Chuck did not see his shadow Saturday morning. READ MORE: Fox8.com Article Courtesy of WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland First Picture Courtesy of Douglas Sacha and Getty Images Second Picture Courtesy of Bill Swindaman and Getty Images Third Picture and First and […]
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania – Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow Saturday morning, predicting an early spring. Of course the first official day of spring is March 20. READ MORE: Fox8.com Article Courtesy of WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland First and Second Picture Courtesy of Jeff Swensen and Getty Images
CLEVELAND — A spokesperson for USPS said mail service in Northeast Ohio will be suspended after 2 p.m. Wednesday because of the weather. This update comes after USPS said mail would be delivered in Cleveland on Wednesday. Originally, USPS sent out an alert on Tuesday night saying they were going to halt mail delivery services […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The winter storm in Northeast Ohio is here and the snow is already impacting travelers. Several flights in and out of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport have already been canceled. FLIGHT STATUS UPDATES FOR CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FLIGHT STATUS UPDATES FOR AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT Several airlines are waiving fees for travelers […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Big snowplows, blowing snow, whipping winds and maybe an impatient driver or two can be a very bad mix during a snow storm. Reduced visibility can disorient any driver and the next thing you know you are in the middle of a highway accident. The Ohio Department of Transportation reports that […]
CLEVELAND– As Northeast Ohio prepares for the year’s first major snowfall, cities are issuing snow parking bans. Akron: Snow emergency parking ban for main streets when 2 inches or more of snow falls and there is potential accumulation, and residential streets when 5 inches or more falls. Avon: Parking ban in effect on Saturday at noon until […]
CLEVELAND- A winter storm watch has been issued for northern and Northeast Ohio from Friday night through Sunday night. Heavy snow is possible. Total snow accumulations of 10-15 inches are possible with wind gusts as high as 35 mph. The watch includes Crawford, Erie, Cuyahoga, Carroll, Coshocton, Holmes, Huron, Lorain, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Huron, Medina, Summit, Ottawa, […]
After Al Roker‘s strong stand against Megyn Kelly‘s blackface foolery last year we’re surprised to learn that the Today Show weatherman has come to the defense of the meteorologist who was fired this week for using a racial slur onair. Viewers of a Rochester television station were shocked this week when a meteorologist lobbed a racial slur about Martin Luther King Jr. during a weather […]
CLEVELAND — Don Webster, a longtime meteorologist at News 5 Cleveland and host of the popular variety show “Upbeat,” died Thursday. Earlier this year, Don Webster’s son and daughter-in-law were in town from Atlanta when Webster asked them if they would you like to go to the Rock Hall. “They said ‘yeah let’s do that,'” […]