ER-0 Tornado Enters Cobb County
Kai Shabman, Staff Writer
January 28, 2020
On Jan. 12, a tornado touched down in Paulding county and crossed to Cobb, making it the first tornado and major storm in Georgia of the new decade, and around one of the 30 to 40 tornados that Cobb county has seen since the 1950s. Although it was only an EF-0 and didn’t do much damage besides...
Australia’s Deadly Wildfires have Killed 1 Billion Native Wildlife Animals
Daphni Torres, News Editor
January 22, 2020
Throughout the course of over a month since December of 2019, Australia has been experiencing severe wildfires caused by record-breaking temperatures and drastic periods of drought. A natural weather phenomenon called The Indian Ocean Dipole has caused a hot, dry spell across Australia, resulti...
Potential Tornadoes Headed for Georgia
Daphni Torres, Staff Writer
March 25, 2019
On March 9, catastrophic tornadoes hit major cities in Alabama, Florida and even parts of Georgia. These tornadoes caused massive injuries and killed at least 23 people in total. They were caused by severe weather outbreaks in the neighboring states and continued to bring rainy weather in the following ...
Winter Report — Massive Snowstorm Shakes up East Coast
Jack Dalmolin, Staff Writer
March 1, 2016
On the weekend of January 22nd, a major blizzard swept through the East Coast, dumping snow over 60 million people, all the way from Massachusetts to Georgia. Shepherdstown, a city in West Virginia, got 42 inches of snow from the storm. As of now, there are 28 deaths due to the storm. However that number...
El Niño 2015 May Be The Largest One Yet
Andrew Willings, Staff Writer
October 15, 2015
If you are not aware of El Niño, you will be soon. After 18 years, the infamous El Niño is returning, but this time, possibly twice as strong. Preparations are being made. “El Niño” is a global weather event that takes place repeatedly, although several years apart, and consists of the abnormal warming of water near the equator. This res...
Snowpocalypse
Bim Peacock, Staff Writer
February 10, 2014
The 28th of January sparked an utter fear of fluffy white powder in the North Atlanta area. The day before, newscasters had pronounced that there was little to no chance of snow within the vicinity. They may have been right, if the frozen storm hadn’t altered direction last minute. Early Tuesday ...
Cyclone Cleopatra
Sam Dobrotka, Staff Writer
November 22, 2013
On Monday September 18th, heavy rains hit the Mediterranean island of Sardinia and killed 17 people. In a span of 24 hours, there was about half the amount of average rainfall for a year. Severe flooding was reported over much of the island, many roads were closed, and a few thousand people were displaced. This type of storm is extremely rar...
Cassidee Jackson, Features Editor
May 8, 2020
To sweeten up your day, here’s a short and simple recipe on how to make apple bars. These apple bars have a serving size of eight people. The preparation time for this recipe...
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