December 12, 2019 Chicago salt truck slides on icy road into Lake Michigan, workers escaped Two Chicago city workers scrambled to safety after the salt truck they were operating Wednesday morning slid backward into an icy-cold Lake Michigan, multiple media reports said.
December 11, 2019 East Coast winter blast brings light snow, freezing wind chill A day after parts of the East Coast warmed up to the low 60s, a drastic swing in temperature Wednesday left much of the region facing rain, snow and bitterly cold wind chills.
December 10, 2019 Sydney shrouded in 'unbreathable' smoke as Australia wildfires rage A thick haze from raging wildfires in Australia engulfed Sydney on Tuesday, creating dangerous air conditions and smoke so thick it was enough to trigger fire alarms in buildings across the city.
December 10, 2019 Lenticular cloud hovers in Colorado sky over mountain like a 'flying saucer' A mysterious sight in the skies over Colorado last week wasn't a plane or UFO, but actually a particular type of cloud that tends to form near mountains.
December 10, 2019 New Zealand volcano rescuer says island looked like scene out of 'Chernobyl' as island 'blanketed in ash' A paramedic involved in the rescue operation when a volcano erupted on an island in New Zealand teeming with tourists said Tuesday the scene resembled something out of HBO's “Chernobyl” miniseries.
December 10, 2019 75-foot wave recorded off California during last month's 'bomb cyclone' A 75-foot-tall wave was recorded last month about 20 miles off the coast of California while the region was being hit with the "bomb cyclone."
December 9, 2019 Colorado backcountry skier killed in 'very wide' avalanche, first death of the season A backcountry skier became the first death of the avalanche season in Colorado on Sunday when she was buried by a "very wide" slide, according to officials
