Climate & Environment

Several businesses along Dock Street in Annapolis are feeling underwater due to a massive project that closed nearly all of their nearby parking to rebuild City Dock and protect the area from rising sea levels and regular flooding.

The weekend ahead is expected to be a hot and sticky one in Baltimore.

Maryland regulators approved a much-delayed transmission line upgrade Friday that’s needed to retire the state’s last operating coal plant.

Vultures have descended on the Glenmont community in Columbia, where a woman won’t stop feeding them raw meat despite repeated orders.

The rest of the week will be just as wet, with chances of showers and thunderstorms increasing in the afternoon hours, according to the National Weather Service.

The Maryland Sierra Club said its study shows that reusable bag use has risen by 23% since the law went into effect on Jan. 1.

Department of Energy attorneys admitted in recent court filings that it cancelled grants, including over $80 million for Maryland projects, based on how states voted in the 2024 presidential election.

There’s a chance of daily afternoon showers and thunderstorms throughout the week, according to the National Weather Service.

Storms have begun moving across Maryland, delaying the Orioles game at Camden Yards and raising concerns about flash flooding, damaging winds and dangerous evening conditions across much of the state.

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Maryland will feel a bit tropical next week as hot and humid weather follows potential thunderstorms.

Two confirmed tornadoes touched down on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and three hit Anne Arundel County during Tuesday night’s storms, weather officials said, leaving a trail of damage behind.

Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the flood in Ellicott City that took the lives of Joseph Blevins and Jessica Watsula.

Approval of TeraWulf’s purchase of the Morgantown Generating Station marks an early step in the Easton-based company’s plan to overhaul the contaminated coal site and use it to power a data center complex.

A flood watch is in effect for Baltimore City and most of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard and Harford counties.

Rounds of thunderstorms are expected to move through the region and Maryland’s coast, with frequent lightning posing the biggest threat through much of the week.

Infections from vibrio remain relatively uncommon but their number is increasing because of climate change, scientists say. And, as the Chesapeake Bay warms, its mildly salty and nutrient-gorged waters offer prime habitat for the potentially deadly microbe.

For the first time in five years, federal engineers plan to restock Ocean City’s waterfront, a $27 million project that involves dredging hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand to line the tourist town’s eroding coastline.

The number of heat-related deaths in Maryland has topped 30, putting this summer on track to be one of the deadliest.

Another round of showers and thunderstorms could develop Wednesday afternoon and evening, though forecasters say today’s storms are expected to be less severe.