Climate & Environment

The Wayside Inn, a 246-year-old bed and breakfast in Ellicott City, remains closed after a lightning-sparked fire damaged the building’s first floor and basement.

Hundreds of flights canceled at Baltimore, D.C.-area airports.

Through negotiations with developers, several jurisdictions across the country have tried to mitigate some of the environmental impacts of data centers and secure millions of dollars for local priorities.

Maryland is somewhat in the clear Sunday, but wildfire smoke and the threat of severe thunderstorms could return this week.

Severe thunderstorms swept across Maryland on Saturday, toppling trees and power lines, damaging homes and businesses, and knocking out electricity to thousands as tornadoes, flash flooding and dangerous winds threatened much of the state.

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final on Sunday, thanks to thunderstorms passing through the area.

Maryland skies should look a little less hazy by Saturday evening as thunderstorms move into the region.

A 1-year-old boy was found dead in a car in Northwest Baltimore Thursday, police said.

Republican council member David Marks said he plans to introduce legislation that would extend the Baltimore County’s pause on data center development.

Maryland health experts are urging residents to stay indoors Friday as wildfire smoke pushes air quality to dangerous levels.

Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year.

Thursday morning’s hazy skies in Maryland are expected to worsen Friday as smoke from large wildfires in central Canada drifts into the state, forecasters said.

The phenomenon, known locally as a “pistachio tide,” has taken over Baltimore’s central waterway this week. It seems to be happening earlier and experts say it’s getting worse.

The number of emergency room and urgent care visits due to heat-related illnesses spiked from 55 to nearly 500 the week of the July Fourth heat wave, according to state data.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for much of Central Maryland, including Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Harford, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Central Maryland could see a high of 102 on Wednesday and a high of 101 on Thursday.

A decades-old operation to recycle dredge spoils from the Port of Baltimore is entering a new chapter

Every year, for eons, horseshoe crabs have migrated to the beaches and coastal bays of Ocean City and the Eastern Shore to spawn during the full and new moons around the summer solstice. Tuesday offers the last chance to catch the phenomenon this year.

A newly-installed eel ladder, one of the first in Maryland, helps endangered American eels pass over Harford County's Eden Mill dam — and benefit the surrounding ecosystem.

Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and heavy rain could dash Saturday night plans for a second time this month, though the risk is much lower this weekend.