Climate & environment

Flood protection measures were activated in Old Ellicott City as storms dumped inches of rain throughout Maryland on Sunday evening.

Floodwaters at City Dock surged to 4.4 feet above normal levels on Aug. 9, marking it as the eighth-highest flood event on record for Annapolis, city officials said.

Unlike the situation in June 2023, the wildfire smoke is not expected to create serious air quality concerns in Baltimore.

“The people of Baltimore know all too well the impact caused when vital transportation infrastructure is lost,” Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, the commanding general of the U.S. Army of Corp Engineers, said.

Some elected officials and environmental and consumer groups argue that regional grid operator PJM Interconnection’s failure to plan for the future is driving up costs.

Cleanup continued throughout the area, as floodwaters receded and temperatures forecast to be around 90 replaced the clouds, wind and rain of the storm.

This year, researchers have been monitoring more than 600 breeding pairs of osprey in a dozen locations as part of a multipronged effort to assess the birds’ breeding success around the Chesapeake Bay.

Remnants of Hurricane Debby are bringing heavy rainfall, flooding and a multitude of storm warnings to Maryland through this evening.

Flooding has been reported in Baltimore, Annapolis and other areas as the remnants of Hurricane Debby pass over Maryland.

The remnants of Debby, which has been downgraded to a tropical depression, will be moving into the Baltimore area through Friday.

The superyacht Lovebug capsized last month about 12 miles south of Annapolis, just inside the West River. No matter what investigators find when the boat is refloated next week, maybe the way Lovebug and other superyachts have changed Annapolis is just as important.

A coalition of Baltimore City Council members and AFSCME Council 3 leaders came together Tuesday morning to demand more protection for public employees following the heat-related death of a sanitation worker, Ronald Silver II.

More than 7,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers, most in Baltimore, did not have power Monday morning, down from 14,000 customers on Sunday night.

I went sailing on Saturday. Not really a surprising thing. I live in Annapolis. But August is the Chesapeake Bay’s unexpected month — the time of year when things turn out exactly as you expect until they do not.

In vintage and thrift stores around Baltimore, customers looking for older used garments are a part of the fight for sustainability.

Baltimore’s mayor is calling for patience as crews work to restore power to thousands of residents nearly 24 hours after strong winds and thunderstorms hit the region Saturday evening.

Emergency personnel received a call in Waldorf, Maryland, at about 9:21 p.m. Friday from Regency Furniture Stadium reporting that a moon bounce house became airborne because of a wind gust while children were inside.

Several lighting strikes happened around 8 p.m. and, while people at ArtScape were eagerly waiting for news, the stage crew started packing up gear.

While it may not be the hottest weekend of the year, Artscape weekend is forecast to be hot and humid.

About 40 people who gathered at a public library in Dundalk Thursday evening for a public hearing on a newly unveiled plan to demolish the remainder of the bridge — the first step of a multiyear plan to get drivers traversing the bridge once again.