Archives for March 2021

Live video of news and weather coverage from NBC 5 Today will appear in the player above. A fast-moving storm system will move across North Texas early Wednesday morning. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued until 6:15 a.m. for Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall and Van Zandt counties, where hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph are possible. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were … [Read more...] about Live Coverage: Severe Storms Moving Into North Texas; Gusts Up to 70 MPH Possible

The Burmese python, green iguana and lionfish are, by now, well-known invasive species that have established a dangerous foothold in Florida. But a fearsome new invasive predator has emerged in the state: the arapaima, a monster fish that can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh hundreds of pounds. A dead one recently washed ashore in Cape Coral’s Jaycee Park along the … [Read more...] about New Florida Invasive Species: a 10-Foot-Long River Monster

For those venturing off the beaten path, be advised — it’s a little crowded out there. By nature’s standards, anyway, as the great outdoors has become the great escape. Hiking trails, parks and other open spaces were packed in 2020 with a cooped-up population searching for fresh air during the coronavirus pandemic. Locked down, shut in or just fearful of crowds, people … [Read more...] about Call of the Wild: Great Outdoors Is Great Escape in Pandemic

A new gallery is popping up in Fort Worth, and it’s the location for the new paintings that make it something good. “It’s a good project. It’s good for Fort Worth,” said artist Mike Tabor of Granbury on Monday as he painted a mural on a concrete sculpture along the Trinity River. Tabor is one of the artists commissioned by the Tarrant Water … [Read more...] about Trinity Trails Inspire Gallery of Murals

A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast. The Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha’s Vineyard near Cape Cod, would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes in … [Read more...] about Biden Hopes to Boost Offshore Wind as Mass. Project Advances