Say goodbye to spring — a major weather pattern shift is coming

A drastic weather pattern change is about to induce an acute case of weather whiplash for most of the country. During the next few days, a record-setting Western heat wave will settle in while winterlike cold returns to the East.

The heat wave in the West will dominate weather headlines for at least two weeks starting Thursday, as numerous locations are likely to set all-time heat records for the month of March.

The heat will melt the West's alreadywell-below-average snowpack, raising concerns for spring and summer water resources and a potentially severe wildfire season. The heat all but assures that Colorado and Utah will have their lowest snowpack on record.

"We're going to get to April first and we're going to see some very scary snowpack numbers essentially everywhere" across the West, University of California climate scientist Daniel Swain said this week.

The heat, which is already building in the Southwest, comes courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or ridge in the upper atmosphere, also known as a heat dome. This weather feature is likely to park over the West without moving much for up to two weeks.

Downstream of the heat dome, the jet stream will dive south out of Canada, transporting cold air into the Midwest and East, along with chances for snowfall into mid-to-late March.

If this feels familiar, it is because this is the same pattern that brought multiple cold outbreaks and major winter storms to the East this winter, though the unusually mild weather this past week likely had residents thinking spring may have sprung.

Cities that saw high temperatures in the 70s and 80s this week are likely to see highs in the 30s and 40s next week.

Washington, DC, saw a high temperature of 84 degrees on Tuesday, but will drop into the 50s this weekend, and fall into the 40s early next week. Temperatures climbed into the 70s in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, but multiple chances of more snow are back in the forecast there during the next five to seven days.

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The cooldown may reach all the way into the Southeast, where parts of Florida could see lows in the 50s this weekend, potentially plunging into the 40s early next week.

While the impending cold snap in the East will feel like major whiplash, the weather shift in the West will be far more significant.

Deadly heat in March

The National Weather Service is warning residents of the Southwest in particular to prepare for unprecedented — and potentially deadly — March temperatures during what will be a long duration heat wave.

Phoenix is likely to see its earliest 100-degree day on record, beating the current record by more than 10 days, according to the NWS.

"Given the unprecedented length and magnitude of this extreme heat wave, heat stress will be increasing each day," NWS forecasters in Los Angeles said Wednesday. Extreme heat can be deadly, and is the top weather-related killer in the Lower 48 states annually.

This heat wave follows what was already the West's hottest meteorological winter – December through February – on record, with multiple states setting all-time warmest winter records.

Southern California is predicted to experience temperatures as much as 20 to 30 degrees above average for this time of year during the course of the next two weeks, the NWS warned.

Climate change increases the likelihood, duration, and severity of heat waves, and likely played a role in clinching the title for the West's hottest winter.

In addition, seasonal timing is shifting as the world warms. Across much of the US, winter is the fastest-warming season, and spring is also coming earlier in many areas with the last freeze happening sooner.

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What we know on the 13th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran

The US and Israel'swar with Iranis spreading to the seas, with oil tankers hit by Iranian attacks, an Omani port set ablaze, and multiple vessels hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz – a critical waterway normally used to transport much of the world's oil.

Meanwhile, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that the war in the Middle East is causing the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market," as a global body of countries agrees to release emergency oil reserves to help absorb the shock.

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And, US President Donald Trump continues to give conflicting comments about when the war might end.

Here's what to know on Day 13.

What's happening in the region?

• Strikes target oil: Two foreign oil tankers in Iraqi waters were set ablaze by an Iranian attack, killing at least one person, with 38 other crew members rescued. Iraq's oil ports subequently completely halted operations. Separately, emergency crews in Oman are battling a fire at fuel storage tanks, after a social media video geolocated by CNN appeared to show an Iranian drone hitting a tank at the port. And Bahrain said that Iranian attacks targeted fuel tanks in the country's north early Thursday local time.

• Attacks near strait: A container ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates was struck by an "unknown projectile" early Thursday – after another three vessels were hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. So far six vessels have been struck in the Persian Gulf in the last two days. The straits carries roughly one-fifth of global crude oil shipments. Representatives of G7 nations met on Wednesday to discuss possibly escorting ships "when security conditions allow."

• Iran, Hezbollah and Israel: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it carried out a joint attack with the militant group Hezbollah on Israel, striking more than 50 targets across five hours of sustained fire on Wednesday. Israel later carried out a wave of strikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure across Lebanon, its military said. One strike in the capital Beirut killed eight people, at a beach that was housing many displaced residents. And Israeli drone strikes targeted IRGC and Basij checkpoints in Tehran, killing at least 10 "security defenders," Iranian state media said.

• Expanding Israeli operations: Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz has on Thursday instructed the military to prepare for expanding operations in Lebanon. Israel has already issued vast evacuation orders in southern and central Lebanon, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to abandon their homes.

• Millions displaced: Up to 3.2 million people have been displaced inside Iran since the conflict with Israel and the US began on February 28, according to the United Nations' refugee agency. Most of them are reportedly fleeing from Tehran and other urban areas toward the north of the country and rural areas in search of safety, the UNHCR said in a statement. "This figure is likely to continue rising as hostilities persist, marking a worrying escalation in humanitarian needs," it said.

• Gulf nations: Kuwait's international airport was damaged in a drone attack Thursday morning, the country's civil aviation authority said. Other Gulf states intercepted new waves of Iranian drones and missiles early Thursday morning too, including in the global business hub of Dubai, where a drone fell on a building near the luxury neighborhood of Creek Harbour.

What are the other main headlines?

• Oil supply disruption: The flow of crude and oil products through the crucial Strait of Hormuz has reduced to "a trickle," the IEA said in its monthly oil report, as it warned of an unprecedented disruption to global oil supplies. Global oil supply would plunge by 8 million barrels per day this month, it said.

• Emergency reserves: Member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed Wednesday to release 400 million barrels of oil into the global market – the largest release of emergency oil stocks in history. Soon after, US President Trump authorized the US to release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning next week.

• Surging prices: Despite the IEA's announcement, oil prices rose past $100 per barrel again for a period overnight into Thursday – three days after it hit a four-year high.

• Emergency measures: Several Asian countries are taking drastic action to reduce their oil consumption. Universities in Bangladesh have closed to save energy. Austerity measures in Pakistan have shuttered schools and shifted services online. Vietnam is calling on companies to encourage remote working while Thailand has ordered government workers to work from home.

• Trump's speech: Speaking in Kentucky on Wednesday, Trump claimed that "we won" in Iran, without providing evidence. It also contradicts his earlier comment that "we're not finished yet" with the war. Later that night, he told reporters: "It's just a question of when, when do we stop?"

• Scrutiny back home: The Pentagon told US lawmakers in a private briefing Tuesday that preliminary estimates suggest the war cost at least $11 billion in the first six days. And in a rare show of GOP criticism, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski slammed Trump's handling of the war, demanding public hearings and saying that mixed messaging from the administration is leading to confusion.

• The school strike: The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school likely due to outdated information about a nearby naval base, according to sources who were briefed on the preliminary findings of an ongoing military investigation. The attack killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, Iran's state media reported.

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Kelly Clarkson never got her 'American Idol' winning prize

Kelly Clarksonis still waiting for her "American Idol" prize nearly 25 years later.

During a Tuesday, March 10 episode of "The Kelly Clarkson Show," the TV host revealed she never received the $1 million check or the car that were promised after her win on Season 1 of the reality singing competition series.

The revelation came out after"The Traitors" star Rob Rauschsaid he hasn't yet received his $220,800 prize pot after recently winning Season 4 of the murder mystery game.

"I relate to this so hard core because whenever I won, you probably weren't alive when I was on 'American Idol,' but I literally was on the show, and they were like, 'Oh, you win a million dollars or whatever.' No, you didn't. They lied," Clarkson told Rausch and fellow guestDaniel Radcliffe.

Instead of being given a $1 million check, the series gave her "a $1 million worth of investment in you."

The Texas native then called out the show for giving both the Season 2 runner-up,Clay Aiken, and his mother cars. So she playfully warned Rausch that he might not see his check. "But you know what? Hope you got enough TV time," she said.

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How old wasKelly Clarksonon 'American Idol'?

Clarkson, 43, was 20 when she starred in the inaugural season of "American Idol," which she won Sept. 4, 2002.

The vocal powerhouse wowed judgesSimon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson with her rendition of "At Last" by Etta James and proved to be a dominant competitor throughout the season. She earned the win on finale night with her performances ofAretha Franklin's "Respect"as well as her original songs "A Moment Like This" and "Before Your Love."

Since Kelly Clarkson earned the title of the first "American Idol" winner in 2002, the pop star's career has flourished, making it impossible for fans to "Breakaway." Look back on her path to stardom, beginning here at the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> On Feb. 2, the singer-turned host announced that her Daytime Emmy-winning "Kelly Clarkson Show" will end after seven seasons. NBCUniversal's news release described Clarkson's move as "personal decision to step away from hosting a talk show after this season."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Clarkson, a coach on "The Voice," poses for Season 23 in 2023. Clarkson was a coach on Seasons 14-21 and returned for one more run on "The Voice" Season 23 in 2023.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Clarkson's date to the 2024 Grammys was her son, Remington Alexander, whom she shared with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. Blackstock died in August 2025 after a private cancer battle.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Dolly Parton appears on stage with Kelly Clarkson during the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas March 7, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Clarkson's 10th studio album, "Chemistry," which released in 2023, featured collaborations with Carly Rae Jepsen, Sheila E. and actor/musician Steve Martin.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Clarkson attends NBC's "American Song Contest" Week 3 red carpet event on April 4, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Clarkson joins rap icon Snoop Dogg to host the Eurovision-inspired singing competition "American Song Contest," which premiered March 21, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Stylist of the Year Award at the event." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> She also presented the award for best actor in a comedy series during the Critics' Choice Awards on Jan. 12, 2020, in Santa Monica, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Earlier that month, she performed with a cowboy-hat-sporting Jason Aldean at the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 7 in Las Vegas.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> On Aug. 22, 2018, Clarkson attended the ceremony honoring longtime "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Months before revealing her engagement in December 2012, Clarkson cuddled up to then-boyfriend Blackstock at an event on May 31, 2012, in Whites Creek, Tennessee.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 1, 2012, Clarkson and McEntire posed with members of the rock band Kiss. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Clarkson smiled alongside "American Idol" winners Ruben Studdard and Fantasia Barrino backstage at the show's Season 3 Grand Finale on May 26, 2004, in Hollywood.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Kelly Clarkson performs during the Aug. 28, 2002, taping of "American Idol." Clarkson and Justin Guarini went on to compete in the finale, with Clarkson ultimately winning the show's first season.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />

Kelly Clarkson through the years, from 'American Idol' to superstar

SinceKelly Clarksonearned the title of the first "American Idol" winner in 2002, the pop star's career has flourished, making it impossible for fans to "Breakaway." Look back on her path to stardom, beginning here at the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024.

Following the series, she rose to stardom with many songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including No. 1 hits like "Since U Been Gone" and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)." She's won three Grammy Awards and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She stayed true to her TV roots, serving as a coach on "The Voice" for 10 seasons, winning four different seasons, and launching her daytime talk series "The Kelly Clarkson Show" in 2019.

Contributing: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY

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Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships

By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Bo Erickson

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Iran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel as its forces hit merchant ships on Wednesday and the International Energy Agency recommended a massive release of strategic reserves to dampen one of the worst oil shocks since the 1970s.

The war unleashed with joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes nearly two weeks ago has so far killed around 2,000 people, mostly Iranians ‌and Lebanese, as it has spread into Lebanon and thrown global energy markets and transport into chaos.

Despite what the Pentagon has described as the most intense airstrikes since the start of the war, Iran also fired at Israel and targets ‌across the Middle East on Wednesday, demonstrating it can still fight back.

On Wednesday, three vessels were reported to have been hit in Gulf waters as Iran's Revolutionary Guards said their forces had fired on ships in the Gulf that had disobeyed their orders.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has not committed to a timeline for military operations, ​suggested on Wednesday he was not yet ready to call an end to the war.

At a rally in Kentucky, he said "we won" the war, but the United States didn't want to have to go back every two years.

"We don't want to leave early, do we?" he said. "We got to finish the job."

Trump said U.S. forces had knocked out 58 Iranian naval ships and that oil prices would come down and told reporters in Washington that Iran was "pretty much at the end of the line."

"Doesn't mean we're going to end it immediately, but ... They've got no navy, they've got no air force, they've got no anti-air traffic anything. They have no systems of control. We're just riding free range over that country," he said.

STRATEGIC STRAIT

Trump said the U.S. would now "look very strongly" at the Strait of Hormuz, adding: "The straits are in great shape. We've knocked out all ‌of their boats. They have some missiles, but not very many."

Despite Trump's words, there has been ⁠no sign that ships can safely sail through the strait, a now-blockaded channel along the Iranian coast that serves as a conduit for around a fifth of the world's oil. An Iranian military spokesperson said the strait was "undoubtedly" under Iran's control.

Trump said ships "should" transit through the strait but sources said Iran had deployed about a dozen mines in the channel, further complicating the blockade.

On Wednesday, the G7 group of nations - the ⁠United States, Canada, Japan, Italy, Britain, Germany and France - agreed to examine the option of providing escort for ships so they can navigate freely in the Gulf.

ABC News said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had warned of Iranian drones potentially striking the U.S. West Coast, although Trump said he was not worried that Iran might launch strikes on U.S. soil.

The State Department also warned that Iran and aligned militias may be planning to target U.S.-owned oil and energy infrastructure in Iraq and warned that militias had previously targeted hotels frequented by Americans.

U.S. and Israeli officials have said their aim is to end Iran's ​ability ​to use force beyond its borders and destroy its nuclear programme.Oil prices, which shot up earlier in the week to nearly $120 a barrel before settling back ​to around $90, rose nearly 5% on Wednesday amid renewed fears about supply disruption, while Wall Street's main ‌share indexes fell.

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The war has seen ports and cities in the Gulf states, as well as targets in Israel, hit by Iranian drone and missile barrages.

'LEGITIMATE TARGETS'

The U.S. military told Iranians to stay clear of ports with navy facilities, drawing a warning from Iran's military that if the ports were threatened, economic and trade centres in the region would be "legitimate targets".

With prices at the pumps already surging and Trump's Republican Party trailing badly in the polls ahead of midterm elections in November, oil prices have become an increasingly urgent element in the calculations behind the war.

The International Energy Agency, made up of major oil consuming nations, recommended releasing 400 million barrels from global strategic reserves to stabilise prices, the biggest such intervention in history, which was swiftly endorsed by Washington.

Trump said the IEA decision would "substantially reduce oil prices as we end this threat to America and the world."

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Trump had authorized the release of 172 million barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve from next week.

The rate at which countries can release strategic reserves will vary and the amount released ‌would account for just a fraction of the supply through the Hormuz Strait.

Iranian officials made clear on Wednesday they intended to impose a prolonged economic shock.

"Get ​ready for oil to be $200 a barrel, because the oil price depends on regional security, which you have destabilised," Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for Iran's military command, said ​in comments addressed to Washington.

After offices of a bank in Tehran were hit overnight, Zolfaqari said Iran would respond with attacks ​on banks that do business with the U.S. or Israel. People across the Middle East should stay 1,000 metres from banks, he added.

At sea, a Thai-flagged bulk carrier was set ablaze, forcing the evacuation of crew, ‌with three people reported missing and believed trapped in the engine room.

Two other ships, a Japanese-flagged container ​ship and a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier, were also reported to have ​sustained damage from projectiles, bringing the number of merchant ships that have been hit since the war began to 14.

IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS MOJTABA KHAMENEI LIGHTLY WOUNDED

In Iran, huge crowds took to the streets for funerals for top commanders killed in airstrikes. They carried caskets and brandished flags and portraits of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son and successor, Mojtaba.

An Iranian official told Reuters Mojtaba Khamenei had been lightly wounded early in the war, when airstrikes killed his father, mother, wife ​and a son. He has not appeared in public or issued any direct message since the ‌war began.

Despite Trump's calls for Iranians to rise up, U.S. and Israeli hopes that Iran's system of clerical rule would be overthrown by popular protest have not been borne out.

Iran's police chief, Ahmadreza Radan, said on Wednesday anyone taking ​to the streets would be treated "as an enemy, not a protester. All our security forces have their fingers on the trigger".

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai, Alexander Cornwell in Tel Aviv and Bo Erickson in HEBRON, Kentucky, and Reuters ​bureaux; Writing by Peter Graff, James Mackenzie and David Brunnstrom; Editing by Sharon Singleton, Alex Richardson, Gareth Jones, Deepa Babington and Michael Perry)

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In rural America, a teacher pipeline from abroad starts to dry up

Like many school systems facingteacher shortages, South Carolina's Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other countries.

The superintendent praises theinternational educators— mostly from Jamaica and the Philippines — for their skill and dedication, but she is preparing to lose some of them as the Trump administration reshapes visa programs.

Facing higher visa sponsorship costs and uncertain immigration policies, Superintendent Vallerie Cave said it feels too risky to extend some international teachers whose contracts are up or bring on others.

"Some of my very best teachers are having to return to their countries," Cave said.

For rural schools especially, President Donald Trump'simmigration crackdownis pinching a pipeline used widely to fill staffing shortages that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rural districts can struggle to attract American teachers to remote areas that lack plentiful housing, shopping and services such as health care, especially for lower salaries than some bigger districts offer.

Cave is hoping to hire local teachers to fill the gaps left by several teachers' impending departures. If she can't, she may expand the district's use of online teachers. Elsewhere, districts are consideringhiring uncertified instructors, combining classes or dropping course offerings.

In September, the White House announced a one-time$100,000 feeon new H-1B visas, which allow highly skilled foreign workers to be employed in the U.S. The Trump administration argued American employees were being replaced, particularly in highly paid roles at tech companies. Critics have argued the fee will worsen labor shortages outside of tech.

More than 2,300 people with H-1B visas work as educators across 500 school districts, according to an analysis by the National Education Association teachers union. In a December lawsuit challenging the fee, a coalition of 20 states argued that the fees would effectively prevent school districts from hiring international teachers.

The Trump administration has provided a form to request exemptions on the fee, and educators and advocacy groups have argued it's in the public's interest for teachers to be exempted. Teachers also can come to the U.S. on the more common J-1 visa, which allows short-term stays for cultural exchange programs and is not subject to the new fee.

In rural Oregon, the Umatilla School District recruited two teachers from Spain for math and science instruction. The teachers were "phenomenal," Superintendent Heidi Sipe said, but they returned home in the summer.

"Unfortunately, due to some things at home and then the stress of the unknown, they did choose to go back," Sipe said.

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The district did not look for international candidates to replace them because of the cost and uncertainty, but it was able to advertise early and found local candidates for the openings, Sipe said. Other school leaders are not optimistic they will have the same success.

In Allendale County, the international teachers — on a mix of H-1B and J-1 visas — have taught subjects including math, science and language arts, plus special education. Even before the hike in fees, it would cost between $15,000 to $20,000 to sponsor a single teacher every year, Cave said.

School leaders agree hiring in-person, certified staff is the best option — teachers who can sit with students to explain a concept and build closer relationships throughout the school day. When that option fails, they weigh tradeoffs.

Cave said she will look to introduce more virtual teachers through Fullmind, a company the district already is using to provide three state-certified instructors. Students meet in a classroom, and their teacher joins them via video chat. Fullmind announced Thursday it had acquired Elevate K-12 and now provides the remote instruction for more than 225 school systems.

South Carolina lets districts hire noncertified teachers to meet staffing needs, but Cave said she would bring in more online teachers before pursuing that option. Her challenges with teacher shortages, she said, have not let up since the pandemic, when many school districts used federal relief money to post new positions, then had difficulty finding enough teachers.

"I can't really do competitive pay," she said. "For rural America, impoverished America, it is still a problem recruiting teachers."

At Halifax County Schools in rural North Carolina, 103 of the 159 teachers are from other countries. For the longer term, the district is pursuing ways to recruit future educators as early as their junior and senior years in high school.

More immediately, the district is hoping to hire international teachers coming from other districts who want to have their J-1 visas changed to H-1B visas, which could allow the school system to avoid the $100,000 fee, said Carolyn Mitchell, the district's executive director of human resources.

"You have to try to figure out every alternative way when you know that you may need people," Mitchell said.

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