Scott Withers

Scott Withers

Scott Withers

Sr. Video Journalist/Reporter

After a four-time Emmy winning career as an ABC News producer and reporter based out of Florida, Scott Withers re-invented himself as a meteorologist, climate scientist and geologist. Before ABC Scott worked for CNN in New York, London and Atlanta, and before that for local stations in Tennessee, Florida and Texas. Now he’s back in Texas where he focuses on the increasingly chaotic weather and the ways in which it’s impacting our lives.

Recent Work
Red Rock Canyon in Nevada

Cloud Seeding May Help Sustain Ecosystem In Nevada's Red Rock Canyon

Scott Withers and Kyle Short

Surviving The Storm: Newsy Team Covering Ian Narrowly Saved By Locals

People board up a business in Florida

Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces For Winds, Floods

Waves kick up under a dark sky along the shore of Batabano, Cuba

Hurricane Ian Nears Cuba On Path To Strike Florida As Category 4

The Hoover Dam

Low Water Levels At Hoover Dam, Glen Canyon Dam Threaten Power Supply

Republic Services recycling in Las Vegas, Nevada

U.S. Rate of Recycling Decreases

President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the show room during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show

Detroit Auto Show Returns After 3 Years, Focus On Electric Vehicles

The Colorado River flows at Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Why Is The U.S. West Experiencing A Megadrought?

A polar bear stands on the ice in the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Report: 2021 Saw New Weather Records, Shifts In Global Ecosystems

A bulldozer works to build a fire line on wildfire in Castaic, California.

Firefighters Face Heat Wave As They Battle California Wildfires

NOAA satellite image of Tropical Storm Danielle.

Tropical Storm Danielle Strengthens, Soon To Be A Hurricane

A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland

Greenland 'Zombie Ice' Threatens To Raise Global Sea Levels 10 Inches

whale sharks swim in the Black Current sea tank at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

Climate Change Threatens Endangered Whale Sharks

Floodwaters slowly recede in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Forecasters Trim Hurricane Season Outlook A Bit, Still Busy

A overturned car is seen after it was swept away in massive flooding

Kentucky Deals With Effects Of Climate Crisis

Outer Banks Brewing Station in North Carolina

North Carolina Brewery Uses Wind Turbine To Make Beer

A woman in front of the setting sun

How A Changing Climate Is Changing Our Summers

Members of the Winchester, Kentucky, Fire Department rescue people with inflatable boats in floodwater

Recovery Efforts Underway After Kentucky Flooding Kills At Least 37

A closed sign is posted outside a food cart in Portland, Oregon.

Scorching Heat Wave In U.S. Northwest Forecast To Last Longer

Fire burns in a forest.

Oak Fire Continues To Blaze In Yosemite National Park

A helicopter drops water on the Washburn Fire burning in Yosemite National Park.

Firefighters Battle To Protect Yosemite's Sequoias From Washburn Fire

Emergency worker carries a baby from flood waters

Australia Flood Threat Moves North As Sydney Area Emergency Eases

Emissions from a coal-fired power plant.

Supreme Court Limits EPA In Curbing Power Plant Emissions

A worker installs solar panels

Why Isn't Solar Power More Mainstream?

A satellite view of thunderstorms

What Makes Storms In The U.S. So Intense?

Fire crews work to tame wildfires

Labor Shortage Compounds Federal Firefighters' Staffing Woes

Afghans look at destruction caused by an earthquake.

Afghanistan Quake Kills At Least 1,000 People, Deadliest In Decades

Stonehenge, England

Welcoming The First Official Day Of Summer

Young boys paddle an inflatable kayak on a flooded Miami street

Tropical Storm Alex Heads Toward Bermuda With Wind, Rain

A driver climbs out of his stalled car after he tried to move it to higher ground from the flooded parking lot in Florida.

Heavy Rain Hits Florida, Flooding Strands Miami Vehicles