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DENVER — At least one tornado touched down in southeast Colorado on Friday night, capping off a week of severe thunderstorms, flooding, high winds and hail on the Front Range and Eastern Plains.

A storm chaser confirmed a “very brief” tornado near Fort Lyon in Bent County at 6:52 p.m.,said Eric Petersen, meteorologist with the National ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low pressure area to form along the western end of a frontal system early next week and threaten the southeastern United States. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low pressure area to form along the western end of a frontal system early next week and threaten the southeastern United States. ...Read more

The heat wave baking western Europe broke records in the U.K. and France, as the region faced another day of soaring temperatures.

The U.K. recorded its hottest June day on Thursday, with daytime highs hitting 36.7C (98F) in Merryfield in southern England, according to the Met Office. France’s average daily temperature reached an all-time ...Read more

The heat wave baking western Europe broke records in the U.K. and France, as the region faces another day of soaring temperatures.

The U.K. recorded its hottest June day on Wednesday, with daytime highs hitting 36.1C (97F) in Gosport in southern England, according to the Met Office. France’s average daily temperature reached an all-time high ...Read more

The heat wave baking western Europe broke records in the U.K. and France, as the region faces another day of soaring temperatures.

The U.K. recorded its hottest June day on Wednesday, with daytime highs hitting 36.1C (97F) in Gosport in southern England, according to the Met Office. France’s average daily temperature reached an all-time high ...Read more

Areas around the South Coast of Massachusetts were hit Monday night into Tuesday with flooding rain, though drought conditions persist across the state.

“The Mashpee Rotary was flooded and not passable, and the Newport area and Fall River, same thing – some flooded roads, roads closed in East Sandwich, Wellfleet, Truro,” said National ...Read more

CHICAGO — A barrage of tornadoes has hit Illinois communities this year, bringing the tally to at least 140. Some have amounted to nothing more than a swirl of high winds and no reported damage. Many have collapsed homes, injured people and devastated crops in their wake.

Experts say this pace is not normal: Illinois experienced an average of...Read more

A barrage of tornadoes has hit Illinois communities this year, bringing the tally to at least 140. Some have amounted to nothing more than a swirl of high winds and no reported damage. Many have collapsed homes, injured people and devastated crops in their wake.

Experts say this pace is not normal: Illinois experienced an average of 54 ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday said Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the Texas coast, making it the Atlantic season’s first named storm.

As of a special NHC 11:30 a.m. EDT advisory, the center of Arthur was located about 60 miles east-northeast of Port O’Connor, Texas and 165 miles west-southwest of Lake ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday forecast a system moving up the Texas coast could become the season’s first tropical storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the center of what is now named Potential Tropical Cyclone One was located about 15 miles east-southeast of Port O’Connor, Texas and 220 miles southwest ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast chances a system could move into the Gulf and develop into the season’s first tropical depression or storm, and watches or warnings could be in store this week.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, the trough of low pressure was inland over northeastern Mexico producing ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increase its forecast chances a system could move into the Gulf and develop into the season’s first tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the trough of low pressure was inland over northeastern Mexico producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm ...Read more

At least 29 tornadoes ripped across Illinois and northwest Indiana last week, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service. As residents of parts of these states were recovering and surveying the damage from a destructive derecho that swept through Wednesday night with up to 80 mph winds, they were hit again less than 24 ...Read more

The risk of flooding and dangerous surf at California beaches will continue until Wednesday, weather officials said Sunday.

Waves are not expected to be as big as those that pounded the shore last week and led to the deaths of two people.

The National Weather Service said San Francisco recorded its highest-ever summer ocean water level late ...Read more