NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging New Yorkers, including a certain pop superstar and Super Bowl champ rumored to be tying the knot at Madison Square Garden, to stay inside amid the heatwave coming for the city.

Mamdani addressed “all New Yorkers” at a press conference Tuesday, just ahead of the heat dome bringing “extraordinary ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that Michigan will receive $32.1 million in federal disaster relief aid following tornadoes that resulted in four deaths and significant property damage in southwest Michigan in March.

Trump posted on social media that he had spoken to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to inform her of the approval, ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday halted forecasts a system in the Atlantic off the southeastern U.S. coast could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, limited showers and thunderstorms had moved farther offshore of the southeast coast in association with a weak area...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to give just a small chance a system in the Atlantic off the southeastern U.S. coast could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, limited showers and thunderstorms had moved farther offshore of the southeast ...Read more

Chicago is preparing for dangerously high temperatures this week, with officials urging residents to take extra precautions.

The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning, effective from noon Monday through 10 p.m. Wednesday.

At a Monday news conference led by the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, meteorologist ...Read more

NEW YORK — City temperatures are expected to grow hotter by the day before hitting triple digits later this week.

The National Weather Service is calling for a high of 88 degrees Tuesday. The mercury will reach the mid-90s Wednesday before soaring to 100 degrees on Thursday and Friday.

Meteorologists issued an “extreme heat watch” ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County residents will experience at least three days of dangerously hot conditions this week, officials have warned, as a heat dome builds over the Midwest and eastern U.S. and as Illinois is hit with its first heat wave of the summer. While chances for thunderstorms later in the week could cool off the area in time for the July...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday continued to project a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida early this 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 on Monday or Tuesday and threaten the southeastern United States.

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Experts with the National Hurricane Center are watching for potential tropical development from an area of low pressure that is forecast to emerge over the Atlantic Ocean off Florida or the U.S. Southeast coast.

The disturbance could develop later this week as it drifts west and interacts with a frontal boundary, experts said.

“This is a ...Read more

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