ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed late Thursday to become the seventh named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, although still one that has yet to produce a hurricane. It joined Tropical Storm Fay in the distant Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT advisory Friday, the center ...Read more

NEW YORK — New Yorkers are battening down for a brutal weekend, filled with heavy rainfall and intense winds, as a powerful early-season nor’easter threatens to wallop much of the East Coast.

The storm’s track was initially unclear at the start of the week, as was its intensity and its potential impacts. Now, as it barrels ever closer, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed late Thursday to become the seventh named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, although still one that has yet to produce a hurricane. It joined Tropical Storm Fay in the distant Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory Friday, the center of ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston issued a coastal storm warning as a rare early fall nor’easter spins toward the city, expected to last Friday through the weekend and pose a risk of coastal flooding, high winds, power line damage, and more.

“Coastal storms can bring rapid changes in tides and weather, leading to flooding, downed trees, power outages and ...Read more

Fall has arrived in California.

After a scorching summer with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees, nearly 70% of California is now experiencing either abnormal dryness or drought, according to the latest date from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The return of dry conditions marks a sharp shift from earlier this year.

In January, none of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California's beaches may be in for another round of dangerous, high surf and severe erosion soon thanks to a pair of hurricanes being fueled by warm Pacific waters.

The hurricanes, Polo and Odalys, are not expected to make landfall in California. But forecasters said they could stir up rough seas and send swells toward ...Read more

NEW YORK — The storm threatening to wallop the Northeast strengthened offshore Thursday into a full-blown nor’easter that appeared increasingly likely to bring rain to the tri-state area beginning Friday, according to the latest National Weather Service predictions.

Late Thursday morning it seemed slated to skew east of New York City toward...Read more

Tropical Storm Nolo formed early Wednesday afternoon in the Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii, and is expected to quickly strengthen as it approaches the state over the coming days. It is expected to bring feet of rain, flooding and strong winds to the Big Island.

In the National Hurricane Center’s 2 p.m. Pacific update, Nolo had maximum winds of...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A major swell from Hurricane Polo might combine with large high tides in northern San Diego County on Monday and Tuesday, causing flooding in an area that has already suffered severe beach erosion, according to the National Weather Service.

The hurricane, one of the largest ever recorded in the eastern Pacific, also might push ...Read more

A short-lived tropical depression could develop this week from a tropical wave off the coast of Africa and the remnants of what had been Tropical Storm Fay could redevelop, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In its 2 p.m. EDT tropical advisory Wednesday, the NHC said chances had grown for development for an area of low pressure ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A short-lived tropical depression could develop this week from a tropical wave off the coast of Africa and the remnants of what had been Tropical Storm Fay could redevelop, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In its 8 a.m. tropical advisory Wednesday, the NHC said chances had grown for development for an area of low ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay diminished into a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday as the National Hurricane Center continued tracking a forecast tropical wave and increased the odds it could develop into the season’s next depression or storm.

The NHC issued its final advisory on Fay at 5 p.m. Eastern time, saying the system’s center ...Read more

In one of the most dramatic bouts of rapid intensification of a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on record, Hurricane Polo has exploded into a major Category 5 storm, with more strengthening expected through the day.

As of late Tuesday morning, Polo had maximum winds of 180 mph and was located off the coast of southern Mexico. For ...Read more

NEW YORK — As autumn arrives, a rare September nor’easter could bring coastal flooding, high winds, rain and coastal erosion to the region and potentially disrupt travel, meteorologists warned Tuesday.

A full moon’s tides will exacerbate the situation, the National Weather Service noted.

The storm’s path depends a bit on which weather ...Read more

Tropical Storm Fay continued to churn Monday in the far eastern Atlantic but showed signs of weakening as the National Hurricane Center began forecasting chances for a new system to form off the coast of Africa.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. EDT advisory, the center of Fay was located about 445 miles southwest of the Azores moving south-southwest at...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay continued to churn Monday even gaining some forecast short steam in the far eastern Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory, the center of the storm was located about 405 miles southwest of the Azores moving south-southeast at 2 mph with maximum sustained winds...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Newsom has declared a statewide emergency for California in anticipation of this winter's El Niño-fueled storms, a new sign of growing worry about costal flooding and high waves expected in the coming months.

El Niño may bring high surf, high impact storms to the state which "warrants early, coordinated, and targeted ...Read more