California is facing a potentially multibillion-dollar flood threat as El Niño gathers strength in the Pacific Ocean.

The warming El Niño phenomenon tends to unleash powerful storms in the Pacific, including atmospheric rivers, some of which are named the “Pineapple Express” if they originate near Hawaii. The heaviest rains tend to come ...Read more

NEW YORK — The powerful early-season nor’easter that pounded the East Coast Saturday downed trees and flooded New York City streets and roadways as it unleashed heavy rain and powerful winds across the five boroughs.

The worst of the storm, though, was expected Saturday evening starting around 8 p.m. as a state of emergency was declared for...Read more

BALTIMORE — The ocean is officially closed.

That’s the message from the Ocean City Fire Department as rough weather brought high winds, heavy surf and flooding to the resort Saturday.

The department issued an ocean safety alert Saturday morning because of dangerous conditions along the beach. Details of the closure were not immediately ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A wind-tattered and soggy Jersey Shore was reeling Saturday from the effects of an early-season nor’easter trudging up the coast this weekend.

Massive waves and rough surf were reported along the Shore — where New Jersey officials had issued a state of emergency — flooding streets and leaving some people without power.

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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