ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday kept its eyes on two Caribbean-bound tropical waves that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while the short-lived Tropical Storm Cristobal fell apart in the distant Atlantic.

As of 11 a.m. EDT, the center of what had diminished to Post-Tropical Cyclone ...Read more

The already strong El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean continue to grow stronger, federal scientists announced Thursday, with a 69% chance that this year’s event will be the strongest since modern records began in 1950.

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in College Park, Maryland announced there is a 90% ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A “super” El Niño is now 95% likely to develop this year as the climate pattern gains dramatic strength in the Pacific Ocean — leaving officials across California and beyond bracing for a wet and potentially destructive winter.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday kept its eyes on two Caribbean-bound tropical waves that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while the short-live Tropical Storm Cristobal began to fall apart in the distant Atlantic.

As of 5 a.m., the center of what had diminished to Tropical Depression...Read more

CHICAGO — Parts of Cook and Will counties were hit by another round of dangerous weather Wednesday, just a day after two tornadoes tore through Chicago’s southern suburbs.

The back-to-back storms this week are the latest in an unusually volatile year that has already brought a record-breaking number of tornadoes to Illinois. And with ...Read more

Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the Atlantic on Wednesday as no threat to land, but the National Hurricane Center continued to track two other systems headed toward the Caribbean with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Cristobal was located 880 miles west of the Azores ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday was busy keeping track of three systems including one with a high chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the most threatening is a tropical wave about 900 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands in the...Read more

CHICAGO — Extreme weather usually doesn’t scare Mary Beth Uretz, but she spent Tuesday morning crying in her Homewood basement, clutching her pets as the storm pounded.

“Psychologically, it’s a lot to deal with,” said Uretz. “I’ve never gone to bed at night and worried about my house falling over, until this summer.”

Indeed, ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday further raised already high odds that an Atlantic system could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm this week.

If it were to spin up into a named system, it could become Tropical Storm Cristobal.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, showers and thunderstorms were showing ...Read more

CHICAGO — Extreme weather usually doesn’t scare Mary Beth Uretz, but she spent Tuesday morning crying in her Homewood basement, clutching her pets as the storm pounded.

“Psychologically, it’s a lot to deal with,” said Uretz. “I’ve never gone to bed at night and worried about my house falling over, until this summer.”

Indeed, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday kept the odds high that an Atlantic system could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm this week.

If it were to spin up into a named system, it could become Tropical Storm Cristobal.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the area of low pressure has limited...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased the odds a system in the Atlantic could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while keeping tabs on two more systems.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, the most developed of the three was an area of low pressure located a few hundred miles ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After a brutal stretch of relentless heat across Southern California, relief is finally on the way.

A gradual cooling trend will lower temperatures across most of the region this week, according to the National Weather Service. Beginning Monday, temperatures will dip slightly — roughly one to three degrees — before ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A strengthening El Niño could bring the highest sea levels ever recorded to the California coast this year, raising the risk of widespread and damaging flooding.

It's the latest effect forecast for what's expected to be an historically strong event, one forecasters warn could also lash Southern California with powerful rain and...Read more

Severe storms buffeted western Massachusetts through Saturday, leaving Springfield in a state of emergency, over a thousand without power and dozens of residents displaced after a building collapsed.

“My heart goes out to our neighbors in Western Mass affected by yesterday’s storms, especially the dozens of residents displaced in ...Read more

After weeks of silence, the Atlantic is showing signs of life days ahead of the usual peak of hurricane season.

On Friday, the National Hurricane Center flagged two potential systems in the eastern Atlantic to watch over the next few days. One has a low chance (20%) of strengthening into a tropical depression or storm in the next week and the ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday continued to forecast chances that two Atlantic systems could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the more likely of the two was a tropical wave expected to move off the west coast of Africa into the eastern tropical Atlantic early this...Read more