ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center remains vigilant tracking a system forming off Florida’s east coast that no longer has a chance to become a tropical or subtropical depression or storm, but still is still a threat to the southeastern coast.

In its 8 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, the NHC said the broad non-tropical area of low ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center remains vigilant tracking a system has formed off Florida’s east coast with little chance to become a tropical or subtropical depression or storm, but still serving up coastal threats starting Friday.

In its 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the NHC said the broad non-tropical area of low pressure just ...Read more

MIAMI -- For the first time in several years, the 2023 hurricane season could be quieter than usual, with calls for a “near normal” season.

At a press conference Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its official prediction for the upcoming hurricane season: 12 to 17 named storms, five to nine of which could...Read more

The National Hurricane Center continues to track a system expected to form off the coast of northeast Florida and threaten the southeast U.S.

In its 2 a.m. tropical outlook Thursday, the NHC forecast expects a non-tropical area of low pressure to form along a frontal boundary within the next two days in the Atlantic Ocean.

“The system ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- With forecasts calling for warmer-than-average temperatures across California this summer, officials in Los Angeles are vowing to do more to protect residents from extreme heat, one of the deadliest consequences of human-caused climate change.

City officials said they are launching the "Heat Relief 4 L.A." campaign to help spread...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center updated its tropical outlook warning of a new system with the chance to become more organized into a threatening storm.

In its 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday update, now looking out seven days, the NHC said a non-tropical area of low pressure is expected to form within the next few days along a front ...Read more

Residents and US military bases across Guam braced against the potentially devastating impact from Typhoon Mawar as the Category 4-strength storm clipped the northern tip of the Pacific island.

Mawar, which was earlier downgraded from super-typhoon status, has made its closest point of approach to Guam just north of Andersen Air Force Base but ...Read more

Guam is bracing to be hit by the potentially “catastrophic” Super Typhoon Mawar.

The tropical cyclone is expected to bring deadly winds over 150 mph and a 25-foot storm surge, becoming the strongest weather event to impact the U.S. territory in decades.

The typhoon is expected to hit the Micronesian island around noon local time on ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center began tracking a system in the Atlantic east of Florida on Sunday, but by Monday afternoon said there was no chance of it forming into a tropical depression ahead of the official start of hurricane season.

In the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT Monday tropical update, forecasters said the showers and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Extreme weather has caused 2 million deaths and more than $4 trillion in damages over the last 50 years, according to a United Nations report.

The report, published Monday by the World Meteorological Organization — a U.N. science agency — said that nearly 12,000 weather disasters occurred between 1970 and 2021 around the world....Read more

The National Hurricane Center began tracking a system in the Atlantic east of Florida with a small chance of forming into a tropical depression ahead of the official start of hurricane season.

In the NHC’s 8 a.m. Monday tropical update, forecasters said the showers and thunderstorms of a broad area of low pressure located a couple of hundred ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It’s Earth’s original disrupter — a recurring climate pattern so powerful that it can drive global average temperature to record highs, and generate both cliff-crumbling storms and crop-destroying droughts across the planet.

Now, after a long hiatus, El Niño is showing signs of a strong return in 2023.

This week, federal...Read more

The Atlantic hurricane season has not officially started but the National Hurricane Center has already identified the first tropical cyclone of 2023 — and it formed months ago.

The subtropical storm formed in mid-January off the northeastern U.S. Coast and will officially be designated as the first cyclone for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday started its daily Tropical Weather Outlook updates for the upcoming 2023 hurricane season.

First, the good news: All is quiet 18 days before the official start of hurricane season on June 1.

“For the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during...Read more

It’s still lights out at Fort Lauderdale City Hall.

The fate of the 1960s-era building remains unknown four weeks after a 1,000-year rainstorm flooded its basement with 8 feet of water, killing the power, the server and other vital functions needed to keep the building breathing on its own. For now, it’s being run on generator power.

The...Read more

When Jonathan O'Brien sees the rolling green hills of Southern California, the grasses lush from this winter's heavy rains, he can't help but feel uneasy.

"Even if it's not this year or next year, sooner or later we absolutely will go into a drought period again, and all this vegetation that has grown will eventually suffer — that's just the ...Read more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Trees were ripped from the ground, their roots pulling up slabs of the concrete sidewalks in front of some homes. Windows were completely blown out. Several cars had been completely crushed by fallen debris and limbs, and yard decorations were scattered.

In front of one home Monday morning in Virginia Beach’s Great ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After nearly 24 hours watching the sky under tornado alerts from the National Weather Service in Miami — prompted by at least one damaging twister in Palm Beach County — South Florida residents emerged Sunday afternoon to sunny skies and an optimistic forecast.

The National Weather Service in Miami gave the all-...Read more