LOS ANGELES -- As record-setting temperatures surged into the triple digits in parts of California this week, the manager of the state's electrical grid put out an urgent plea: Turn down the AC and conserve power to avoid rotating outages.

The two-day "flex alert" by the California Independent System Operator drew headlines from dozens of media...Read more

A record-breaking heat wave that has been roasting California for days has claimed the lives of two seniors in San Jose, public health officials said Wednesday.

A 72-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman died from heat-related illnesses Monday, according to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. Days of punishing heat probably ...Read more

LAS VEGAS -- Dozens of flights have been delayed and canceled out of Phoenix Sky Harbor on Tuesday as the city -- and much of the region -- withers under another day of excessively hot temperatures.

The National Weather Service reported that Phoenix is expected to hit 120 degrees by late Tuesday afternoon. That would be two degrees shy of the ...Read more

MIAMI -- The Florida Panhandle and the Louisiana and Texas coasts should brace for heavy rain as a messy storm system approaches Tuesday, hurricane forecasters said.

In their 11 a.m. EDT advisory, National Hurricane Center forecasters said the storm, located 265 miles south of Louisiana's southeast coast, is becoming better defined. They expect...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two Atlantic tropical systems in the normally quiet month of June is unprecedented, hurricane forecasters say.

On Monday afternoon, Tropical Storm Bret formed in the Atlantic and another system in the Gulf of Mexico seemed on the verge of tropical status, earning the designation Potential Tropical Cyclone Three.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A broad area of low pressure located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea now has a 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm over the next five days as it moves north and into the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said Monday.

If the system does develop, it eventually could affect the Gulf Coast from Texas ...Read more

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka –– Relief workers continued to help flood and landslide victims Monday as the number of weather-related deaths rose to 169, officials said, adding that water levels are now receding.

Over 100 others are remained missing after five days of severe weather across the country, the Disaster Management Center said.

The ...Read more

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season, with five to nine hurricanes -- two to four of them Category 3 (winds at least 111 mph) or stronger. The forecast calls for 11 to 17 tropical systems (winds a least 39 mph).

The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and runs until...Read more

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- There was no air conditioning and parts of the roof were gone, so the mosquitoes would swarm in on those hellishly hot nights. People had their guns ready for the looters. There were also monkeys, llamas, cougars and who knows what else roaming around.

Lorraine Valladares was a middle school teacher who lived on the eastern ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Brace for what could be a wetter, windier summer.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal 2017 hurricane season with five to nine hurricanes (minimum 74 mph winds), of which two to four will be Category 3 or stronger (minimum 111 mph winds). The forecast calls for a total of 11 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A series of late-season storms has vaulted this winter into the history books, making it the wettest for California's northern Sierra Nevada in nearly a century of record-keeping, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

As of Thursday, an astonishing 89.7 inches of precipitation across a zone of eight stations ...Read more

SODA SPRINGS, Calif. -- California's climate has long been dominated by cycles of intense dry conditions followed by heavy rain.

But never before in recorded history has the state seen such an extreme drought-to-deluge swing.

Experts and state water officials say California is seeing more of these intense weather swings as temperatures warm, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS -- Strong winds continued to buffet the Las Vegas Valley on Friday -- a day after gusts wrecked havoc by delaying flights, toppling four large trucks, uprooting trees and destroying at least one casino marquee.

Alex Boothe, intern meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said powerful winds in the spring aren't unusual, but ...Read more