MINNEAPOLIS — The National Weather Service is changing its cold weather alerts and messaging this week, doing away with familiar terms like “wind chill watch” and “wind chill warning.”

The changes, which come just as cooler temps begin to roll in, is part of the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Hazard Simplification initiative. The ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s state lawmakers return to Raleigh for a one-day session on Oct. 9, and leaders say they will vote on an initial relief package for communities affected by Tropical Storm Helene.

Top Republicans, who control the legislature, put out a joint statement on Friday. Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Odds are back up that a system developing in the Gulf of Mexico could become a tropical depression or storm before it makes its way to Florida next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, forecasters are looking at the trough of low pressure currently with disorganized ...Read more

A complex weather system is blooming in the Gulf of Mexico, putting much of Florida in the path of a days-long rain storm starting late in the weekend and possibly spawning a tropical system that could impact the state by the middle of next week.

As of Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center increased the odds to 40% that a tropical ...Read more

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday will make their first appearance together since before the 2020 election, traveling to east Georgia to survey damage from Hurricane Helene.

It’s the first meeting of the two former foes since Trump attacked Kemp for his unwillingness to call a special legislative session ...Read more

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Upon viewing some of the wreckage in Lowndes County on Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden’s motorcade ventured west toward the town of Hahira and the pecan grove of farmer Buck Paulk, where trees were flattened.

The route there also consisted of a roadside scene that looked like a planet of dead trees. Forests of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress saw Hurricane Helene coming.

Last week, they had planned to be in Washington through Friday, and then recess for the month of October to focus on the election. But as Helene strengthened while approaching Florida, they announced an early dismissal to get home ahead of the storm.

Now, lawmakers from the states...Read more

President Joe Biden arrived in Florida on Thursday to survey damage to the state caused by Hurricane Helene last week — but Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, was not there to greet him.

The president is on a two-day tour of Southeastern states ravaged by the storm, which took at least 200 lives as it ripped through the region. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center lowered its prediction the season’s next tropical depression or storm would form in the Gulf of Mexico, but Florida is likely to get heavy rain next week whether it develops or not.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, a surface trough located over portions of the Gulf with ...Read more

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday will make their first appearance together since before the 2020 election, traveling to Evans to survey damage from Hurricane Helene.

It’s the first time the two former foes will appear since Trump attacked Kemp for his unwillingness to call a special legislative session ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Daily temperature records around California continued to be set this week as an unusual October heat wave broiled the state and stymied firefighters' efforts to get blazes in Southern California under control.

Though the current heat wave peaked on Wednesday, the outlook going into the weekend doesn't bring much relief, ...Read more

MIAMI — President Joe Biden arrived in Florida on Thursday to survey damage to the state caused by Hurricane Helene last week — but Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, was not there to greet him.

The president is on a two-day tour of Southeastern states ravaged by the storm, which took at least 200 lives as it ripped through the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center lowered its prediction the season’s next tropical depression or storm would form in the Gulf of Mexico, but Florida is likely to get heavy rain next week whether it develops or not.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a surface trough located over portions of the Gulf with disorganized ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The tropics remain active with a hurricane and a tropical storm in the Atlantic, but forecasters said concern is lessening about a potential system developing in the Gulf of Mexico.

A weather disturbance is expected to move into the Gulf, but the odds dropped to 30% for tropical development because of “interaction ...Read more

MIAMI — These days, Jody Griffis’ daily commute to his waterfront home in Cedar Island ends with him parked in front of what is now a mostly barren lot, the Gulf of Mexico softly lapping at the shore behind it.

Last week, Hurricane Helene swept away his 1986 Jim Walter stilt house and everything he and his wife of 24 years had in it. ...Read more

ATLANTA — Early last week, the tropical disturbance that became Hurricane Helene was a disorganized cluster of thunderstorms off the coast of Cuba. Three days later, Helene had exploded into a Category 4 hurricane packing winds of 140 mph as it hurtled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The storm was the strongest on record to strike Florida’s ...Read more