When harbor officials warned Kenneth Stagnaro of a tsunami heading from Tonga for the Santa Cruz Harbor last weekend, he decided to take his two boats out to sea.

Out there, Stagnaro, who runs a whale watching and charter fishing business, felt he could ride out the worst of the tsunami.

It’s what he and dozens of other large boat owners did...Read more

The worst of the winter weather is winding down along the U.S. East Coast after a quick-moving storm swept northeast, leaving thousands of customers without power and grounding flights.

Rain started to taper off in Washington, D.C., and in New York’s Central Park, where temperatures reached 41 degrees Fahrenheit (5 Celsius) Monday, according ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Power outages are likely during winter weather, especially when large amounts of snow or ice are involved.

Keep these tips in mind if you lose power:

▪ If you have a generator, never run it inside your home or garage. Carbon monoxide fumes can build up and become deadly.

▪ You should also never use a charcoal grill or ...Read more

ATLANTA — Airlines are canceling flights scheduled for Sunday in Atlanta in anticipation of the winter storm to hit the Southeast.

More than 180 Atlanta flights scheduled for Sunday in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on multiple airlines were canceled by Saturday afternoon, according to flight tracking website FlightAware....Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The winter storm arriving in North Carolina overnight is expected to bring a combination of snow, ice and wind that will lead to “nearly impossible” travel conditions on Sunday and power outages that could affect hundreds of thousands of people, forecasters and state officials warned on Saturday.

More than 30 flights ...Read more

The year 2021 was marked not only by extreme weather events nationwide and in the West — it was also the Earth’s sixth hottest year on record, federal officials announced Thursday.

The planet’s average land and ocean surface temperature last year was 1.51 degrees higher than the 20th-century average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...Read more

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Do you have any extra space? Would you like some snow? Leavenworth might be in touch.

The faux-Bavarian alpine town on the eastern slopes of the Cascades was still struggling to dig itself out Monday, after more than 4 feet of snow fell in less than 48 hours last week, clogging streets, shuttering businesses and causing ...Read more

On Alex Cornelius’ nearly 300-acre farm west of Waycross, Georgia, confused blueberry bushes have already started blooming, about two to three weeks earlier than normal. Other varieties, which require longer exposure to cool temperatures, have not received the cold hours they need for a productive crop.

As temperatures soared to near 80 ...Read more

Natural disasters killed 688 people across the U.S last year and caused more than $145 billion of losses, the third-highest tally in records going back to 1980, a government report showed.

There were twenty disasters that exceeded $1 billion of losses each, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. They included last ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers are still without power two weeks after a severe winter storm brought several feet of snowfall to the Sierra Nevada and its foothills.

On Sunday afternoon, PG&E spokeswoman Karly Hernandez said that 3,198 customers were still without power. In Nevada County, 1,978 were ...Read more

A quick-moving nor’easter inundated New York City with its first deep snowfall of the season, making a mess of the morning commute and tying up air traffic across the region.

The storm, which stretched from Virgina to Maine, dumped upwards of 5 inches (13 centimeters) on New York City before tapering off by midmorning. In Boston, where school...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The dusty hills of Griffith Park are sprouting shades of green. In Pasadena, water is streaming through arroyos that only weeks ago sat caked and dry. And from the perfect vantage point downtown, the distant San Gabriel Mountains are gleaming with crowns of snow.

After one of the driest years in recent memory, Los Angeles — ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Few people expect tornadoes in December, let alone one strong enough to collapse the 11-inch-thick concrete walls of a sprawling, new Amazon warehouse.

But the EF3 tornado that wrecked the facility near Edwardsville, Illinois, last month — one of several twisters that caused widespread damage in six states and more than 90 ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in 20 California counties on Thursday as winter storms continued to lash the state with record snow and rainfall that have knocked out power, shut down major roads and freeways, and caused debris flows, among other hazards.

According to the proclamation, the following counties are under a state of...Read more

Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion in damages, according to a new study.

Hurricane Ida, a tropical storm that pummeled much of the eastern U.S. with lashing rain in August, killed at least 95 people and cost the economy $65 billion. A month earlier, floods in Europe caused 240 deaths and an ...Read more

SEATTLE — A long-anticipated snowfall that started in many locations in the Seattle area Saturday was expected to pick up overnight, and drop between 2 and 7 inches over Puget Sound and Western Washington by Monday.

The flakes will fall as showers, creating “highly variable snow accumulations” across the region, says the National Weather ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Virginia Tharp stood in the back of the conference room at the Hammock Inn & Suites in Exton, smiling as she watched 5-year-old Avayah Harris belt “Jingle Bells” into the microphone.

“Sing it baby girl!” cheered Tharp, 47.

Tharp closed her eyes and smiled, and for just a moment, everything felt normal.

But then she ...Read more