DETROIT — The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald not only inspired an iconic ballad from Canadian crooner Gordon Lightfoot, it also led to the advancement of Great Lakes weather monitoring and forecasting that has helped ships navigate storms ever since.

Forty-eight years ago, the largest freighter in Lake Superior history sank during a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Past El Niño years won’t help meteorologists determine what this winter will look like, the National Weather Service said in a Tuesday morning update, because conditions this year are not typical.

An El Niño was declared in May, meaning sea surface temperatures are warmer than normal in the equatorial eastern Pacific....Read more

With just days to go before the official close of hurricane season, a non-tropical system located southeast of Bermuda has the potential to become a subtropical or tropical storm later this week or weekend, forecasters said.

The area of low pressure is forecast to develop along a front in the central Atlantic as soon as Wednesday, then travel ...Read more

With just days to go before the official close of hurricane season, forecasters are monitoring two areas for potential development: a tropical disturbance in the central Caribbean and a nontropical system located southeast of Bermuda. The latter has the potential to become a tropical or subtropical storm, forecasters said Tuesday.

The tropical ...Read more

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration Monday ordering federal assistance for communities affected by heavy flooding on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18, according to a White House statement.

The announcement comes after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Gov. J.B. Pritzker made similar disaster proclamations Oct. 4 ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems with a low chance of developing into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

One is located in the central Caribbean sea, a small area of low pressure with increased shower and thunderstorm activity.

“However, environmental dry air is still likely to prevent significant ...Read more

More than two dozen people are dead on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, after torrential rainfall over three days created severe flooding, downed trees and power lines, and devastated crops.

At least 21 of the deaths occurred in the Dominican Republic where nine people died in the capital of Santo Domingo on...Read more

At least four people are dead and two others are missing in Haiti, where heavy rains over three days created severe flooding in the south and northwest regions, and devastated crops as the country continues to battle severe hunger.

Already wrestling with an outbreak of cholera, Haiti’s health sector also fears the spread of the waterborne ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center said a system moving through the Caribbean has reduced chances it will grow into a tropical depression or storm.

As of 4 p.m. EST, Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two was located about 20 miles northeast of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 195 miles west-southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba, moving northeast at 17 mph with ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida awoke Thursday to downed trees, roads closed due to debris and flooding, homes taking on water and massive puddles everywhere. Tens of thousands of homes were without power.

The cause? A no-name storm, one that swept the region over two days and dumped up to 14 inches of rain in some spots, with gusts as high as 75 mph ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center no longer gives a system that brought gale-force winds and flooding to Florida this week a chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm, but chances have grown that another system in the Caribbean will form and the NHC says it will become Tropical Storm Vince.

The Florida system centered ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County’s transit system struggled to have a normal morning on Thursday as the overnight deluge in South Florida left the Metromover system disabled, Metrorail trains slowed by debris and buses dodging flooded streets.

“Due to historic rain fall in Miami-Dade County, all modes of transportation including Metrobus, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center was tracking two systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm including one off the coast of Florida and one in the Caribbean.

The system brewing near South Florida is an area of low pressure that already has brought a flooding threat to the state with a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — National Weather Service experts warned Wednesday that the rise of a potent, global climate bully has set the stage for violent weather and killer tornadoes in Central Florida from now until spring.

With one occurring every few to seven years at varying strengths, an El Niño ocean-warming phase is taking shape as among the ...Read more