Tropical Storm Ophelia formed as it headed toward the coast of North Carolina on Friday afternoon, with stormy weather spreading over portions of the state. Meanwhile, a second system is likely to form in the Atlantic, forecasters said.

Ophelia is expected to make landfall later in the day.

As of 5 p.m. Eastern time Friday, the storm was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the heels of a record-setting wet and warm August, forecasters on Thursday announced that El Niño is gaining strength and will almost certainly persist into 2024.

El Niño, the warm phase of the El Niño-La Niña Southern Oscillation pattern, is a major driver of weather worldwide and is often associated with hotter global ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A potential tropical cyclone off Florida’s east coast will soon strengthen into a tropical depression or storm as it moves north, forecasters said Thursday, leading the National Hurricane Center to begin issuing warnings and watches.

Meanwhile, a system off Africa is expected to merge with another system to its west ...Read more

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee vowed this week to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from new buildings, in large part by rapidly expanding the installation of heat pumps, officials from the U.S. Climate Alliance announced Thursday in a news release.

Inslee is joined in that promise by 24 other governors representing states that belong to the ...Read more

A system off Africa is expected to merge with another system to its west and then become a tropical depression late this week or weekend that could potentially head in the general direction of the eastern Caribbean.

Its odds of development are at 20% in the next two days and 70% within the next seven days, according to the latest advisory ...Read more

As Hurricane Nigel weakens and turns to the northeast toward Iceland, forecasters are turning their attention to a system off Africa that is likely to become a tropical depression late this week or weekend.

Forecasters also have their eyes on a non-tropical low that may form off Florida’s east coast and eventually take on some cyclone ...Read more

Hurricane Nigel has “likely reached its peak intensity,” National Hurricane Center forecasters said Wednesday, as attention turns to a system off Africa that is likely to become a tropical depression late this week or weekend.

Forecasters also have their eyes on a low that may form off Florida’s east coast and cause heavy rainfall and ...Read more

Hurricane Nigel intensified into a Category 2 storm Tuesday afternoon and is projected to accelerate to the northeast, away from North America.

Forecasters also have their eyes on a low that may form off Florida’s east coast and cause heavy rainfall and flooding this week in South Florida before moving north.

There’s also a potential ...Read more

A fast-moving Hurricane Nigel is forecast to intensify into a Category 2 storm Tuesday as it develops a large eye over the central subtropical Atlantic Ocean.

Forecasters also have their eyes on a low that may form off Florida’s east coast and cause heavy rainfall and flooding this week in South Florida before moving north.

There’s also a ...Read more

A fast-moving Hurricane Nigel is forecast to intensify into a Category 2 storm Tuesday as it develops a large eye over the central subtropical Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said.

Nigel’s top wind speeds could reach up to 105 mph, according to the latest advisory.

As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, Nigel’s maximum sustained winds were at 85 mph. Nigel was...Read more

Hurricane Nigel formed Monday, and National Hurricane Center forecasters expect it to intensify into a Category 2 hurricane by Tuesday.

Its top wind speeds could reach up to 110 mph, forecasters said Monday.

As of 5 p.m. Eastern time Monday, Nigel’s maximum sustained winds were at 80 mph, about 810 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving ...Read more

Hurricane Nigel formed Monday and National Hurricane Center forecasters expect it to “rapidly intensify” into a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday.

The National Hurricane Center dubs any storm as “rapid intensifying” when it gains 35 mph or more of maximum sustained wind speed in a 24-hour period.

Its top wind speeds could reach up ...Read more

Nigel, the new, strengthening tropical storm to watch in the tropics, is forecast to become the Atlantic season’s fifth hurricane on Monday, forecasters said.

Nigel, the season’s ninth tropical storm, formed Saturday in the central tropical Atlantic, the same day as what had been Hurricane Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia.

Tropical Storm ...Read more

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused oil giants of “lying,” saying a landmark lawsuit his state filed aims to hold them accountable for reaping excessive profits at the expense of the state’s residents and the environment.

“The climate crisis is, after all, a fossil fuel crisis,” Newsom said on Sunday at the opening ceremony of ...Read more

As the nation faces a future of increasing flooding, drought and wildfires, millions of 60-pound rodents stand by, ready to assist.

Beavers can transform parched fields into verdant wetlands and widen rivers and streams in ways that not only slow surging floodwater, but store it for times of drought.

Still not impressed? In 2020, three raging ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts was spared the worst of Lee Saturday as the National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a post-tropical cyclone early in the day and Gov. Maura Healey lifted a state of emergency declared just before its arrival.

Lee made landfall later in Nova Scotia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, according to a 5 p.m. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Lee shifted into post-tropical cyclone Lee on Saturday as it sped north with a massive wind field that continued to whip across New England and Canada. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center forecast Tropical Storm Nigel to join Tropical Storm Margot in the Atlantic along with another system with chances to develop....Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts was spared the worst of Lee Saturday morning as the National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a post-tropical cyclone and Gov. Maura Healey lifted a state of emergency declared just before its arrival.

Lee is expected to make landfall later in the day in Canada and was tracking about 150 miles west-southwest of ...Read more