LOS ANGELES — A sweltering heat wave that’s baked parts of Southern California with triple-digit temperatures during the day continues to punish the region with an unrelenting heat that continues after dark.

Temperatures in the Santa Monica Mountains didn’t drop below 95 degrees from Thursday night to Friday morning. At midnight Thursday,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — While Southern California and the Southwest swelter under their most punishing heat wave of the year, international climate officials have confirmed that the summer of 2024 was Earth’s hottest on record.

The global average temperature in June, July and August — known as the boreal summer in the Northern hemisphere — was a ...Read more

To get an idea of how the forces of climate change and extreme heat are transforming the West, consider the summer Phoenix has endured.

On Wednesday, the city experienced the 101st day in a row with temperatures topping 100 degrees, with little relief in sight.

Residents of the desert city are used to broiling summers, but 2024 has been one ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday tracked four systems in the Caribbean and Atlantic with chances to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, none had more than low chances as conditions across the Atlantic basin remain unfavorable for the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued Wednesday to track three tropical waves in the Caribbean and Atlantic with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, none had more than low chances as conditions across the Atlantic basin remain unfavorable for ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday was keeping track of three systems with a chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, a tropical wave moving quickly westward in the Northwestern Caribbean was producing a large area of disorganized ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday was keeping track of three systems with a chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a tropical wave in the Central Caribbean was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola and the open water to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California was bracing Monday for a heat wave expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region this week.

Driven by weak offshore winds and a heat dome over the southwestern United States, temperatures are forecast to rise over the course of the week before peaking Thursday and Friday. Portions of the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season picks up steam, the National Hurricane Center continued Saturday to track two systems among the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the closest to the U.S. was a broad area of...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season picks up steam, the National Hurricane Center continued Saturday to track several systems among the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the closest to the U.S. was a broad ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two tropical waves in the Atlantic and a new system in the Gulf of Mexico with the potential to grow into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the closer of the two Atlantic systems is a tropical wave producing showers and ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two tropical waves in the Atlantic with the potential to grow into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the closer of the two systems is a tropical wave producing showers and thunderstorms in the central tropical Atlantic that the NHC has been ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center is now tracking a second Atlantic system in addition to one with an increasing chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. Eastern time Thursday tropical outlook, the tropical wave located in the central Atlantic was producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms which ...Read more

After catching its breath, the Atlantic hurricane season appears ready to roar again, just in time for the peak of what is still expected to be one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record.

An unusually quiet August raised hopes that perhaps all the dire predictions — for 17 to 24 named storms — were a bust. But experts say that likely ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is back to tracking just one Atlantic system with an increasing chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time Thursday tropical outlook, the tropical wave located in the central Atlantic was producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

“...Read more