ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday increased odds that a developing system could head into the Gulf of Mexico and become a tropical depression or storm — while it also kept tabs on two systems in the Atlantic.

As of its 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, a broad area of low pressure is forecast to form by early ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday increased odds that a developing system could head into the Gulf of Mexico and become a tropical depression or storm, while it also kept tabs on two systems in the Atlantic.

As of its 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a broad area of low pressure is forecast to form by early next week over the ...Read more

Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ways in which climate change is altering the weather.

Different meteorological phenomena are behind the series of storms, according to climate scientists, though they agree an underlying factor for the supercharged rainfall ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday was keeping tabs on two systems with the potential to develop into a tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time advisory, only one was a threat to land.

That was a broad area of low pressure that could develop late this weekend or early next over the northwestern Caribbean Sea...Read more

Forecasters on Tuesday were monitoring two areas with potential to develop into the next tropical depression or storm.

In an 8 p.m. tropical weather outlook, the National Hurricane Center said an area of low pressure could form this weekend over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

“Thereafter, some slow development of this system is possible ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings for the Carolinas, from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to Ocracoke Inlet. That includes Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Wilmington and Morehead City.

Forecasters expect the storm to come ashore Monday, though they cautioned that they remained uncertain about its exact path. Bands of ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center continues to track Tropical Storm Gordon and another system that is expected to develop off of the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. update, the center of Gordon is about 1,155 miles from the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph with higher gusts as it moves west-...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continues to track Tropical Storm Gordon and another system expected to form this weekend off the southeastern U.S. coastline.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. advisory, the center of Gordon is about 1,275 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands with maximum sustained wind speeds of 45 mph and ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The worst of Las Vegas’ record summer may be over. But the heat-related death toll continues to rise, with at least 224 deaths where heat was a factor.

Generally, experts say heat deaths are undercounted across the country, and the Clark County coroner’s office can take up to 90 days to declare heat a contributing factor in ...Read more

BILOXI, Miss. — Hurricane Francine strengthened Wednesday afternoon to a Category 2 storm just before it made landfall on the Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

The storm struck 30 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana with maximum winds of 100 miles per hour.

Francine strengthened to forecasters surprise. Forecasters ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Francine made landfall about 6 p.m. Wednesday in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 100 mph, said the National Hurricane Center in its 6 p.m. update.

Meanwhile, a new depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic and could become a tropical storm in the ...Read more

Hurricane Francine is expected to bring torrential rain, heavy winds and potentially life-threatening storm surges to the central Gulf Coast when it makes landfall in Louisiana later on Wednesday, meteorologists said.

Francine, the year’s sixth named storm, was upgraded from a tropical storm on Tuesday after strengthening over the warm waters...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Francine is on track to strike Louisiana’s coast with 100mph winds and up to 10 feet of storm surge Wednesday afternoon, the third storm to make U.S. landfall this season.

The National Hurricane Center’s forecast again calls for Francine to hit as a Category 2 storm after the hurricane strengthened overnight in the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dry and warmer-than-usual weather is expected in the Kansas City area over the next couple of days before a chance of rain moves in for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Wednesday’s sunny skies are expected to make it the hottest day of the week, with temperatures climbing just shy of 90 degrees. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The summer of 2024 has tied another record in Las Vegas weather history.

With a high of 102 on Tuesday, it was the 100th day with a high of 100 or more. The same also occurred in 1947.

And that 1947 mark has a chance to be broken Wednesday as the Las Vegas office of National Weather Service forecasts a high near 100 with a red ...Read more