TOKYO -- Typhoon Lekima battered southern Japan and Taiwan on Friday, killing one Taipei resident, with strong winds and heavy rains disrupting transport in the region.

This year's ninth typhoon caused the cancellation of 68 flights and 155 ferry services in Japan's Ryukyu Islands region, while at least four people were injured in Okinawa ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The peak of hurricane season may produce more dangerous storms than originally predicted, federal hurricane forecasters said Thursday, as oceanic and atmospheric conditions become more favorable for the production of hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration increased its forecast for hurricane ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two tropical disturbances are being monitored by the National Hurricane Center as of Wednesday morning, with one being given larger odds of becoming at least a tropical depression.

In an 8 a.m. tropical weather outlook, the Miami-based hurricane center said a tropical wave far out in the eastern Atlantic closer to ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are watching two tropical waves in the Atlantic Ocean.

The disturbance in the Caribbean that's path points toward Florida is not expected to develop significantly over the next few days, but the hurricane center said in its 8 a.m. advisory that "conditions could become ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical disturbance in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico that has a 10% chance of developing over the next five days.

As of a forecast outlook issued by the National Hurricane Center at 2 p.m. Wednesday, it was a disorganized mass of clouds and showers.

A broad area of low ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS -- Barry continued to soak Louisiana and Mississippi as it weakened to a tropical depression Sunday over Northwestern Louisiana. While the low-lying city of New Orleans appeared to have dodged a catastrophic deluge, the National Hurricane Center warned of tornadoes, gale-force winds and "dangerous, life-threatening flooding."

"I, ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS -- This low-lying Louisiana city -- built on a crescent-shaped sliver of land surrounded by the mouth of the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico -- has long battled water.

But Tropical Storm Barry presents a somewhat unusual threat.

While tropical storms and hurricanes are a risk along the Gulf Coast ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The annual Chicago Pride Parade was halted due to a severe weather warning that left more than 100,000 people without power Sunday afternoon.

Commonwealth Edison spokesman John Schoen said 99,000 customers were without power as of 4 p.m. local time and 36,000 customers already had their service restored.

The parade officially was ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Ask anyone the most dangerous element of a hurricane, and they may mention wind. They may mention storm surge. But they're unlikely to name the biggest current killer: rain.

In the past three years, as the impact of climate change on hurricanes became more apparent, rain has pushed aside storm surge to emerge as the top...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- When Rodney Andreasen first emerged from the wreckage of Hurricane Michael last October, the Jackson County emergency management director realized nearly everything he knew was gone.

The log cabin home he had intended to retire to was lost. The roads in his inland, rural county were choked with fallen trees. The roofing ...Read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A prominent hurricane forecast has upped its storm count slightly for the 2019 storm season as questions about the staying power of El Nino swirl.

The updated forecast from Colorado State University is calling for a near average season with 14 named storms, including six hurricanes and two major hurricanes of Category 3...Read more

CHICAGO -- It's official: It's been the wettest month of May in recorded history in Chicago. And although the city will get a bit of a respite from the rain Friday, forecasters say this summer is expected to be colder and wetter than usual.

With 8.25 inches of precipitation measured at O'Hare International Airport from May 1 through 7 a.m. ...Read more

CHICAGO -- It's no surprise May has been a waterlogged mess in Chicago, with severe thunderstorm alerts almost daily and weeks of flooded streets and swollen rivers.

But if you're wondering if the area has actually received more rain than usual this month or whether your vitamin D-deprived brain is playing tricks on you, it's the former. The ...Read more

For 12 consecutive days, the government's Storm Prediction Center has logged reports of at least eight tornadoes daily, a destructive and impressive streak that constitutes a record -- at least for now.

"The fact that it's been persistent is unusual, but not unprecedented," said Bill Bunting, chief of the forecast operations branch at the storm...Read more