More than 900 flights were delayed Wednesday at Denver International Airport as a winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the metro area.

As of 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, 939 flights at DIA were delayed and 11 were canceled, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.

Flights headed in and out of DIA were being delayed by an average of ...Read more

DENVER — Hundreds of flights were derailed Wednesday morning at Denver International Airport during a weather-fueled ground delay issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, 267 flights at DIA had been delayed and one was canceled, according to flight-tracking software FlightAware.

Flights headed in and out of DIA ...Read more

NEW YORK — The first major winter storm of the season struck upstate New York on Tuesday, with much of the region forecast to receive some significant snowfall by day’s end.

Precipitation from a “strengthening coastal storm” started falling overnight, first as a wintry mix, then as tendrils of snow Tuesday morning, at times falling at a...Read more

A month after Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica and left billions of dollars in damage in its wake, international financial institutions are making up to $6.7 billion available to help the island-nation in its recovery and reconstruction.

The funds, available over three years, are part of a financial support package put together by the ...Read more

As travelers prepare to fly home on what is anticipated to be one of the busiest travel days in 15 years, a powerful winter storm in the Midwest and Great Lakes region has prompted the cancellation of hundreds of flights nationwide.

As of noon Sunday, 6,211 flights have been delayed into and out of the United States, and 1,006 flights have ...Read more

As Chicagoans woke up to “Winter Wonderland”-like conditions Sunday, snowfall recorded at Chicago O’Hare International Airport Saturday was confirmed as a record 8.4 inches, the highest snowfall on a single calendar day in November since 1951, according to the National Weather Service.

The snow tapered out by late morning Sunday, and the...Read more

CHICAGO — As heavy snow blanketed the Chicago area Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service warned of up to 10 inches of accumulation by the morning. More than 1,000 flights were canceled at the city’s airports, while road conditions also grew hazardous.

The weather service expected total snow accumulations between 6 and 10 inches ...Read more

CHICAGO — As heavy snow blanketed the Chicago area Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service warned of up to 10 inches of accumulation by the morning. More than 1,000 flights were canceled at the city’s airports, while road conditions also grew hazardous.

The weather service expected total snow accumulations between 6 and 10 inches ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — This weekend might not be the best time to go surfing, tidepooling, or frolicking along the shoreline.

The National Weather Service has issued a warning to Northern Californians of potentially deadly “sneaker waves” reaching 13 to 18 feet in height along the coast until at least 10 p.m. Sunday. These waves get their name ...Read more

After a blustery, chilly Thanksgiving day, a winter storm watch will be in effect for much of northern and central Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana from Friday at 3 p.m. until Sunday at 6 a.m., with possible snow accumulations of over 6 inches.

Snow will develop late Friday through Saturday night, and will fall heavily at times — up to...Read more

After a blustery, chilly Thanksgiving day, a winter storm watch will be in effect for much of northern and central Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana from Friday at 3 p.m. until Sunday at 6 a.m., with possible snow accumulations of over 6 inches.

Snow will develop late Friday through Saturday night, and will fall heavily at times — up to...Read more

MIAMI — For the first time in a decade, every single state, including the storm magnet of Florida, escaped the entire hurricane season without a direct hit from a hurricane.

Meteorologists say we owe this good fortune to an unusual weather pattern that steered nearly every storm away, a rare phenomenon of two hurricanes merging and some dumb ...Read more

Jamaica is seeing an outbreak of leptospirosis and is urging anyone who is experiencing symptoms from the infectious disease to seek immediate medical care.

A serious public health risk associated with heavy rainfalls, the disease is caused by the Leptospira bacteria found in water contaminated by the urine of infected animals like rats, cats, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An unusual series of storms has made this the wettest November on record for swaths of Southern California, dumping as much as 8.9 inches of rain along the coast as of Friday afternoon before a week of dry weather will provide a reprieve through the Thanksgiving holiday.

Scattered light showers are still possible through ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa caused nearly $9 billion in damage in Jamaica, making it the costliest storm ever to hit the island nation, according to newly released figures.

The preliminary estimate was released Wednesday as part of an assessment by the World Bank, in coordination with the Inter-American Development Bank. The storm’s $8.8 billion in ...Read more

L.A. County was facing a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds that could topple trees and downpours Monday evening as another storm moved through Southern California following a weekend of sometimes heavy rain.

The National Weather Service warned that thunderstorms were likely as the storm system pushed through Los Angeles. A flash flood ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — This weekend’s atmospheric river uprooted trees, caked roads in mud and sent toxic runoff flowing into the ocean, but nowhere got quite as hard hit as Santa Barbara, which experienced the soggiest three-day stretch of November rain in the county’s recorded history.

According to data from the National Weather Service, the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The most powerful band of a large atmospheric river storm slammed into Southern California Saturday, dumping much-needed rain across the region but also bringing mudslide dangers to communities still reeling from last January’s firestorms.

The storm flooded some streets and highways, sent mud and rocks sliding onto some canyon...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is just about over, with no tropical systems likely to develop before its official close on Nov. 30.

It might seem like a fortunate flop — only five hurricanes, when most forecasts back in spring called for eight or nine.

It was actually “pretty hopping,” said University of ...Read more