With that cool, rainy Halloween now a memory, Santa Ana winds are moving into Southern California starting Thursday, bringing escalating heat and critical fire danger in mountain areas.

Residents can expect a "weak to moderate Santa Ana wind across Southern California," said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track a low pressure system in the Atlantic with a chance to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 1 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the broad area of nontropical low pressure with gale-force winds was located a few hundred miles south of Bermuda with disorganized storms mostly ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The weather is dry for the moment, but signs across the atmosphere are painting a clear picture for when the first atmospheric river will bring rain to California.

As El Niño begins to lock into the atmosphere, it will continue to set up patterns like the one we will see next week, with lower pressure just offshore and a...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track a low pressure system in the Atlantic with a chance to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. tropical outlook, the broad area of nontropical low pressure was located a few hundred miles south of Bermuda with disorganized rainfall mostly to the...Read more

DENVER — Residents in the Conejos County town of Sanford have been ordered to evacuate as flooding continues to thrash southern Colorado.

The Conejos County Sheriff’s Office told residents to leave immediately and plan to be away from home for days. A shelter is available at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 521 Spruce St.

The new ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to forecast a low pressure system could form in the Atlantic with a chance to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 1 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the prediction was that an area of low pressure was likely to form along a weakening frontal boundary a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The significant coastal flooding that hit Southern California in recent days points to what a worst-case scenario would look like in an El Niño-fueled winter with sea levels expected to rise even farther.

Last week’s flooding was so bad because of two events that are expected to worsen over the next few months: a record-hot ...Read more

While tropical-storm-like weather battered Florida on Monday, the National Hurricane Center began forecasting a different system could form in the Atlantic with the chance to develop.

As of the NHC’s 7 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the prediction was that an area of low pressure was likely to form along a weakening frontal boundary a ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida is under a flood watch through Monday evening, with a 90% chance of rain in the forecast.

“The environment continues to support the potential for heavy rainfall,” according to the National Weather Service.

Monday is starting out wet, and the rain will continue through the day, according to forecasters. The flood ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After a dark and stormy Halloween night with showers that continued into Sunday, Southern California can expect clear skies this week as well as hotter temperatures, particularly along the beleaguered coastline.

Beach hazard warnings will remain in effect along the coast until Monday at 6 p.m. because of gusty west winds that ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis on Saturday requested nearly $27 million in federal aid from the Trump administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the state begins to recover from devastating flooding in southern Colorado that damaged hundreds of homes and dozens of roads, including three highways.

The aid request comes in the ...Read more

The latest in an unrelenting run of severe rainstorms is pushing its way into the Southwest this weekend, following deadly floods that have transformed some neighborhoods into hazmat zones requiring costly cleanups.

Traditionally, the heaviest rains associated with an El Niño phenomenon arrive in the U.S. during the winter months. But warming ...Read more

The highest tides of the year so far are causing problems along the California coast, producing coastal flooding advisories and warnings from Los Angeles to Eureka to this week. And it’s not just normal tidal action that is to blame.

For starters, the king tides are the strongest tides of the year, occurring during new and full moons in the ...Read more

SUNSET BEACH, Calif. — Diane Copley-Botica stacked rows of sandbags and tarps around her home in Sunset Beach, hoping it might be enough to keep the rising water at bay.

But the seawater from record high tides came anyway, flowing across the neighborhood like a river, flooding homes and businesses along the stretch of Pacific Coast Highway.

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The highest tides of the year so far are causing problems along the California coast, producing coastal flooding advisories and warnings from Los Angeles to Eureka to this week. And it’s not just normal tidal action that is to blame.

For starters, the king tides are the strongest tides of the year, occurring during new and full moons in the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Forecasters warn of coastal flooding and high tides in Southern California, but officials at Southern California Edison say dozens of stored canisters containing nuclear waste at the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station pose no public safety threats — even if rainfall in the coming months is heavier than expected. ...Read more

Rashel Mereness was on vacation when this week's record-breaking king tide relentlessly streamed water onto the Redondo Beach International Boardwalk and into her bar, so she called staff to gauge just how bad the flooding was. While on the phone Wednesday morning, one staffer watched a city trash can float by.

"I don't think anybody expected ...Read more

DENVER — As damage assessments continue across southwest Colorado, Archuleta County officials have confirmed more than 500 homes were impacted by flooding and dozens of stranded residents were rescued.

Of the 595 miles of roadway in Archuleta County, roughly 150 miles are impassable, Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners Chair Warren...Read more