• News Wrap: Ukraine strikes major oil refinery near Moscow

    News Wrap: Ukraine strikes major oil refinery near Moscow

    Jun 18, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    Woman: Fighting the current. Amna Nawaz: Downpours from what was Tropical Storm Arthur swamped entire Gulf Coast neighborhoods. More rain is expected through tomorrow from Mississippi to the Carolinas. And from floods to flames. Firefighters in Washington state have been working to contain a blaze near Spokane that's destroyed ...

  • All detainees from immigration facility 'Alligator Alcatraz' have been transferred, DHS says

    All detainees from immigration facility 'Alligator Alcatraz' have been transferred, DHS says

    Jun 17, 2026 10:09 PM EDT

    ... storms making landfall in Florida. It has been operating since then. Shortly after ICE announcement, the National Hurricane Center reported on Wednesday that the first tropical storm o f the 2026 hurricane season had formed off the Texas coast. WATCH: Florida's controversial 'Alligator Alcatraz' expected to close Detainees at ...

  • Rain along Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

    Rain along Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

    Jun 16, 2026 06:56 PM EDT

    ... Christi, Texas, according to a hurricane center advisory. National Hurricane Center director Michael Brennan said meteorologists are expecting the system to strengthen, possibly into a tropical storm by early Wednesday. But coastal areas could experience tropical storm conditions this week, even if the system doesn’t officially get a name ...

  • What is El Niño and how could it affect weather this year?

    What is El Niño and how could it affect weather this year?

    Jun 04, 2026 10:28 PM EDT

    ... year’s hurricane season reflects that. The agency predicted a 55% chance of a below-average season with a total of eight to 14 named storms in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center announced the season’s first tropical storm, Amanda, in ...

  • News Wrap: IRS says average tax refund just under $3,500 this year

    News Wrap: IRS says average tax refund just under $3,500 this year

    Apr 15, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... since President Trump returned to the White House. Officials on a group of U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean are assessing damage from Tropical Storm Sinlaku, which battered the region with fierce winds and rains. Eyewitness footage shows the aftermath of what was the year's most powerful tropical ...

  • Monster typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is bearing down on group of remote U.S. islands

    Monster typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is bearing down on group of remote U.S. islands

    Apr 13, 2026 08:21 PM EDT

    A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arrival. Super Typhoon Sinlaku is on track to barrel over the Northern Mariana Islands late Tuesday local time with widespread ...

  • The Southwest smashing heat records in March 'is what climate change looks like'

    The Southwest smashing heat records in March 'is what climate change looks like'

    Mar 20, 2026 04:12 PM EDT

    ... And the deadly Typhoon Haiyan hitting the Philippines in 2013 shocked the world. Superstorm Sandy, which in 2012 flooded New York City and neighbors, had tropical storm-force winds that covered an area nearly one-fifth the area of the contiguous United States. It spawned 12-foot seas over 1 ...

  • News Wrap: Trump says he will cancel Biden's executive actions signed with autopen

    News Wrap: Trump says he will cancel Biden's executive actions signed with autopen

    Nov 28, 2025 11:40 PM EDT

    ... Elsewhere in Asia, floods have ravaged several nations, so far claiming well over 300 lives. Torrential rains battered Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait. A separate cyclone hit Sri Lanka more than 1,000 miles to the west. In Southern Thailand's ...

  • News Wrap: Cornell reaches $60M deal with Trump administration to restore funding

    News Wrap: Cornell reaches $60M deal with Trump administration to restore funding

    Nov 07, 2025 11:45 PM EDT

    ... areas and gives up its weapons. In Vietnam, Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least five people dead and thousands of homes damaged before weakening into a tropical storm. Ngo Thanh Diep, Storm Victim (through interpreter): This storm was a very strong one. I have lived here all my life, and I ...

  • Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead, causes widespread damage in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba

    Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead, causes widespread damage in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba

    Oct 29, 2025 04:21 PM EDT

    ... southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of people from the archipelago’s southeast corner ahead of Melissa’s arrival.“The storm is growing in size,” Brennan said, noting that tropical storm force winds now extend almost 200 miles (320 kilometers) from the center. Melissa’s ...