Swath of South faces wintry mess: Snow, sleet, freezing rain
Governors and local officials in several states declared emergencies ahead of the storm, freeing up funds and manpower to help mitigate its effect.
Climate change has intensified hurricane rainfall, and now we know how much
Hurricane Harvey wasn’t an outlier. A new study reports that climate change intensified the rains of other recent cyclones by between 4 and 9 percent.
Live map: Track Hurricane Florence as it heads for the East Coast
Update: Sept. 13, 6:58 a.m. ET Overnight, Hurricane Florence’s winds continued to decline. However, its rain and storm surge forecasts remain unchanged. The outer bands of its tropical storm-force winds are now reaching shore. Florence’s winds dropped by 20…
This scientist chases wildfires to better predict fire behavior
To know what a wildfire might do next, researchers need to know how an inferno interacts with the atmosphere.
On Saturday, areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings.
After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild.
In a news briefing Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called it “a catastrophic storm” like “our state has never seen.”…
Hurricane Irma is punishing Puerto Rico with 185 mph winds as it takes aim at the U.S. mainland. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ed Rappaport of the National Hurricane Center, Kathleen Fox of FEMA and Key West Mayor Craig Cates about…
