Weather and Natural Disasters

Hurricane Helene could cause a ‘nightmare’ scenario of catastrophic storm surge in Florida

By Heather Hollingsworth, Stephen Smith, Associated Press

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida and has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm.

Florida braces for Hurricane Helene with storm expected to reach Category 4 strength

By Geoff Bennett

Hurricane Helene is in the Gulf of Mexico and headed toward Florida. Floridians have been filling sandbags, preparing to hunker down in the face of heavy rains, storm surge and floods. Current forecasts show that Helene will arrive as a…

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5 things to know about Hurricane Helene

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is intensifying quickly as it crosses from the Caribbean Sea into extremely warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico that are fuel for tropical cyclones.

Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Helene

The remnants of Hurricane Helene dissipated Saturday, but massive rains brought by the storm have left many people stranded and without power as cleanup began from the monster tempest that killed scores of people and caused billions of dollars in…

5th historic flood in 25 years deluges North Carolina’s coast

By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

The storm didn't get a name, but it dropped historic amounts of rain on an area that has suffered floods of a lifetime at least four other times in the past 25 years.

Firefighters hope to take advantage of cooler weather to gain upper hand against Southern California fires

By Eugene Garcia, Amy Taxin, Olga R. Rodriguez, Eric Thayer, Associated Press

Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are taking advantage of cooler weather as they slowly gain the upper hand against blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes.

‘Hellish’: Trio of wildfires endanger Southern California communities

By Eugene Garcia, Thomas Peipert, Associated Press

The fires sprung to life during a triple-digit heat wave that finally broke Wednesday.

Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Francine

The system knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flooding fears in New Orleans and beyond.

The hottest summer on record could lead to our warmest year ever measured. Again.

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth's hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday.