Aug 18 What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin By Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press Although forecasters are confident that the storm won’t make direct landfall in the United States, authorities on a few islands along North Carolina’s Outer Banks issued evacuation orders and warned that some roads could be swamped by big waves. Continue reading
Aug 18 North Carolina’s Outer Banks could see dangerous surf and winds from Hurricane Erin By Associated Press Hurricane Erin began pelting part of the Caribbean with rain and wind Monday before it's expected to churn up dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. Continue reading
Aug 13 LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Erin Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength and once again become a major hurricane, Category 3 or greater, but it was not forecast to make landfall along the East Coast before turning farther out… Continue reading
Aug 12 Alaskan glacier ice dam releases floodwater toward downstream homes By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. Continue reading
Aug 08 Thousands evacuate from fast-growing brush fire north of Los Angeles By Jaimie Ding, Associated Press The Canyon Fire ignited Thursday afternoon and grew to more than 7.6 square miles (19.7 square kilometers) by 11 p.m., according to the Ventura County Fire Department. Continue reading
Aug 05 Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation, federal judge rules By Jack Brook, Michael Casey, Associated Press Massachusetts and the other states that brought the lawsuit argued FEMA lacked the authority to end the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and redirect more than $4 billion of its funding. Continue reading
Aug 04 LIVE MAP: Track the path of Tropical Storm Dexter Tropical Storm Dexter is the fourth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed late Sunday and was heading east-northeast Monday. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 4:14 Hawaii avoids major damage after massive earthquake triggers tsunami By Stephanie Sy, Winston Wilde A major earthquake off the coast of Russia set off widespread tsunami alerts and evacuations all across the Pacific. It was the strongest quake on the planet since 2011, and the sixth largest ever recorded. Moderate tsunami waves reached the… Continue watching
Jul 16 7.3 magnitude earthquake stirs tsunami warning along parts of Alaska’s southern coast By Associated Press Officials in the Pacific Northwest were evaluating whether there was any threat to coastlines there. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 2:55 Trump tours catastrophic flood damage in central Texas, defends state and federal response By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson President Trump and the first lady visited central Texas on Friday, surveying the catastrophic damage and offering comfort to families who lost loved ones in last week's floods. The death toll stands at 120 and at least 160 people are… Continue watching