severe weather

Nearly a day after being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia is still threatening much of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City.

A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says.

At least 30,000 people in Derna were displaced by the flooding, the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said.

More than 11,000 were killed after Mediterranean storm Daniel pummeled eastern Libya, causing two dams to burst.

Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm.

Daniil Medvedev has reached his fourth U.S. Open semifinal as the heat and humidity continue to rise at the Grand Slam tennis tournament.

The Maui Police Department and the FBI said 245 people on the list of 388 made public the previous week were located and removed from the list. However, a nearly equal number of new names were added.

A monsoon and massive dust storm rolled into Arizona Thursday, leading to power outages, flight delays and a temporary suspension of a college football game.

Hurricane Idalia hit Florida early Wednesday as a major Category 3 storm.

The system remained a hurricane as it crossed into Georgia with top winds of 90 mph after drenching Florida mostly to the east of Tallahassee

The basic principle to assess a name’s retirement is if the storm was “so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity.”

Prosecutors charged the 62-year-old van driver on Tuesday with a felony count of child negligence resulting in death

Tropical storm Hilary brought rain, strong winds and mudslides across Southern California, blocking interstates and knocking out 911 services in some areas.

Tropical Storm Hilary deluged arid parts of Mexico and then drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers.

The history of naming hurricanes dates back to the 1800s, with the earliest evidence of named storms found in Puerto Rico.

Depressions, storms and hurricanes are all types of tropical cyclones, with a few major differences. Here’s what you need to know.

Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja California on Saturday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States

Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts saw strong thunderstorms early Friday, prompting severe weather and tornado warnings in parts of New England.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore traveled to Carroll County to survey storm damage and talk with first responders.

Between record-shattering heat, wildfire smoke, extreme flooding and record-hot ocean water, experts believe this summer’s record-setting weather patterns could be “another turning point” in efforts to raise awareness about the everyday impact of climate change