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Flash Floods Swamp the Northeast as a Soggy, Stormy July Rolls On(Post)
Rounds of torrential thunderstorms swamped the Northeast this week, flooding subways and highways in the New York City area and prompting a state of emergency in parts of New Jersey. The storms droppe
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Historic Storm Complex Knocks Out Power to More Than a Million Ahead of the Holidays(Post)
A historic storm complex is battering a huge stretch of the country, from the West Coast through the Central Plains and into Texas, with damaging winds, heavy snow, and torrential rain. Power outages
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Tropical Disturbance AL95 Strengthens in the Central Atlantic: What Homeowners Should Know(Post)
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a broad area of low pressure (AL95) in the central tropical Atlantic, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms. Forecasters report a 70% chance of forma
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Hurricane Milton Blasts Florida Just Two Weeks After Helene(Post)
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Florida’s west coast Wednesday night as a major hurricane, spawning a swarm of destructive tornadoes across the peninsula and knocking out power to mo
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Rare Gulf Coast Snowstorm Stuns the South(Post)
A historic winter storm has brought accumulating snow to places that rarely see a flake, with snow falling along the Gulf Coast from Texas through Louisiana and into Florida. All-time snowfall records
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Catastrophic Texas Hill Country Flooding: A Sobering Independence Day(Post)
Catastrophic flash flooding struck the Texas Hill Country over the July Fourth holiday, as torrential overnight rain sent rivers surging with astonishing speed. The human toll is heartbreaking, and en
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Peak Hurricane Season Is Here, and Forecasters Say It Is Not Slowing Down(Post)
NOAA’s updated seasonal outlook keeps the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season in above-normal territory, and the calendar agrees: the climatological peak of the season, centered on September 10, is now upo
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Hurricane Melissa Becomes One of the Atlantic’s Strongest Storms on Record(Post)
Hurricane Melissa struck western Jamaica this week as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, with winds near 185 mph and one of the lowest barometric pressures ever measured in an Atlantic storm. Meliss
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Severe Outbreak Slams the East as the Midwest Digs Out: A Million Lose Power(Post)
A rare early-spring severe weather outbreak swept the East Coast on the heels of the Midwest’s record blizzard, a one-two punch that has knocked out power to more than a million customers across the M
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Fast-Moving Storms Rake the Central U.S. with Tornadoes and Hail(Post)
A destructive line of severe thunderstorms tore across the central United States this week, racing eastward at 50 mph with wind gusts to 60 mph, multiple tornado warnings, and hail up to golf-ball siz
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Days of Derechos: Midwest Storm Siege Affects Nearly Two Million Customers(Post)
A relentless six-day stretch of severe thunderstorms battered the Midwest and Great Lakes last week, with repeated bow echoes driving straight-line wind damage across Illinois, Indiana, and neighborin
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Weeks in the Dark: What Helene and Milton Taught America About Backup Power(Post)
As October wears on, thousands of families in western North Carolina’s mountains and parts of Florida are still waiting for the grid to come back after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Two historic storm