Hurricane Melissa Churns Toward Jamaica as a Category 5 Storm October 27, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan and Joe Wertz Hurricane Melissa plowed toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, threatening to bring widespread destruction to the island.
California Winds Drive Severe Fire Danger in Rain-Starved LA January 6, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Mark Chediak Exceptionally powerful, dry winds expected across Southern California this week are set to send wildfire risk skyrocketing in a region...
High Winds in Southern California Drive Two Blazes November 6, 2024 A wildfire sparked in California’s upscale Malibu beach community on Wednesday was driven by powerful winds sweeping apart the state’s...
Experts: Atlantic Hurricane Season Potential on Par with 2005, 1995 June 18, 2024 By Don Jergler Atlantic hurricane risk in the U.S. continues to increase “substantially as oceanic and atmospheric conditions reach a point where tropical...
Wildfires Destroy Much of Missouri Town, Threaten Homes in Iowa and Nebraska October 25, 2022 WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (AP) — Roughly half of a small Missouri town burned Saturday after a wildfire spread quickly from a...
Northern Arizona Watches Winds as Western Wildfires Blaze June 15, 2022 By Felicia Fonseca FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The northern Arizona city of Flagstaff is synonymous with mountains — lush with ponderosa pines, meadows...
23 Injured in Texas Storms; More Tornadoes Forecast in US April 14, 2022 SALADO, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a...
Wildfire Destroys at Least 150 Structures in New Mexico Town April 14, 2022 RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire swept through neighborhoods in a mountain community in drought-stricken south-central New Mexico, burning...
14 Homes Destroyed by Tornadoes this Week in South Carolina April 11, 2022 ALLENDALE, S.C. (AP) — Severe storms that moved across South Carolina earlier this week caused at least 13 tornadoes and...
Hundreds Evacuated as Fire Burns Near California’s Big Sur January 24, 2022 BIG SUR, Calif. (AP)–Hundreds of residents remained evacuated Sunday as crews battled a wildfire in rugged mountains along the California...