TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Powerful storms packing hurricane-force winds killed at least one woman Friday in Florida as a week of deadly severe weather continued in the South, where uprooted trees crashed onto homes and knocked out electricity to thousands in several states. City officials in Tallahassee said wind gusts of 80 to 100 mph (128 to 161 […]
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the United States this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications. In advance of the solar storm hitting, the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its first severe geomagnetic storm watch warning since January 2005. […]
At least three people are believed to have died after severe storms tore through parts of the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday. The storms spawned tornadoes and strong winds that knocked down power lines and trees, as well as damaged buildings. Two people were killed in Tennessee, according to local police and officials. They […]
DETROIT—Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes throughout the region a day after a deadly twister ripped through a small Oklahoma town and killed at least one person. Tornadoes were spotted after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, […]
Storm chasers spotted a tornado on the ground Monday in rural Oklahoma while large hail pelted parts of Kansas as forecasters issued a rare high risk warning for the two states with the possibility of long-track twisters. The greatest risk of damaging weather includes areas in Oklahoma, such as Sulphur and Holdenville, still recovering from […]
HOUSTON—High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops, and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property. A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high […]
WESTMORELAND, Kan.—One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs, and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesday evening, destroying 22 homes, three RVs, and five outbuildings and damaging another 13 […]
A tornado in the Chinese city of Guangzhou has killed at least five people. Another 33 were injured, Chinese state media reported. The tornado reportedly hit the Guangdong Province capital in the south of the country at around 3 p.m. Local time (2 a.m. EST) on Saturday, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency. Xinhua […]
OMAHA, Neb.—A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as it tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Some injuries were reported but there were no immediate reports that anyone was killed. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska and Iowa on Friday, but the most destructive […]
An unusually hot summer has been predicted for most of the United States this year, according to weather forecasters. Warmer-than-average temperatures are expected from June through August. A summer forecast map released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on April 18 shows most of the United States bathed in shades of red or […]
WASHINGTON—Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms Monday night through Wednesday, with tornadoes possible in some states. A large storm system hitting much of the central U.S. over the next few days is expected to bring severe thunderstorms to Kansas and Nebraska on Monday evening, the National […]
ATLANTA—Powerful storms rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, prompting a number of tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the world’s biggest sporting events in Georgia. The storm system, which has already been blamed for at least one death in Mississippi, demolished buildings and flooded streets in […]
SLIDELL, La.—Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained the city’s antiquated drainage system. Severe weather stretched across much of the Gulf South with reports of damage […]
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a forecast for Monday’s solar eclipse, which is slated to pass across much of the United States. However, some key areas will be obscured by clouds or even face “severe” weather. The agency’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed nearly the entire eclipse’s path of totality in Texas, Arkansas, […]
PORTLAND, Maine—Power restoration efforts in Maine and New Hampshire entered another day on Saturday with more than 100,000 homes and businesses still in the dark several days after a storm brought powerful winds and heavy, wet snow. Maine’s largest electric utility warned that some customers might not have service restored until Monday or Tuesday, despite […]
DALLAS—Some who hope to witness Monday’s total solar eclipse may see the sun obscured by clouds instead of by the moon. There’s still plenty of time for forecasts to change, but meteorologists predict that eclipse day storms could blanket parts of the path, which stretches from Mexico and Texas through Maine and parts of Canada. […]
A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at one point. A woman was killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb and a second woman died in a New Hampshire fire […]
TOMS RIVER, N.J.—A major spring storm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains soaked the East Coast and cleanup work continued in several states wracked by tornadoes and other severe weather blamed for at least three deaths. The National Weather Service […]
Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia were under tornado watches into Tuesday night, while Wisconsin was experiencing a spring snowstorm. Storms in Northeastern Oklahoma […]
The threat of a severe weather outbreak is growing as tens of millions of people across the eastern half of the United States face down severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts, dangerous hail, and destructive tornadoes. “A potentially substantial severe weather outbreak—possibly including a few significant/long-track tornadoes—is anticipated this afternoon and evening,” the Storm […]
