Powerful typhoon barrels over remote U.S. islands in Pacific: "Hitting us hard"
Typhoon Sinlaku came ashore on a chain of remote U.S. island territories in the Western Pacific, which includes Guam, on Tuesday. It was a super typhoon at the time.
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Typhoon Sinlaku came ashore on a chain of remote U.S. island territories in the Western Pacific, which includes Guam, on Tuesday. It was a super typhoon at the time.
Colorado State University has released its annual Atlantic hurricane forecast, predicting 13 named storms and six hurricanes may develop during the 2026 season.
Dr. Chuanmin Hu, a professor of Oceanography at the University of South Florida, delivered the warning following the school's latest 2026 sargassum outlook.
Maps show where the next blast of Arctic air and a potential winter storm are expected to travel this weekend, according to the latest forecast models.
The federal government is trying to fend off a lawsuit challenging a boat speed limit designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, which migrate each year to calving grounds off Northeast Florida and other parts of the Southeast.
A suite of new Artificial Intelligence technology is being rolled out in major weather forecasting models.
Temperatures in the Arctic continue to follow a long-term warming trend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The 2025 hurricane season is drawing to a close without a single one making landfall in the continental United States.
Priscilla has been losing punch but could still bring flash flooding to the southwestern U.S. over the weekend, forecasters say.
After growing into a hurricane, Gabrielle, the seventh named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, is gaining steam, but is not expected to make landfall.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service have expanded an online tool that visualizes U.S. flooding forecasts.
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale rates hurricanes on a scale from 1 to 5.
Tropical Storm Erin was on the verge of becoming the Atlantic season's first hurricane early Friday.
Two months into the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA forecasters updated their prediction for how many tropical storms and hurricanes to expect.
The 2025 list of hurricane and tropical storm names was last used in 2019. This Atlantic hurricane season is expected to have an above-normal number of storms.
After announcing it would lose access to key weather satellite data, NOAA will retain access, the agency said in a statement.
A Florida federal judge Wednesday refused to allow conservation groups to intervene in a lawsuit to help defend a rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, after the groups expressed concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to the protections.
The weather service in Miami is short five meteorologists, Key West is down four and the National Hurricane Center is short five hurricane specialists.
In response to concerns, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) said it is actively working to address staffing shortages.
The satellite program has historically been a key source of weather forecasting data for NOAA.
According to CBS News, about 2,200 NOAA employees have been fired or have taken buyouts since January.
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins during a tumultuous period at the National Weather Service, following significant cuts at the country's forecasting agency.
Nine months after Hurricanes Helene and Milton slammed Florida less than two weeks apart, businesses dependent on tourism want visitors to know they're open even as construction continues.
NOAA pilots fly into hurricanes to gather data that improves forecasts and protects communities.
No place is more vulnerable to hurricanes in the 50 U.S. states than the Florida Keys.
Chopper 4 was over the scene where you can see the white crane tipped over on one home's driveway.
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
The PGA Tour is back in Doral for the first time in a decade, this time as a 72-player, $20 million signature event.
President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran.
The votes happened hours after the Supreme Court narrowed a section of the Voting Rights Act that requires some states to create majority-minority districts.
Chopper 4 was over the scene where you can see the white crane tipped over on one home's driveway.
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
The PGA Tour is back in Doral for the first time in a decade, this time as a 72-player, $20 million signature event.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran.
Photos show some of the highlights as King Charles III and Queen Camilla with President Trump and first lady Melania Trump during an official state visit to Washington, D.C.
The votes happened hours after the Supreme Court narrowed a section of the Voting Rights Act.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.