Weather

More than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane.

Laura is expected to become a Category 4 storm, which brings "catastrophic damage" to homes, trees and infrastructure, according to the National Weather Service.

Research suggests that people are confused by common graphics and warnings about where hurricanes are headed and how they'll affect communities in their path.

The last time two storms made landfall in the United States within 24 hours of each other was in 1933.

High winds and heavy rains ravaged portions of Delaware earlier this month. Now the state is offering emergency financial assistance.

A small tornado caused damage in a central New Jersey county Wednesday, the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday.

Residents frustrated with the local government's response want officials to resign for not doing more to speed up response to all the uncollected garbage.

The eleventh-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Friday afternoon off the mid-Atlantic coast.

Tens of thousands of Jersey Shore residents were without power early Wednesday afternoon after potent severe storms lashed the region.

Slow-moving storms are expected to create dangerous flash flooding over parts of the Philadelphia region Wednesday afternoon into the evening.

The state's utilities were reporting 6,659 homes and businesses remained without power, down from more than 1 million.

When the river floods, the water deposits debris plus a lot of mud — and often, sewage — on its banks. Volunteers helped clear the post-Isaias mess.

A Tornado Warning has been issued for parts of Delaware and Chester counties through 6:15 p.m. New Castle County, Delaware is also in the warning. TAKE SHELTER.

A new field of climate science known as attribution science examines how a warming atmosphere plays a part in individual weather events.

An already extremely active Atlantic hurricane season has the potential to rival the busiest ever, forecasters say.