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Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate northeastward over the Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said. Melissa ...

Tropical Storm Debby reached Florida's gulf coast early Monday as a hurricane, bringing with heavy rain and flooding as it slowly passed over the northern part of the state. It was later downgraded to ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane on Thursday, making it the most powerful storm on the planet. The storm became a major hurricane after it underwent rapid intensification ...

Planet Earth is getting rocked by the biggest solar storm in decades – and the potential effects have those people in charge of power grids, communications systems and satellites on edge. The National ...

Editor's note: Follow the latest news about this developing storm in our Saturday coverage, including the latest maps and models Tropical storm watches and warnings were hoisted Friday for the west ...

Thirteen states are under a winter storm warning or watch as Winter Storm Blair is expected to tear across the country this weekend and drop double-digit snow totals, the National Weather Service (NWS ...

A sprawling storm will be the main story for travelers in the lead-up to Thanksgiving next week, forecasters said. "A storm will impact much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States during the ...

For years, we have been warned about impending doom from the sun. If pointed in our direction, powerful eruptions of radiation and plasma from our star can strike our planet to supercharge Earth’s ...

Anthony C. Didlake Jr. receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can ...