Weather

Tropical Storm Fay slightly picked up speed and strength as it moved closer to land Friday, and forecasters decreased projections for rain totals and flooding.

The coronavirus pandemic has left officials from FEMA down to local governments questioning how to deal with problems like social distancing in crowded shelters or safely distributing relief supplies.

Hurricanes can potentially knock out power, block roads, disrupt the response of emergency services, and cause stores and pharmacies to close for an extended period. The novel coronavirus, however, is now adding another layer of complexity.

Tropical Storm Cristobal could soon renew its strength by uniting with another storm system coming from the west to form one giant cyclone, forecasters say.

Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day prior in Louisiana and ginned up dangerous weather farther east.

The asteroid, which is known as 163348 (2002 NN4), will come within 3.2 million miles of the Earth.

This weekend's full Moon will be a “strawberry moon,” according to NASA.

Other operators including Chevron and Exxon Mobil said they are monitoring the storm

Monday marked the beginning of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, and forecasters have warned it may be a busy one.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and the National Weather Service has predicted it will be “above normal” this year, with another storm now approaching the East Coast.

Meteorologists are forecasting that the Atlantic 2020 hurricane season will be above average.

SpaceX delayed its historic astronaut launch that was set for Wednesday afternoon due to unfavorable weather conditions and will try again on Saturday.

Tropical Storm Bertha surprised the South Carolina coast Wednesday, forming and making landfall within two hours, bringing a poor beach day of rain and gusty winds, but no major problems.

Forecasters put the odds of acceptable launch weather at 40 percent

Hurricane season 2020 could be as severe as 2005 which included Katrina.

An average Atlantic season has 12 named storms, but last year was the fourth consecutive to have more.

It could be days before the full scope of damage from flooding in Central Michigan that submerged houses, washed out roads and threatened a Superfund site is apparent, authorities warned.

A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations by federal regulators, who revoked the facility's license over safety violations two years before the flooding that forced 10,000 people to evacuate their homes.

Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways.

It’s another early start for the Atlantic hurricane season: Arthur formed Saturday in waters off Florida, marking the sixth straight year that a named storm has developed before June 1.