SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Get ready, California.

The official start of summer less than a month away, and it’s shaping up to be a hot one.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting higher-than-usual temperatures across much of the country this summer — including California.

“For (June ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — With the hurricane season starting soon, you are certain to hear about categories and other terms used to describe hurricane strength. Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity.

The NHC will label a system a tropical ...Read more

MIAMI — Get ready, South Florida. The most dreaded time of the year starts June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

Forecasters expect this to be another above average hurricane season with warmer than usual ocean temperatures. But before you make jokes about hosting a hurricane party or dusting off your favorite storm memes, its time for some real ...Read more

Is there a Hurricane Karen in our future? Perhaps a Tropical Storm Lorenzo?

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. The first storm of the season will be Andrea.

Other names on the list, Dexter and Jerry, might make you think of popular TV shows “Dexter” and “Seinfeld.” For Disney fans, ...Read more

The Atlantic Ocean is likely to churn out another above-average hurricane season, thanks to warmer-than-usual sea temperatures, according to the latest forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

NOAA predicts that the 2025 hurricane season could see 13 to 19 named storms, six to 10 of which could strengthen into ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Cara Spencer late Tuesday night placed the head of the city's emergency management office on paid administrative leave, saying she wanted to provide accountability after tornado sirens weren't activated ahead of last week's deadly tornado.

In announcing the leave of Sarah Russell, Spencer indicated she planned to eventually ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The tornado that tore across the St. Louis area Friday reached EF-3 intensity and a mile in width, the National Weather Service’s local forecast office said after completing a damage survey over the weekend.

After developing quickly and touching down in Clayton, the tornado tracked for nearly 23 miles, crossing the Mississippi ...Read more

WESTERNPORT, Md. — Two and a half days after flash floods devastated the town of Westernport in remote Western Maryland, Gov. Wes Moore visited the beleaguered hamlet for the first time since the disaster. Once there, he declared a state of emergency, to the relief of residents and their representatives.

In Maryland, the small town of 1,900 ...Read more

CHICAGO — Melanie Snow and her husband talk about the weather like it’s gossip.

Every day, they read National Weather Service discussions — technical documents from the agency where meteorologists explain the reasoning and rationale behind forecasts — from weather events in Chicago and across the country.

“We avidly consume those,”...Read more

MIAMI — With hurricane season only weeks away, federal budget cuts have left key Florida weather offices understaffed, and former employees worry that additional proposed reductions to staff and research could compromise not only accurate forecasts but potentially public safety.

A suggested federal budget from the Donald Trump administration ...Read more

Hurricane forecasters are, once again, predicting a busier-than-average hurricane season for the East Coast in 2025.

AccuWeather forecasts are predicting a “dynamic” 2025 season, said lead forecaster Alex DaSilva. Forecasters currently think 13 to 18 named storms could affect the East Coast. Of those, 7 to 10 could become hurricanes and a ...Read more

A key contract that supports the network service provider for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to lapse this week, threatening internet access and the transmission of internal data nationwide for much of the agency.

The N-Wave system — often referred to as “NOAA’s network” — provides internet and acts ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A modest storm brought light showers across the Los Angeles area early Saturday — triggering a mudslide that closed a section of Pacific Coast Highway — with some rain expected through Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Saturday's rain dissipated around noon, and "spotty and sparse" showers continued ...Read more

As Trump administration firings at the National Weather Service continue to effect local offices across the U.S., the agency announced Thursday that staffing limitations may further reduce or suspend the launch of weather balloons.

The announcement follows weeks of legal uncertainty over widespread staff reductions, and comes the day after the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would push about $75 million toward a relief fund for northern Michigan to address the effects of the area's historic ice storm in late March.

The $75 million appropriation for the Michigan State Police would be used to assist "individual residents, businesses, and ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday asked President Donald Trump to make a presidential emergency declaration for 12 northern Michigan counties and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

The designation could qualify the state for "up to $5 million in immediate public assistance to support emergency efforts" in the wake ...Read more

A line of strong storms is slowly progressing through Georgia on Sunday with risk of damaging winds, flash flooding and a brief tornado threat.

Storms entered the northwest part of Georgia by midmorning and will advance throughout the region before exiting Monday afternoon. About 6,000 Georgia Power customers were without power at approximately...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You’re not the only one asking this question: Why is it raining so darn much?

Some of Kentucky’s foremost and longest-tenured experts on weather and flooding aren’t sure when they last saw a system so sustained hang over the state.

From Thursday afternoon through Saturday, downpours have pelted much of the commonwealth...Read more