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Typhoon Wipha caused major flight disruptions Sunday in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west along the southern coast. Airports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, ...

Classic rocker Steve Miller has canceled his U.S. tour because he said severe weather including extreme heat and unpredictable flooding poses a danger to his band, its fans and crew. The tour was ...

Unless you’re traveling to the higher-elevation areas of the Permian Basin this weekend, don’t expect much in the way of rain ...

President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one ...

An unfortunate weather setup led to increased tropical moisture leading to rainfall rates up to 3in+ per hour across Texas.

Elsewhere, the National Hurricane Center is tracking four tropical waves, including two in the Caribbean. The fourth-named storm in the Atlantic basin typically forms Aug. 15.

About two dozen people were still missing. Many more people could still be unaccounted for, officials warned, noting that ...

The first named storm of 2025 Atlantic Basin hurricane season has formed in the Central Atlantic.

Then it obliterated the early-season Atlantic hurricane record book. The following afternoon, it was already Hurricane Beryl, the farthest east of any Atlantic Basin hurricane in June.

The first named storm of 2025Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season has formed in Central Atlantic. Tropical Storm Andrea has developed in the Central Subtropical Atlantic and poses no threat to the ...

Please note that even if this system were to form into a tropical storm or hurricane, it would not impact our area as it’s located in the Atlantic Basin not the Gulf of America.