California’s first storms of the monsoon season are expected to arrive this weekend, raising concerns about heightened wildfire risk.

The storms could reach Central California as early as Sunday, bringing gusty winds across the Sierra Nevada and a 10% chance of lightning but producing very little rain, said Carlos Molina, meteorologist with ...Read more

A strong El Niño is virtually certain to develop this year, federal scientists say, and may end up being one of the strongest such events on record.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center said Thursday that there's a 97% chance El Niño will be either "strong" or "very strong" over a three-month period ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Already melting in the warm weather? Boise is about to get even hotter.

High temperatures in Idaho’s capital city are expected to hit triple digits for the first time in 2026, likely on Friday.

“High pressure continues to build across the Great Basin through the weekend (bringing) hot and dry conditions,” the National ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas has not seen 110-degree temperatures this year. That is about to change.

Starting today, the valley is expected to hit 110 or above for the next four days. Today’s forecast high is 110; Thursday is 111, Friday is 110 and Saturday is 111. Tuesday’s high at Harry Reid International Airport was 108.

The last time Las ...Read more

After months of predicting a “below normal” hurricane season, weather researchers at Colorado State University further downgraded their forecast on Tuesday and now expect even fewer tropical storms than average to form in the Atlantic this year.

Forecasters now anticipate nine named storms, including four hurricanes and one major hurricane,...Read more

More than 50,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers remained without power Sunday morning after severe storms rolled through the Baltimore area on Saturday.

BGE said crews are working to restore service to all customers by Tuesday at the latest but warned that additional storms and Sunday’s high heat could cause more outages. Roughly half ...Read more

Thunderstorms are set to batter July 4 celebrations in Washington, DC, and New York as a waning heat dome continues to test electricity grids in the eastern U.S., following record power demand over the past few days.

Attendees at Washington’s Salute to America celebration were told on Saturday evening to vacate the event grounds and find ...Read more

Thunderstorms are set to batter July 4 celebrations in Washington, DC, and New York as a waning heat dome continues to test electricity grids in the eastern U.S., following record power demand over the past few days.

Storms will likely move through the U.S. capital on Saturday night, helping to cool temperatures to lows of about 75 degrees, ...Read more

Power demand on the largest U.S. grid surged to a record this week as a searing heat dome continues to hover over the east of the country on Friday, halting some Independence Day festivities in the nation’s capital.

PJM Interconnection LLC, a power grid serving 67 million people across 13 states from the District of Columbia to Chicago, said ...Read more

A searing heat dome was set to push electricity demand across the eastern U.S. toward record levels over the July 4 holiday, straining power grids and halting one of the main events in Washington, D.C., for hours.

The dangerous heat wave was forecast to bring triple-digit temperatures to many American cities and the U.S. capital, where the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Temperatures in Central Park reached 100 degrees for the first time in nearly 14 years.

The National Weather Service New York reported at 1:51 p.m. that the mercury hit triple digits for the first time since July 18, 2012. And it felt even hotter, with a heat index of up to 106 degrees.

Emergency Management officials reminded New ...Read more

NEW YORK — Republicans slammed Mayor Zohran Mamdani for calling on New Yorkers to save electricity and ease strain on the power grid by setting air conditioners no lower than 78 degrees.

Even though red states have made similar pleas, GOP officials derided Mamdani for the optional request as a brutal holiday weekend heat wave gripped NYC.

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CHICAGO — An extreme heat warning is in effect for the Chicagoland area until midnight Thursday, weather officials said.

National Weather Service included several cities and towns in Illinois saying the heat index was expected to reach at least 105 degrees Thursday in portions of central, central east, north central and northeast Illinois, as...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged New Yorkers to stay out of the heat in the coming days as temperatures are expected to rise into the 100s.

Feels-like temperatures could rise as high as 112 degrees in the coming days, the mayor said, and the city is under an extreme heat warning until 9 p.m. on Friday.

The city has taken a slate of ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear toured flood damage in two Kentucky communities Wednesday, and said he believes the request for financial relief from the federal government to victims to be a “slam dunk.”

Beshear made stops in Cumberland County and Madison County to get a better understanding of how much damage there was from the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging New Yorkers, including a certain pop superstar and Super Bowl champ rumored to be tying the knot at Madison Square Garden, to stay inside amid the heatwave coming for the city.

Mamdani addressed “all New Yorkers” at a press conference Tuesday, just ahead of the heat dome bringing “extraordinary ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that Michigan will receive $32.1 million in federal disaster relief aid following tornadoes that resulted in four deaths and significant property damage in southwest Michigan in March.

Trump posted on social media that he had spoken to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to inform her of the approval, ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday halted forecasts a system in the Atlantic off the southeastern U.S. coast could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, limited showers and thunderstorms had moved farther offshore of the southeast coast in association with a weak area...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to give just a small chance a system in the Atlantic off the southeastern U.S. coast could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, limited showers and thunderstorms had moved farther offshore of the southeast ...Read more