Death Toll at 74 while stories of tragedy and heroism emerge
"We will get through the days ahead by doing what we always do in tough times - by standing together, shoulder to shoulder, ready to help a neighbor, comfort a stranger and get the city we love back on its feet" - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
After 'Incalculable' Loss, Recovery Begins
More than 24 hours after Hurricane Sandy pummeled New Jersey, crews worked through the night to assess the damage, and formulate a plan to rebuild…
Apocalypse N.Y.: Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy pounded the city into submission Tuesday, with officials reporting at least 19 New Yorkers killed during the storm's lethal two-day attack and estimating damages at a staggering $20 billion…
Huge Hurricane Sandy Bears Down On Northeast
Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy snow…
Urgent Warnings As Sandy Heads For The Northeast
More than 50 million people from the mid-Atlantic to New England braced Saturday for a potentially massive storm…
East Coast Prepares For Sandy
Hurricane Sandy is headed toward making landfall on the East Coast by Tuesday. No one can be certain how powerful it will become, but the signs are ominous…
Hurricane Sandy: Monster Threat to East Coast
The ingredients awaiting Hurricane Sandy appear to be coming together to create what forecasters are calling a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides…
Hurricane Sandy may slam U.S. East Coast as Halloween week "Frankenstorm"
An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.…
Mega-storm threat from Hurricane Sandy growing for mid-Atlantic and Northeast
There is a consensus forming in weather forecast models that hurricane Sandy is unlikely to go out to sea.…
Tropical Storm Sandy Prompts Hurricane Warning for Jamaica
Tropical Storm Sandy strengthened as it moved toward Jamaica, where forecasters predict it may arrive as a hurricane tomorrow…
Nadine still active in Atlantic, nowhere near land
Two-week old category one Hurricane Nadine moving in a loop about 685 miles off the Azores islands, with no coastal watches or warnings in effect…
Pacific storm Miriam downgraded to a Tropical Storm
U.S. forecasters say Miriam is rapidly weakening and has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm well off Mexico's Baja California peninsula…
NASA's "HS3" Global Hawk Mission flies in to Hurricane Leslie
The planes, which can stay in the air for as long as 28 hours and fly over hurricanes at altitudes greater than 60,000 feet, will be operated by pilots in ground control stations… The month-long HS3 mission will help researchers and forecasters uncover information about how hurricanes and tropical storms form and intensify…
More than a week after Isaac made landfall, LA residents still affected
A slideshow of the areas still affected in Loisiana after last weeks landfall of Category 1 Hurricane Isaac. Many areas are still flooded and without power.
Tropical Storm Isaac aims at north Gulf Coast, could hit near anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
"Tropical Storm Isaac churned toward the northern Gulf Coast early Monday and promised to give the Republican National Convention a good drenching after lashing the Florida Keys and Miami area with wind and rain."
Tropical Depression 9 could threaten RNC in Tampa
"With an eye on a storm developing in the mid Atlantic Ocean just days before the convention, national news organizations, political pundits and forecasters Monday were holding forth on the prospect of a hurricane hitting Tampa.
Don't panic. It's way too soon to tell…"
Gordon heading towards Europe as it loses intensity
Hurricane Gordon caused only minor flooding and power outages as it hit the two eastern-most islands of Portugal's Azores archipelago early on Monday and was losing its strength as it headed towards continental Europe…
NOAA raises hurricane forecast despite now imminent El Nino
The last four months of hurricane season could be busy ones in the Atlantic Ocean, with government forecasters raising their expectations to an 85 percent chance of a normal or above-normal season. The Atlantic could be in for three to six hurricanes, two or three of them major hurricanes, through November, according to an updated forecast…
Tropical Storm "Debby" has stalled off Florida, dumping rain and spawning tornadoes.
Stalled off the Florida coast, Tropical Storm Debby was dumping unrelenting rain on the state Monday, causing flooding amid high winds and a continuing threat of tornadoes. The storm has already killed at least one person after apparent tornadoes struck central Florida on Sunday, officials said.
Tropical Storm "Beryl" Could Be Second Pre-Hurricane Season Storm
Possible interesting weekend ahead weather-wise, as we could see our second pre-season tropical storm (Beryl) form off the southeast United States. The elongated and disorganized tropical disturbance that tracked just offshore Miami yesterday producing flooding, is now located northwest of the Bahamas and remains unimpressive this morning.
Atlantic's First 2012 Tropical Storm Alberto becomes post tropical
The National Hurricane Center issued its final advisory on Tropical Depression Alberto at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Alberto has be battling strong wind shear for the past couple of days, and finally became post-tropical (having lost its tropical characteristics).
Below-Average Hurricane season predicted by Weather Channel
This preseason forecast calls for 11 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). These forecast numbers are below the long-term average from 1950-2011…