January is typically one of the coldest stretches of the year across much of North America, but for those already dreaming of warmer days, a subtle but meaningful change is underway. Dec. 21 marked ...

It will feel more like Thanksgiving than Memorial Day weekend in parts of the Northeast A sharp drop in temperature will have it feeling more like late November than late May in part of the Northeast ...

Three hot car deaths were reported two days in a row across the United States this week as summer heat settles across most of the country. On Tuesday, a 4-year-old girl died in Los Angeles after she ...

The main threats will be strong wind gusts of 60-70 mph, hail and flash flooding downpours. A few tornadoes may also be spawned by the strongest storms. People in the affected area are urged to ...

Severe thunderstorms packing damaging wind gusts, hail and localized flash flooding will stretch across southern portions of the Plains through late week. The threat of dangerous storms will be lower ...

Neptune’s strangest moon Nereid may not be a captured object after all, but a survivor from the planet’s original moon system, according to a new study that is casting doubt into a long-standing ...

A new type of drone, released by hurricane hunter aircraft, will gather data from just above the ocean's surface, a critical new factor that improves hurricane forecasts.

A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuations in Southern California after the Sandy Fire broke out late Monday morning and quickly spread toward homes near Simi Valley. More than 10,000 homes are under ...

El Niño is almost here with increasing odds of it rivaling the strongest in history Major changes with global weather patterns are on the horizon as El Niño develops. AccuWeather meteorologists are ...

Man rescued from Santa Rosa Island amid fire; SOS written on charred landscape The human-caused wildfire has burned more than 16,000 acres on Santa Rosa Island, with the U.S. Coast Guard rescuing a ...

Potential tropical development in Gulf poses primary US threat before end of September Tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico poses the greatest short-term risk to the United States this September ...

Florida on alert for Tropical Storm Sara as late-season storm may track toward US Provided Sara survives a track across Central America, it could retain some of its strength while over the Gulf of ...