Hurricane News

This frame grab provided by KWTV shows a tornato in Oklahoma City Monday, April 20, 2013.

With hurricane season less than two weeks away, and meteorologists predicting a very active season, all thoughts are on what happened last year, when a tropical cyclone named Sandy raced north from the Caribbean, hung a sharp left off the Mid-Atlantic coast and smashed into New Jersey and New York, killing 147 people, flooding some of the most ... (more)

The violent tornado outbreaks of the past several days, including the killer twister that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday, have shattered the calm of what had been a very quiet tornado season so far.

A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its wake.

Florida's emergency management leaders are really creating a complicated and dangerous scenario for their annual hurricane drill this year.

Hurricanes and severe storms are a part of summertime in Northern Virginia and experts are predicting a number of Hurricane experts predict that this year's hurricane season could yield four major hurricanes this year in the Atlantic in the 2013 season.

A powerful band of storms with strong winds and heavy rain uprooted trees, flooded roads and caused structural damage in southeastern Minnesota.

The 2013 sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. May 25 and ends at 11:59 p.m. May 26.

HAVANA, Cuba -- Regional meteorologists have forecast a very active Atlantic hurricane season in the Caribbean this year.

Manhattan may see deaths from heat rise by as much as 20 percent in the 2020s and 90 percent by the 2080s in a worst-case scenario, a study found.

A severe storm system that is sweeping through the Midwest has generated tornadoes in Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa and has left at least one person dead in Shawnee, Okla.

A parking lot filled with taxi cabs was submerged in Hoboken after Hurricane Sandy.

Wanda A. Ramirez will speak about her book " Hurricane Tsunamis: Hurricane Betsy 1965, Hurricane Katrina 2005 " on May 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Covington Branch Library, 310 West 21st Ave.

Buyouts of properties in flood prone areas are expected to begin within a matter of weeks, beginning in Middlesex County and working south into the summer months as residents and their respective town officials make the difficult decision to abandon entire neighborhoods for good.

Buckets and bowls are stacked in a corner of Ron and Linda Potwin's living room, ready to catch rainwater from a leaking roof.

VENTNOR CITY - Gov. Chris Christie today toured the Ventnor home of Miguel Guzman, a chef at the Taj Mahal whose house was flooded with 36 inches of water from Hurricane Sandy and ended up losing all of his possessions.

Radnor Residents Meet Prince Harry at the Shore Prince Harry, on a U.S. tour, spent about 15 minutes on the lot of a Radnor family's summer home in Mantoloking, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

As needs have shifted so too has the conversation. Recovery remains underway in varying degrees following Hurricane Sandy's arrival on New Jersey's shores in late October.

Members of the 403rd Wing of the Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - the Hurricane Hunters - are on St.

With the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and more recently Hurricane Ike in 2008, New Orleans has suffered severe damage.