Hurricane News

Tropical Storm Carlos, churning in the Pacific far off the coast of Mexico, has picked up strength and reached hurricane status, the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre says.

Nasa cancelled Saturday's planned launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour after lightning stuck the launch tower and the area around the pad.

Survivors of natural disasters often emerge from the experience as stronger and wiser people.

A new post-Hurricane Katrina study will look at the resilience of coastal communities in Mississippi and Alabama.

Get ready for a stormier hurricane season, as waters around the pacific, warm up.

During a public meeting Friday morning, Virginia Department of Transportation officials described a series of incidents surrounding the rupture of a 52-year-old cast iron pipe encased in concrete beneath the westbound Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel's road surface.

Two Oklahoma men were killed and one remains missing after a tornado ripped through a tourist resort in northwestern Ontario, a meteorologist said Friday.

An advisory warning people not to eat any species of fish from Clear Creek was issued Wednesday after lab tests showed the level of pollutants in fish samples was more than double the danger zone level.

A severe thunderstorm moved through the area shortly before midnight, causing downed tree branches and utility wires throughout the region.

Lee County Electric has had a substation on Marco Island since November of 1988.

A state House committee seeking a fix for an underfunded coastal insurance program on Thursday backed cutting the current coverage maximum of $1.5 million per home by half.

The Shriners will continue treating children in all 22 cities where they operate hospitals, but some of the facilities may be downgraded to outpatient surgical centers and the sale or lease of real estate will be explored, the nonprofit's new CEO said Thursday.

A Worthington woman is said to be doing okay after being struck by lightning yesterday.

A research team at the University of Houston is examining the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and to determine if a July 2008 fish-consumption advisory should remain in place.

YONKERS - Marble-sized ice balls packed in violent winds were part of a surprisingly destructive midnight lightning storm that left a mess across southern Westchester County yesterday.

Louisiana's state-backed homeowners insurance company will probably seek another rate hike for next year, roughly a 10 percent statewide average increase, on top of this year's 7 percent increase, the firm's chief executive said Wednesday.

A Gig Harbor couple escaped injury when lightning struck a tree and traveled through the car they were sitting in to wait out the storm.

The first direct international flight from New Orleans since 2005's Hurricane Katrina took off from Louis Armstrong International Airport Tuesday, another sign of the storm-hit city's recovery.

Louisiana motorists are about to enjoy a milestone in the state's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

South Carolina's top prosecutor says his office has settled with several gas retailers investigated for price gouging.