Your Halloween plans may need to change thanks to scary weather predictions
Forecasters predict that heavy rainfall this Halloweekend will make trick-or-treating a no go in drought-stricken parts of the country.
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A decade after Sandy, hurricane flood maps reveal New York's climate future
National Hurricane Center data for New York City shows development happening in at-risk areas, even as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.
At least 50 are dead and dozens feared missing as storm hits the Philippines
Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead. As many as 60 villagers in a southern province are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide, officials said.
Hurricane Roslyn, a Category 4 storm, heads for Mexico's Pacific coast
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn's maximum sustained winds had increased to 130 mph and it was expected to grow still further.
The Sanibel Island causeway washed out by Hurricane Ian has reopened
The causeway linking the island to the Florida mainland reopened with temporary repairs just three weeks after it was washed out by the hurricane. The reopening will help recovery work on the island.
Yellowstone National Park has reopened an entrance devastated by June floods
The park began allowing regular visitor traffic along the Northeast Entrance Road on Saturday for the first time since it closed the entrance in response to severe weather.
At least 28 are dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall
Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.
Hurricane Julia brushes Colombia's San Andrés island and heads for Nicaragua
The storm is forecast to dump heavy rains across Central America.
Dallas residents are dealing with a nuisance. Well, many — a caterpillar outbreak
Cankerworms and hackberry leafrollers are feasting on foliage and leaving yards in the Dallas-Fort Worth area covered in silk. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains.
Shutting an agency managing sprawl might have put more people in Hurricane Ian's way
More than a decade ago, growth in Florida was managed under a statewide agency that provided checks and balances to prevent sprawl and protect natural resources. Then state leaders closed it.