WHAT IS A STORM SURGE? As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric ...

Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone.

South Florida is transitioning into a La Niña winter as we enter 2025 — which could impact the area in coming months and during hurricane season. A weak La Niña was anticipated by the peak of ...

Hurricane Helene ripped through five states in September, causing massive flooding and leaving 241 reported deaths in its wake. USA TODAY Network reporters from each state recount the impact along ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Three months after Hurricane Helene devastated portions of western North Carolina and the Appalachians, the FOX Forecast Center is now tracking the potential for several inches of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Remnants of a bathroom that fell off the wharf are visible at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa ...

A single father who sprang into action to help his fellow neighbors after Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina is being given a tiny home of his own. Ricky Ward, whose home was split in half ...

Milton arrived a scant two weeks after Hurricane Helene - another Category 4 storm - brought storm surge all up and down the Florida Gulf coast. Southwest Florida saw five feet or more ...

“It’s like a ghost town,” says Tissica Schoch, one of a handful of people left living here nearly three months after Hurricane Helene. When the storm arrived on that Friday morning in late ...

Here’s how. The spending measure passed by Congress just after midnight on Saturday to avert a government shutdown included money for Hurricane Helene recovery. It passed after a week of last-minute ...