National Weather Service News
California wine country fire quadruples in size, more evacuations ordered
In California alone, wildfires so far have scorched more than 3.7 million acres, far exceeding any single year in state history The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning through to the end of Monday, forecasting low humidity and gusts of wind up to 55 miles per hour
1 min read28 Sep 2020Hurricane Harvey just broke another rainfall record in Texas
Hurricane Harvey just broke the record for rainfall in Texas from a tropical cyclone, according to the National Weather Service
1 min read30 Aug 2017Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens US with most powerful storm in 12 years
As Hurricane Harvey is set to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday on the central Texas coast, authorities warn locals to shelter from 'life-threatening' winds and floods
3 min read25 Aug 2017Hurricane Matthew is a $15 billion threat headed to Florida
Hurricane Matthew is expected to become a Category 4 storm as it approaches the US East Coast
3 min read6 Oct 2016‘Historic’ snowstorm strikes US east, paralysing Washington
Washington, Baltimore may get more than 2 feet snow, according to the weather office. New York, Long Island may see as much as 18 inches
3 min read23 Jan 2016Snowstorm cancels flights, strands motorists in eastern US
A total of 3,697 flights for Thursday were cancelled with airports in Dallas, Washington, Philadelphia and the New York metropolitan area hardest hit
2 min read5 Mar 2015As blizzard exits, new storms lurk threatening to drop more snow in US
Meteorologists warn that small storms predicted it could bring more rain, snow to the northeastern US
2 min read29 Jan 2015Northeastern US braces for ‘crippling’ blizzard
Vacationers and business travellers faced headaches as airlines cancelled about 2,700 flights, says FlightAware
3 min read27 Jan 20152,000 evacuated as Hurricane Norbert lashes Mexico
The storm increased into a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale according to the US National Weather Service
1 min read6 Sep 2014Washington shuts down ahead of fierce snowstorm
700 flights canceled at Washington area airports; some 60,000 homes, businesses without power
2 min read6 Mar 2013Popular Topics
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