Waves of intense weather were moving east across the South on Wednesday, bringing flash flooding and tornadoes to cities along the Gulf Coast, with the potential for more destructive winds still looming, the National Weather Service said. A flash flood emergency was declared in the New Orleans area, where the Weather Service said many roads…
The Defense Department identified on Monday the two Navy SEALs who were lost at sea and died this month during a nighttime commando raid on a small ship carrying weapons components bound for Yemen. Active-duty and veteran SEALs said it appeared that the men might have sunk quickly before they could be rescued, and that…
A series of powerful storms continues to wreak havoc across the United States on Tuesday, bringing significant weather of nearly every variety to large parts of the Pacific Northwest, the Plains, Midwest, South and East Coast. Heavy rain will hit the New York area from late Tuesday into Wednesday, with the potential for flooding and…
When marine scientists sent an underwater camera down to the seafloor off the Southern California coast, they expected to find the remnants of barrels used to dump chemical waste decades ago. Instead, they found hundreds of World War II-era munitions, including anti-submarine explosives and smoke devices, dotted along the ocean floor in rough lines stretching…
A third day of rain, coastal flooding and gigantic waves along parts of the California coast forced residents to evacuate and left streets and parking lots flooded on Saturday, though forecasters predicted that conditions would soon improve in some areas. On Saturday, warnings of coastal flooding and dangerous waves of up to 20 feet were…
Rain, coastal flooding and waves as tall as 30 feet were expected along parts of the West Coast on Friday, a day after giant waves pummeled the California shoreline and prompted some evacuation warnings. More than six million people in coastal areas of California and Oregon were under high surf warnings overnight as breaking waves…
New York City officials warned commuters to brace for disrupted travel conditions as a powerful storm was expected to batter the area with heavy winds and major flooding starting on Sunday and lasting into Monday. The National Weather Service said a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico was moving toward the East Coast…
Some West Coast residents were jolted awake on Thursday when they received an earthquake alert test that was sent to their mobile phones at 3:19 a.m. because of a time zone mix-up, the United States Geological Survey said. The noisy alerts were sent to people who use MyShake, an early-warning app for earthquakes, said Robert-Michael…
A typical weather system, which was producing stormy weather off the coast of Florida early Friday, could reach tropical storm strength, earning the name Ophelia before striking the Carolinas and moving through the Mid-Atlantic States this weekend. Nearly seven million people in the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic region were under tropical storm warnings as of…
At least one person was killed and nearly a dozen hospitalized after a tornado struck an unincorporated Gulf Coast community in Texas on Saturday, damaging numerous structures and taking down power lines, officials said. A severe thunderstorm that spawned a tornado hit Laguna Heights, near South Padre Island and surrounding communities, such as Port Isabel,…