Kathryn Prociv

After causing flooding surf on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Hurricane Erin began pulling away from the U.S.

The effects of Hurricane Erin sent seawater spilling over dunes and onto parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Wednesday, swamping a highway on Hatteras Island where residents had been ordered to leave.“I want to emphasize the importance of taking this storm seriously, because it’s a serious storm and conditions can deteriorate quickly,” North Carolina Gov.

Hurricane Erin strengthened into a Category 2 storm on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean.

The first Atlantic hurricane of the year is here as Erin strengthened to a Category 2 storm Friday night.

At least three people have died after heavy rain and flash flooding lashed Chattanooga, Tennessee, overnight Tuesday and shut down interstates, stranded cars and prompted swift-water rescues

Poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires remains a concern Tuesday for much of the Upper Midwest and the Northeast regions.

A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii, where waves set off by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia’s remote Far East are expected to arrive after 7 p.m. local time.

Extreme heat will continue across much of the southern Plains to New England, with more than 150 million people under heat alerts.

More than 170 million people are under heat alerts across the central United States, the Midwest, the Southeast and the East Coast, with some areas feeling temperatures as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit

A brutal late July heat wave has 62 million people under heat alerts stretching from northern Florida to the northern Plains

It will be a hot and wet weekend for large swaths of the U.S. with flood watches and intense heat wave warnings in place