A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting declarations of a state of emergency in New Jersey and parts of New York state.

Strong winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as dangerous rip currents continue to threaten from the Carolinas to New England.

While it brings rough surf and a rip current risk, it isn't expected to impact the mainland U.S. directly.

A relatively mild 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the New York metropolitan area Saturday night.

The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for the southeastern United States.

A late June heatwave takes aim at the East Coast. How will this affect Houston?

This week’s winter wallop across the U.S. means different things to farmers in different places.

A third endangered whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the East Coast, marking an alarming end to the year for a species threatened with extinction.

The East Coast is due for a whiplash-inducing rainy, windy and potentially dangerous stretch of weather.

Airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end with another record day for air travel in the United States.

A major storm moving through Northern California has toppled trees and dropped heavy snow and record rain after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and Oregon.

Earthquakes large enough to be felt by a lot of people are relatively uncommon on the East Coast.

Earthquake shakes the East Coast.

Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while the main operations at the Port of Baltimore remain closed due to Tuesday’s deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species' second fatality in the past month.

A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain.

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.

Communities along the U.S. East Coast are preparing for the arrival of heavy rain, flooding and high winds from an approaching storm.

The morning of 9/11 was perfect from a weather perspective. But that was about it.

A Florida man who was attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a man-made hamster wheel is facing federal charges after it took the U.S. Coast Guard five days to bring him ashore.

Feeding on some of the hottest water on the planet, Hurricane Idalia is rapidly strengthening as it bears down on Florida.

In the United States, many people view bigger as better.

Air travelers are dealing with another day of widespread flight disruptions, even though the weather has been better along much of the East Coast.

Federal fishing managers say a staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing.

We’re just a few weeks away from Memorial Day, which typically kicks off the busy summer travel season, and the FAA is hoping modified routes will help to improve travel in the congested east coast airways.

The federal government says vessels off the East Coast must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of whale.

With an eye on the upcoming July Fourth weekend, airlines are stepping up their criticism of federal officials over recent widespread flight delays and cancellations.

A broken comet may dazzle the Earth’s skies Monday night and early morning Tuesday, according to NASA’s forecast.

The quick spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has stirred another reckoning about whether in-person schooling is worth the risk.

Transit officials and experts say this summer’s storms were the latest reminders that more needs to be done to prepare the East Coast’s vital transit systems in the face of more extreme and unpredictable weather caused by climate change.

Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West have clouded the sky and led to air quality alerts on parts of the East Coast.

An Associated Press analysis shows that the recent heat wave struck places that are warming up faster than other parts of the United States.

Tropical Storm Danny weakened to a tropical depression hours after it made landfall Monday evening on South Carolina’s coast but the system continued to dump heavy rains on the state and portions of Georgia.

The US Open is back at Torrey Pines and back to prime-time for East Coast viewers.

The CMA CGM Marco Polo has docked in New Jersey and set a record for the largest container ship to call on the East Coast.

The White House says the federal government is working with the Georgia-based company that shut down a major pipeline transporting fuel across the East Coast after a ransomware attack.

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)A powerful nor’easter is cranking off the coast of New England dumping enormous amounts of over the past 48 hours from Washington to Boston. Some areas could see up to a foot or more. Central Park in New York City has already seen nearly 16 inches since Sunday night. A foot or more of snow is expected to fall! As of Monday evening, close to a foot of snow has fallen across greater New York City and parts of the higher elevations in the Poconos and Catskills may see up to 2 feet by Tuesday.

– Friendly's Restaurants, the 85-year-old East Coast dining chain known for its Fribble milkshakes and ice cream sundaes, is filing for bankruptcy protection. It joins a growing list of well-established restaurant chains that are failing due to an unchecked pandemic in the United States. FIC will sell essentially all of its assets to the restaurant company Amici Partners Group. The pandemic has hit the restaurant sector very hard, particularly chains like Friendly's that rely on people sitting down at tables. Traffic at full-service restaurant chains in the U.S. plummeted 48% in the April-June period, according to NPD Group.

Epsilon is the 27th tropical system of the 2020 Hurricane Season. Thankfully Epsilon is in the central Atlantic and projected to stay in the central Atlantic not threatening the East Coast of the United States. Late Thursday night Epsilon will approach Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane, but a direct hit to the island is not anticipated. After passing east of Bermuda, it will turn eastward into the north-central Atlantic. EpsilonBeyond Epsilon, there is one spot we are watching in the Northwest Caribbean that has a 20% chance for development.

MIAMI Tropical Storm Omar formed off the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nana approached the coast of Central America, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported. Nana was moving west at 18 mph (30 kph) on a path that could damage Central America on Wednesday and Thursday. The National Hurricane Center later said the entire coast of Belize had been placed under a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch. The National Hurricane Center expects Tropical Storm Omar to be short-lived. Omar was 225 miles (365 kilometers) east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and moving east-northeast at 15 mph (24 kph).

HOUSTON Nearly 100 CenterPoint Energy linemen in Houston are heading up to the East Coast to lend a hand. One group was waiting at CenterPoint Energys Sugar Land Service Center to travel. An entire group of over 50 people used to travel together during the trips, but due to COVID-19, theyre having to take new precautions to make sure everyone stays safe.

New Hurricane Isaias kept on a path early Friday that’s expected continue on toward our country’s East Coast by the weekend. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph Friday morning and was centered about 15 miles south-southwest of Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Phonetically, it’s “ees-ah-EE-ahs.”There are different ways to pronounce Isaias, but for the sake of a named storm, the National Hurricane Center has informed meteorologists this pronunciation will be the standard. A hurricane warning was in effect for the northwestern Bahamas, including Andros Island, New Providence, Eleuthera, Abaco Islands, Berry Islands, Grand Bahama and Bimini. The National Hurricane Center was monitoring two other disturbances Friday morning, both over the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

WASHINGTON Military planes will conduct flyovers in a handful of major cities along the East Coast as part of this year's July Fourth celebration amid the coronavirus pandemic. From there, the military planes will join with other aircraft participating in the Salute to America" over Washington, D.C. Washington has held an Independence Day celebration for decades. President Donald Trump added to the mix of events last year with a speech and a display of tanks and warplanes. It said the president will deliver remarks, and the ceremony will include music, military demonstrations and flyovers. Trump plans to kick off Independence Day festivities with a showy display at Mount Rushmore the day before.

Published: May 13, 2020, 7:34 am Updated: May 13, 2020, 8:05 amHOUSTON – Approximately 97% of tropical systems occur between June 1 and Nov. 30, but this does mean 3% of tropical systems occur outside the traditional hurricane season. The earliest tropical storm on record was January 3, 1938. The good news is most computer models that show the disturbance developing into Arthur forecast the system to stay offshore. It could cause beach erosion along the East Coast, but the largest impact would be an important reminder that hurricane season is here and it is time to be prepared. The 2020 hurricane season is on track to be busy with an above-average season in the forecast.