EXTREME WEATHER

The severity of Hurricane Milton’s destruction is becoming clearer, with deaths reported on both the west and east coasts of Florida. Tropicana Field’s roof was shorn off. A giant crane ... Read More

Reaching people who believe extreme weather events are 'natural'

What do you do when people aren't taking the climate crisis seriously? You make them part of the problem. That's the narrative-altering tack taken by Act of Man, a new nonpartisan climate coalition ... Read More

Weather Word of the Week

When meteorologists are working to determine if temperatures may end up warmer or cooler than models are forecasting, one of the factors they consider is “insolation” not to be confused with ... Read More

Atlanta-based extreme weather reporter reflects on covering natural disasters

Atlanta-based meteorologist and New York Times reporter Judson Jones has been traveling to and reporting on storm-damaged communities. Read More

Experts raise alarm as infrastructure crumbles under recent extreme weather conditions — here's what you need to know

Pew estimates that rising temperatures and precipitation changes are likely to pose risks to the entire U.S. for the foreseeable future. It compared expected extreme weather patterns in the country's ... Read More

What yields per acre reveal about the impact of extreme weather

Since time immemorial, crop yields have been influenced by such extreme weather phenomena as heat waves, persisting droughts, downpours and lasting rainfall. Many studies have already demonstrated ... Read More

As extreme weather forecasts get better, warnings struggle to cut through

Officials in Florida have issued a new round of dire warnings as Hurricane Milton takes aim for the state's Gulf Coast less than two weeks after Helene ravaged the southeastern U.S. Evacuation ... Read More

'Uninhabitable for weeks or months': Why Helene's hurricane category matters

Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. Category 1 hurricanes are the most common, with as many as seven forming each year, according to Fox Weather. For comparison ... Read More

A monstrous Cat 5: Milton's rapid intensification explained by John Morales

According to NBC6's Hurricane Specialist John Morales, "this is a scary new paradigm in the tropics. And we all need to worry". NBC Universal, Inc. Last year, Hurricane Otis struck very near ... Read More

Hurricane Helene will hit Florida tonight; what will the Carolinas see?

Here in North Carolina, the WFMY News 2 Weather Team is tracking the storm too to see what impacts from rain and wind we could see as the storm moves northward on Friday to end the week. Read More

‘Don’t be caught up in situation of last week’: Snow and damaging winds still on the cards and you must stay safe

Disaster management authorities in South Africa remain on high alert this weekend, after the SA Weather Services predicted extreme weather ... same magnitude as last week’s occurrences, where ... Read More

NFL Weather Week 3: Calm forecast unlikely to impact fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em decisions

Thankfully, it seems like we're in for another calm week of weather across the NFL ... a 20-percent chance of precipitation, or extreme temperatures in the forecast. There's a chance that we ... Read More