Weather

Masks have been hard to find even as air quality in West Coast states ranges from merely unhealthy to hazardous.

Beta is the first storm named for a Greek letter to make landfall in the continental US.

A rare Mediterranean cyclone has flood streets and homes in different parts of Greece.

The storm comes amid an exceptionally busy hurricane season that scientists say is due, in part, to...

Since July, at least 115 people have been killed after days of torrential rains brought record-breaking floods.

Officials say Hurricane Sally has killed two people in Alabama, and caused at least $21m in damage in Florida.

The cost of the damage from Hurricane Sally could range from $8-10bn, well above earlier estimates of $2-3bn.

The slow-moving storm flooded communities leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power.

US National Hurricane Center describes ‘historic and catastrophic’ flooding as hundreds of thousands lose power.

The Category 2 storm is moving so slowly it is likely to cause days of downpours and what is being called historic floods.

Category 2 storm makes landfall, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain.

Royal Dutch Shell shuts its oil platform off Louisiana, joining BP, Chevron Corp and Equinor in closing facilities.

Dozens have died and thousands are displaced as residents of Oregon, Washington and California face historic wildfires.

Forecasters stressed ‘significant’ uncertainty as to where the storm’s eye would make landfall.