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LOS ANGELES — The oppressive heat wave broiling California and much of the West will continue to bring dangerously hot temperatures — and likely more record-breakers — for even longer than forecasters first predicted.

The heat advisories in effect across Southern California, including the extreme heat warning, are being extended through ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After one day of widespread, dangerously hot temperatures — including a few that broke daily records— National Weather Service officials are warning Southern Californians that this prolonged heat wave is just getting started.

Friday is forecast to bring more sizzling heat, with temperatures and conditions similar to Thursday...Read more

MIAMI — Chances continue to grow that two new storms could form in the Atlantic in the next few days, but neither pose a likely threat to Florida or most of the Caribbean anytime soon.

The National Hurricane Center also lowered the chances that a third disturbance, which it marked for the first time on Thursday morning, could form to zero.

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At least 114 people have died this year in the Southern Nevada heat, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.

The Thursday update is a rise from earlier this month, when the coroner reported 87 deaths in which heat was a factor. It’s not quite been as hot as it was in 2024, when Las Vegas hit an all-time record of 120 degrees and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As Southern California's worst heat wave of the year intensifies and expands across the region Thursday, officials warn the next few days could bring record-breaking high — and low — temperatures.

Widespread heat advisories have been issued across California and the U.S. Southwest, even encompassing much of the often-spared ...Read more

NEW YORK — The coastal flooding threat from Hurricane Erin will peak with Thursday night’s high tide, and dangers from the storm will continue into Friday, meteorologists said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the closure of all New York state beaches through Thursday night, but the National Weather Service warned of rip currents throughout the ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Conditions along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast will deteriorate over the next 24 to 36 hours as Hurricane Erin makes its closest approach, bringing storm surge flooding and life-threatening rip currents.

Storm surge and tropical storm warnings are in effect for much of the North Carolina coast along the Outer Banks, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As Southern California braces for the most significant heat wave yet this year, officials warn that the dangerously hot temperatures expected at the end of the week are only one of three major concerns.

"It's a trio of impactful hazards affecting Southern California as we head into the next several days: heat, fire and storms," ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Conditions along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast will deteriorate over the next 24 to 36 hours as Hurricane Erin makes its closest approach, bringing storm surge flooding and life-threatening rip currents.

Storm surge and tropical storm warnings are in effect for much of the North Carolina coast along the Outer Banks, ...Read more

Swimming will be prohibited at all New York City beaches Wednesday and Thursday as Hurricane Erin is threatening to bring dangerous rip currents and waves as high as 13 feet to shores all along the East Coast.

Mayor Adams and Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, the city’s Parks Department commissioner, announced the planned closures Tuesday afternoon. In a ...Read more

Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency for North Carolina on Tuesday, Aug. 19, ahead of Hurricane Erin.

The storm, which was about 615 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, is not expected to make direct landfall in North Carolina. Its likeliest path takes the center of the storm between the East Coast and Bermuda...Read more

As Floridians breathe a collective sign of relief from escaping the worst impacts of Hurricane Erin, there’s one group of people that are particularly thrilled with the exact track of this storm — surfers.

The large and powerful hurricane is expected to stay hundreds of miles offshore, far enough to not even swipe the Sunshine State with ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Erin will bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to parts of the U.S. East Coast this week as the storm tracks close enough to trigger tropical storm and storm surge watches.

And forecasters are concerned about two other systems that have a chance of forming in Erin’s wake, one currently traveling ...Read more

As Hurricane Erin intensifies, grows in size, and begins a turn to the north ahead of the U.S. East Coast, a new tropical system appears to be organizing along roughly the same path as Erin in the central Atlantic.

Erin was a Category 4 hurricane as of 2 p.m. Eastern time Monday morning with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 mph. Forecasters...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Erin on Monday bulked back up as a major Category 4 storm with an increasing wind field as it moved near the Bahamas. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center increased the odds a system following in the Atlantic could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Erin on Monday bulked back up as a major Category 4 storm with an increasing wind field as it moved near the Bahamas. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center increased the odds a system following in the Atlantic could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. advisory, the ...Read more