Aiming to bolster Newark's readiness to handle a disaster, the city is hiring a consultant to improve the city's emergency ...

New Jersey escalated to a drought warning, a step up from a drought watch. Delaware is remaining at a drought watch for now.

A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.

Hurricane Kristy weakened to a Category 1 storm on Saturday and is expected to downgrade into a post-tropical cyclone and disorganize in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, the National Hurricane ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 storm Thursday night before weakening back into a Category 4 storm, with rapid weakening expected throughout the day Friday, according to the ...

In a nation so divided that two separate touring bands claim to be Sublime, one thing all can agree on is the desire for hurricane season to be over. As October days dwindle to a precious few and ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday evening, becoming the first hurricane to do so without an El Niño since Hurricane Celia in 2010. This is a ...

Weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina with a record downpour, many people still do not have clean drinking water. More than 150,000 municipal-water customers remain under ...

Hurricanes are the most destructive forces on the planet. With the recent Hurricane Helene and the ongoing Milton wreaking utter destruction across vast areas. Much of their devastation is ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Thursday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean and weakens over the coming days, forecasters said.The ...