Florida braces for impact as Ian becomes a menacing hurricane
Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for the whole state, which is at risk of major flash flooding this week.
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Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for the whole state, which is at risk of major flash flooding this week.
Nearly 50-foot waves and tides up to 13 feet are expected as the dangerous storm brings hundreds of miles of hurricane-force winds.
California is in its fifth day of record-breaking heat, with power grids stressed and cities preparing for rolling blackouts. Jeff Nguyen reports from Los Angeles.
Parts of Southern California were lashed by severe winds from a tropical storm that brought high humidity, rain and possible flooding to the parched region but also the promise of cooler temperatures after a 10-day heat wave.
A record-setting heat wave is making life miserable in the West.
The state is preparing for rolling blackouts on Tuesday as forecasters predict the heat wave will continue to smash its own records.
"This is about to get significantly more intense," utility official said as the mercury in some parts of the state hits 115 degrees.
Officials in Pakistan are warning that more flooding is expected as Lake Manchar in southern Pakistan swells from unprecedented monsoon rains.
About 100 homes and other structures have been destroyed in a Northern California wildfire that put thousands under evacuation orders.
The U.N. children's agency said more than 3 million children were in need of humanitarian assistance and stood at heightened risk of diseases, drowning and malnutrition.
California and other western states are in for a scorching hot holiday weekend, with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal. Weather Channel meteorologist Stephanie Abrams joins CBS News' Lana Zak with the forecast.
The U.N. weather agency is predicting the phenomenon known as La Niña is poised to last through the end of this year.
Severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South.
A 29-year-old from Tucson, Arizona, was among a group of hikers who were swept away by floodwaters rushing through a popular hiking location.
At least 13 million people between Arizona and Louisiana are on alert for flooding at the start of the work week as a monsoon storm system hammers the drought-stricken region.
Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea's capital region, turning streets into car-clogged rivers and sending floods cascading into subway stations.
The president and first lady visited Kentucky on Monday to meet with families who have suffered from the worst flooding in the state's history.
Hundreds of hotel guests trapped by flash flooding at Death Valley National Park were able to drive out after crews cleared a path for them.
The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky has continued to climb amid a renewed threat for more heavy rains.
The annual weather pattern known as the monsoon has brought a parade of storms to cities across the U.S. Southwest.
Above-normal temperature reaching into the triple digits are expected over the next several days across the country.
Many in the U.K. thought it would be years before they were subjected to temperatures like this, but the mercury is still soaring, and records are dropping.
The scorching temperatures have reached as far north as Britain, where its weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat.
The triple digit temperatures pose an increased risk of heat illnesses, officials say.
Emergency management boss warns there's a "very good chance that the flooding will be worse than any of the other three."
The Department of Health and Human Services says it has frozen federal child care funding for the state of Minnesota, citing viral fraud allegations.
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, has died after announcing a terminal cancer diagnosis in late November.
A court order suggests the Trump administration pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after he challenged his deportation, with one top DOJ official calling it a "top priority."
President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bills linked to a Colorado water pipeline and a tribal village in the Everglades.
In light of a suit by immigrants groups, California says it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses despite a federal threat to withhold $160 million in funding.
The body has not yet been identified, Texas officials said at a Tuesday news conference.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 32 jurisdictions are showing "high" or "very high" levels of flu.
Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne tribal chief who became a prominent American politician, has died.
Stefon Diggs, a star wide receiver with the New England Patriots, is facing criminal charges after an incident in Massachusetts earlier this month.