A watch means the ingredients are there for severe weather. A warning means it is happening. But there are differences based on weather type.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes.

Weather hazard maps have nearly 100 colors including six variations of red, a "bisque," "moccasin," cornflower blue, and Dodger blue. Experts are working to simplify the alerts.

As of the 5 a.m. advisory, Hurricane Erin has max sustained winds at 105 mph, is located 205 miles east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Hurricane Erin continues its northerly track and is set to deliver impacts to the beaches in New Jersey and Delaware.

The International Space Station captured the unusually large storm as it swirled near the East Coast of the United States.

Ferry services between New London and Block Island have been cancelled due to sea conditions as Hurricane Erin approaches.

Mandatory evacuation orders are in place along the Outer Banks of North Carolina amid fears islands may be cut off from the ...

Hurricane Erin is just 200 miles off the North Carolina coast early Thursday morning. There are tropical storm warnings up ...

Abundant tropical moisture returns today along with a pattern change. Rain chances will be increasing up to a 50% and rain will begin earlier on in the day. Rain chances ...

Hurricane Erin on Thursday began to move away from the U.S. East Coast while the National Hurricane Center tracked two more Atlantic systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next ...

Hurricane Erin begins moving away from the North Carolina coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Erin is located about 205 miles east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North ...