HAZEL CREST, Ill. (WGN) – One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening in Hazel Crest. The Hazel Crest Police Department said at around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, ...

Back in April, scientists read the tea leaves — or, more accurately, heaps of data — and predicted an above-average hurricane season over the summer and autumn, with nine or 10 named storms, four of ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was described as powerful and unique. Hurricane Melissa acted like a "30-mile wide top-end tornado." New this year was the use of AI in making hurricane forecasts.

For the first time in a decade, the United States has emerged from an Atlantic hurricane season without a single hurricane landfall. Although 2025 delivered a flurry of powerful storms, a combination ...

HEARD THE GUNFIRE. LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE OFFICIAL END OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON FOR 2025. AND IT’S BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET FOR US HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT THERE ARE RUMBLINGS NOW ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

North Carolina is using a catastrophe bond program to promote storm-resistant construction and stabilize its coastal insurance market. A grant program funded by the bonds helps homeowners install ...

Blueface popped out with Hazel-E after his prison release, sparking rumors of a new romance and officially leaving Chrisean Rock in the rearview. Blueface wasted no time jumping back into the ...

Sheldon Lea Jones entered the world much like "Jumpin' Jack Flash," arriving in the midst of Hurricane Hazel on October 14, 1954, to Bill and Alice Jones in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The youngest of ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - What began as a 40th birthday trip to Jamaica became a fight for survival when Hurricane Melissa struck the island as a Category 5 storm. Keshayla Wilson and Shaley Espino were ...