Manatee County Fair still draws crowds despite cold temperatures opening night

As a bitter cold snap sweeps through Florida, freeze warnings were in effect for much of the Sunshine State. Despite the cold, though, crowds still poured into the Manatee County Fair on opening night.

2025 was one of the hottest years on record, data finds

2025 became one of Earth’s warmest year on record, according to data. Here’s where the year ranked.

Most of Tampa Bay area enters severe drought to start 2026 from lack of rain

The Withlacoochee Forestry Center of the Florida Forest Service said it's already responded to nine wildfires in 2026 in the Tampa Bay area. The latest one was in Citrus County, and the current weather isn’t enough to keep the wildfires down.

Travel nightmare unfolds as first Nor'easter of La Niña winter season slams East Coast with rain, ice and snow

A mix of moisture and cold air is expected to bring 1–3 inches of snow across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Upstate New York and much of New England, while middle New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are expected to see 5–8 inches.

White Thanksgiving: Powerful snowstorm prompts blizzard warnings, dangerous whiteout conditions

Periods of whiteout and life-threatening driving conditions will be possible across Michigan's Upper Peninsula, as well as places downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario in Ohio, western Pennsylvania and western New York, beginning Wednesday through Friday.

Anchorage shaken as 5.4 earthquake strikes southern Alaska

The 5.4 quake struck just after 9:30 a.m. Alaska Time and was centered in a remote coastal area about 110 miles south of Anchorage.

These are the 14 billion-dollar weather disasters of 2025, according to data

New data shows that 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters slammed the U.S. in just six months of 2025 – topping $100B in damages.

Video shows Outer Banks home on verge of collapse as nor'easter batters North Carolina coast

Residents along North Carolina's Outer Banks continue to experience massive waves and coastal flooding due to a powerful nor'easter moving up the East Coast, and live video from a beach in Buxton is showing yet another home on the verge of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean.

Deadly North Dakota tornado upgraded to EF5, the first in US in 12 years

A deadly tornado in Enderlin, North Dakota, on June 20 has been upgraded to an EF5, marking the first EF5 tornado in the United States in 12 years.

At least 3 dead, 1,000 propane tanks washed downstream in Arizona flash flooding

"Historic Downtown Globe is currently unsafe, with compromised buildings as well as hazardous chemicals and debris, including propane tanks," Globe city officials posted on Facebook.

Watch: Rare 'upside-down lightning' spotted in Puerto Rico

The phenomenon, known as a gigantic jet, is a Transient Luminous Event (TLE) and looks like upside-down red lightning.