The term has been used by the Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since the 1960s, according to a NOAA fact sheet ... Los Angeles. The ridge high above Los ...

Pretty much everything about the human interaction with Los Angeles has brought us a war with nature we seem no longer to be ...

Following a fire in May 2023 that destroyed the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center, this area of the park remains temporarily closed. Check the NPS website for more information. Hurricane Ridge is ...

The old growth forests of Western North Carolina took a beating from Hurricane Helene. Now they've lost a bid for federal protection. This worries advocates that the forests could soon vanish.

Snowfall across South Carolina has shut down schools and government offices and created hazardous roads. E-learning and ...

President Trump is visiting Asheville, North Carolina, Friday, four months after the deadly Hurricane Helene ravaged the area.

When smoke from area wildfires billowed over the hills near Ashley Livingston-Litwin's home in Los Angeles, she quickly ...

Bitter cold has swept the South — including parts of North Carolina that were hard hit by Hurricane Helene four months ago.

In western North Carolina, the freezing temperatures have posed new challenges for Hurricane Helene survivors. "It hurts to breathe," said Phillip Barrier, manager of Avery County, North Carolina.

By Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the core of this polar high pressure ridge will still be back over ... as seen in a NOAA diagram. These winds warm and dry the air as they descend toward ...