The Pacific is putting on a terrifying double act. On one side of the ocean, Hurricane Vance is gathering strength off the coast of Mexico, forecast to become a major hurricane. On the other, monster Typhoon Champi — fresh off tying the record as the strongest storm on Earth this year — is bearing down … Read more
The eastern Pacific has a new problem, and it’s getting stronger by the hour. Tropical Storm Vance, which formed on Wednesday, October 21, is churning several hundred miles south of Acapulco — and the National Hurricane Center says it won’t stay a tropical storm for long. Vance is forecast to become a hurricane tonight, October … Read more
An arizona severe storm tornado warning jolted Flagstaff awake before sunrise on Wednesday, the sharpest alert in a climatologically rare outbreak that kept most of Arizona under some kind of weather alert through Thursday. By midmorning, forecasters had issued six tornado warnings across northern Arizona, hail was smashing cars in Mesa, and floodwater had shut … Read more
Super Typhoon Champi is the strongest storm on the planet right now, and it’s still not done. After delivering a frightening near-miss to Guam over the weekend, the monster cyclone has re-intensified over the open Pacific, packing sustained winds of 180 mph as of Tuesday. That makes Champi one of the most powerful storms of … Read more
A powerful October nor’easter is taking shape off the US East Coast this week, and it might earn a name. The National Hurricane Center says the system has a 40% chance of developing into Subtropical Storm Josephine sometime mid-to-late week. Named or not, the impacts will be the same: days of high surf, dangerous rip … Read more
The smoke has gotten so bad that the region’s own weather watchdog has run out of room to escalate. On Friday, October 16, the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre in Singapore activated Alert Level 3 for the Southern ASEAN region — the highest of its four-tier system — citing a “high risk of severe transboundary haze.” … Read more
Two dangerous storms are hammering opposite sides of the Pacific this weekend, and forecasters tracking Hurricane Trudy Mexico 2026 say Mexico's west-central coast is about to take a direct hit. Trudy churned within 115 miles of Manzanillo on Saturday afternoon with 100-mph winds, while halfway across the ocean, Typhoon Champi brushed past Guam as a … Read more
October just reminded everyone who’s boss. A powerful cold front barreled through on Friday, and the National Weather Service answered with the season’s first widespread freeze warnings this weekend — alerts stretching from the Plains to the East Coast, with lows as cold as 26 degrees by Saturday morning. And in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, … Read more
The Northeast storm fall freeze setup is the wildest weather story of the week. A powerful storm system took shape over the Central United States on Thursday, October 15, throwing flooding rain and severe thunderstorms at the Plains and Midwest, and now it’s racing toward the Northeast — where Friday brings a full washout of … Read more
October is supposed to mean sweaters, falling leaves, and crisp mornings. This week, a record October heat wave meant air conditioners running full blast. A record October heat wave has gripped much of the eastern and southern United States, pushing thermometers to levels the calendar simply doesn’t expect in mid-October. Cincinnati broke a temperature record … Read more
