August 12, 2016 Lightning strike injures 5 people, 3 critically in New York Five people were injured, three of them critically, after being struck by lightning from a fast-moving storm in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police said Friday.
July 20, 2016 Central US braces for 'heat dome', heat indexes to top 100 degrees High temperatures and humidity will bake much of the central U.S. this week, making it feel as hot as 115 degrees in some places and leading some cities to open cooling stations and take other precautions.
June 5, 2016 East Coast on alert as Tropical Storm Colin forms, severe storm front moves through Much of Florida's western coast was placed under a tropical storm warning Sunday as Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Gulf of Mexico, as a separate storm system brought severe weather and damaging winds to the Mid-Atlantic region.
May 15, 2016 Researchers say there's small, yet possible, chance devastating tsunami hits Hawaii Researchers at University of Hawaii at Manoa have determined that there’s a small, but potential, chance that Hawaii would suffer from a direct hit from a mega tsunami in the next 50 years.
April 28, 2016 Iowa blizzard unlikely to affect caucuses, but may strand candidates, media A blizzard forecast to blow through Iowa is unlikely to affect Monday night's caucuses, but could strand candidates and media who try to depart the Hawkeye State early Tuesday.
April 26, 2016 Storms bring hail, strong winds, small tornadoes to Plains Thunderstorms bearing hail as big as grapefruit and winds approaching hurricane strength lashed portions of the Great Plains on Tuesday, but arrived without the grand tornadoes that many had worried about for days.
April 25, 2016 Tornadoes, baseball-sized hail could strike central US, forecasters warn Forecasters say a severe weather outbreak is possible Tuesday with powerful, long-track tornadoes and enormous hail predicted in some central and southern Plains states.
April 21, 2016 Evacuations ordered as new storms hit flood-drenched Houston Thunderstorms raced through the Houston area Thursday, aggravating flooding in already drenched parts of the city as mandatory evacuations were ordered for low-lying neighborhoods in a community about 50 miles away.
April 19, 2016 Sixth person found dead as Houston drenched with more than a foot of rain Houston officials said Tuesday six people were confirmed dead after flash flooding dumped more than a foot of rain on the city and surrounding towns.
April 18, 2016 Texas governor declares state of disaster in nine counties amid sweeping rainfall With more than a foot of rain falling in parts of Houston by Monday afternoon and much of the surrounding areas shut down, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in nine counties.
