Severe weather

In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, an outlandish conspiracy theory about the Federal Emergency Management Agency that has percolated for decades started to reappear online. Now, the government agency is making one of its strongest pushes against the claim to date.

Milton’s tornadoes were part of an unusual trend this year: Hurricanes in the U.S. have produced an abnormally high number of strong twisters.

Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it. It’s an unheard-of amount of water that stunned experts.

A team of first responders was deployed to the Southeast following widespread destruction from Hurricane Helene. News 4’s Marc Santia reports. 

A team of New York’s first responders has been deployed to North Carolina, one of the states hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. New York City’s Emergency Management posted a series of photos of Task Force 1, as they worked through floodwaters over the weekend in Polk County, North Carolina. The task force, made up of specially-trained members of the...

The U.S. Southeast grappled Sunday with rising death tolls, a lack of vital supplies in isolated, flood-stricken areas and the widespread loss of homes and property while the devastating toll of Hurricane Helene became more clear and officials warned of a lengthy and difficult rebuild.

The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 58 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.

A rescue operation was underway Friday to help people stranded on the roof of a Tennessee hospital after severe flooding from tropical storm Helene.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man and his dog during Hurricane Helene after their sailboat became disabled and began taking on water.

Helene continued to strengthen Wednesday and is expected to rock the Florida Gulf Coast later this week as a Category 3 storm.  As of the National Hurricane Center’s latest update, Helene had maximum sustained winds at 80 mph, and it is moving NNW at 10 mph. The storm is about 480 miles south-southwest of Tampa. It is expected to bring…

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Tropical Storm Helene has formed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea and is expected to rock the Florida Gulf Coast later this week as a Category 3 hurricane. What impacts will the New York City area see?

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Stony Brook University on Long Island has experienced “significant flooding” damage from storms that hit the tri-state area Sunday night – adding stress and uncertainty to the start of a new school year for students. In an email sent out to students, Rick Gatteau, Stony Brook’s Vice President of Students Affairs and Catherine-Mary Rivera, the school’s Assistant Vice President...

NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports. 

Hundreds of people were stranded and many daring vehicle rescues performed as powerful weekend storms dumped nearly a foot of rain on parts of Connecticut and followed it up with a grand finale late Sunday, again lashing the tri-state with blinding downpours and crippling travel. Rainfall rates of up to 3 inches an hour had been expected overnight. By early…

As strong thunderstorms bring heavy rain to the tri-state area Sunday night, flash flood warnings are in effect for much of the area until 10:15 p.m. Areas under a flash flood warning include: Fairfield County in Connecticut; New York (Manhattan), Richmond, Union, Rockland, Bronx counties in New York; and Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Union and Passaic counties in New Jersey. Check…

Hurricane Ernesto, which made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda, brought heavy rains and strong winds before moving north-northeast away from the area.

A tornado touched down in New York as the remnants from Tropical Depression brought powerful winds and rain to the tri-state Friday evening, the National Weather Service confirmed.