Weather and Climate News

Hey Minnesota, welcome to your sweaty fall
Autumn arrives officially on Friday. But the weather will be less about sweaters -- and more about sweat. Forecasters have posted a heat advisory and say the Twin Cities could see the heat index hit 100 degrees.
A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria
The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.
Reports indicate Hurricane Maria may have knocked out power to all of Puerto Rico
Maria made landfall early Wednesday in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph winds, and it was expected to punish the island with life-threatening winds for 12 to 24 hours, forecasters said.
Hurricane Maria slams Dominica, now takes aim at Puerto Rico
Fluctuations in intensity were expected, and forecasters have warned Maria would likely intensify over the next 24 hours or longer, noting its eye had shrunk to a compact 10 miles across and warning: "Maria is developing the dreaded pinhole eye."