Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S.

Dozens of winter storms have hit the U.S. since 1900, and many of them are noteworthy in different ways. With that, we're ...

While September is typically peak hurricane season, four of the biggest hurricane records were set in October.

As tropical storms become wetter and more intense, the perception that hurricanes are just a coastal issue has changed in the ...