The National Weather Service's New Orleans forecast calls for highs in the upper 60s to mid-70s from Monday through Wednesday ...

It's becoming increasingly likely that severe thunderstorms will bring heavy rains and damaging winds to the New Orleans area ...

Forecasting is studiously apolitical by design, as weather is one of life’s great equalizers. The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

Organizers of the annual Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Parade in New Orleans say they will decide Thursday whether to ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New ... weather. Thunderstorms and winds up to 60 mph (100 kph) are expected throughout Tuesday, the National Weather ...

An EF-1 tornado touched down in Irving, Texas earlier this week, heavily damaging buildings in the area and bringing down ...

A potent storm system is expected to pour heavy rain on western states later this week before rumbling into the central ...

Powerful storms that killed three people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town are charging ...

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

For homes with hard-wired smoke alarm systems, the NOFD advises replacing the 9-volt backup batteries. For those relying on older stand-alone 9-volt alarms, the department is offering a valuable ...

By Catrin Einhorn and Harry Stevens NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percent Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ...