Extreme Weather

Hurricane Rafael was moving west across the Gulf Coast of Mexico Friday, bringing the threat of life-threatening conditions to the southern United States coastline, according to the National Hurricane Center.

NBC6’s Adam Berg has your forecast for today, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.

Cuba was left reeling on Thursday after Rafael, a fierce Category 3 hurricane, ripped across the island.

Anger and frustration erupted in Spain on Sunday as King Felipe VI surveyed the damage from historic flash floods that killed more than 200 people.

Authorities say flash floods in Spain turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 people.

Devastating floods have killed at least 205 people in eastern and southern Spain, local officials announced Friday.

The Environmental Voter Project says more than 130,000 first-time voters, who prioritize climate change, have already cast ballots. Combined with the impacts of extreme weather and climate change, they could decide this election. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us where climate voters could have the most influence.

“I want to caution that this is not a definitive count, because the task force is continuing its work,” Cooper said. “The number will continue to fluctuate as more reports come in and others are resolved.”

A devoted mother and her 5-week-old twins were killed when a massive tree crashed through their home during Hurricane Helene.

Last year, Hurricane Otis struck very near Acapulco, Mexico, as a monster 165 mile-per-hour category 5 cyclone. About 24-hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was predicting it would do so as 70 mile-per-hour tropical storm. With the energy content (and destructive potential) of the wind increasing with the cube of the windspeed, that means that Otis reached Mexico…

The latest on Hurricane Milton from NBC6’s John Morales and Ryan Phillips.

A week after Hurricane Helene overwhelmed the Southeastern U.S., homeowners hit the hardest are grappling with how they could possibly pay for the flood damage from one of the deadliest storms in recent history to hit the mainland.

As Hurricane Helene approached Florida on Thursday, several local Waffle House locations closed, leaving users on social media worried about the severity of the storm.

Supermarkets, gas stations, hardware stores and other places in Tallahassee were busy Wednesday as people made their final purchases ahead of Hurricane Helene.

Tropical Storm Helene formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea Tuesday morning and was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it it moved through the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida.

At least one person was killed after a series of powerful storms swept through parts of Oklahoma Thursday night.

Broward and Miami-Dade counties are under an excessive heat warning Saturday until 6 p.m., the National Weather Service said.

NBC6’s Chelsea Ambriz explains the weather alert.

Hurricane specialist John Morales talks about which hurricanes were most pivotal to him. He says these 5 hurricanes were the most impactful in his 30 plus career.

Scores of schools across the U.S. are carpeted in asphalt without any shade. The situation has become acute enough that kids are losing classroom time to closures related to heat.