'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with historic floods

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.

Dramatic photos: California residents wake up to raining ash and smoke-filled skies

Others around the Bay Area also documented hazy horizons, red suns and gray skies -- all the result of the raging wildfires burning around California, which as of this week had scorched a record-setting 2.3 million acres of earth.

‘Houses that are totally gone’: 4 dead as Tropical Storm Laura exits Louisiana, leaving wake of destruction

One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain early Thursday morning, but Laura rapidly weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm by afternoon.

Hurricane Laura captured in stunning pictures from space

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy has photographed Hurricane Laura from his vantage point on the International Space Station.

Hurricane Laura: Wind, rain pummel coasts of Louisiana, Texas as ferocious storm makes landfall

The storm's power is raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters say would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities on the Texas and Louisiana coast.

California’s Death Valley hits 130 degrees, could be among hottest ever

The National Weather Service tweeted Sunday that the temperature in Death Valley on Sunday hit 130 degrees, which, if confirmed, would be the hottest temperature officially verified since July 1913 in Death Valley.

'It's a devastation'; Thousands still without power 48 hours after severe weather

While ComEd has restored power to nearly 600,000 customers following Monday’s severe weather, there are still hundreds of thousands more without power, including nursing homes.

Powerful derecho leaves path of destruction across Midwest

A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest.

Thousands without power as storm pounds Chicago with 70 mph wind gusts

Severe storms with 70 mph wind gusts pushed through the Chicago area Monday afternoon, leaving widespread damage and hundreds of thousands without power across northern Illinois.

Hurricane Hanna makes landfall in Texas as state also deals with surge in coronavirus cases

Texans are facing two big problems this weekend: Hurricane Hanna and a surge in coronavirus cases. Hanna reached land Saturday. And on that same day, Texas reported 168 additional COVID-related deaths and 8,000+ new cases.