At least in the short term, the tropics should remain quiet, according to both the National Hurricane Center and AccuWeather.

The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is a staggering 2,722 ft tall. That’s 829.8 metres, or just over half a mile, making London’s top skyscraper, the Shard, seem like a glorified ...

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks near Guatemala City led to landslides that were reported to have killed at ...

Flossie has weakened to a tropical storm off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said its center is forecast to ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Flossie has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph), according ...

Hurricane Flossie continued to weaken as a Category 1 hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said its center ...

Hurricane Flossie has strengthened to a Category 3 cyclone while remaining off the Pacific coast of Mexico. U.S. forecasters said Flossie had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and was ...

The gray whale population off the North American Pacific Coast has plummeted, according to a new report. Local whale watching operators have noticed this decline.

Tropical Storm Erick is forecast to intensify into a hurricane as it approaches the Mexican coastline this week.

Tropical Storm Dalila formed on Friday near Southwestern Mexico and is expected to continue strengthening through Saturday.

Tropical Storm Alvin has formed in the eastern Pacific and is moving toward the western coast of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center.

An iconic Southern California stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, closed to outsiders since January’s devastating Palisades Fire, will reopen May 23 in advance of Memorial Day weekend.