Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City will likely see periods of heavy rain in addition to potentially damaging wind gusts beginning Tuesday afternoon as severe storms fire up over more ...

New York City is set to be lashed with heavy rain and thunder on Tuesday, just in time for the evening commute — with the wet ...

The costliest storm in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina caused nearly 1,400 deaths and an estimated $200 billion in damages.

At every level of government—county, state and federal—the profit interests of big business and the strategic concerns of ...

During the final week of summer in 2021, Hurricane Ida emerged from the Gulf of Mexico, turned almost directly northeast and swept through the South en route to Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey ...

With hurricane season right around the corner, New York is launching a new weather and emergency alert system to help residents prepare for upcoming storms. On Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

They are New York Task Force One: a search and rescue team made up of the city's elite first responders. They are sent to areas in dire need. In an exercise, they traveled by boat to Kismet on ...

How Hoboken’s parks keep its streets dry In 2012, Hurricane Sandy flooded 80% of Hoboken, took out its power grid for two weeks, and cost the city $110 million in damages.

He says Hurricane Ida, which brought flash flooding to the city in 2021, was one of the worst moments for his community. Garages and basements flooded in minutes.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is cutting more than $300 million in grants that would have helped fund flood protection projects in neighborhoods across New York City, according to Gov ...

The Regional Plan Association released a report two months ago suggesting 19,000 homes in New York City proper were at risk of being lost from flooding by 2040. — Holden Walter-Warner ...