By November, tropical activity is typically on the decline. But that doesn’t mean Florida’s in the clear just yet.

One of the rarest species of whale in the world has increased slightly in population, encouraging conservationists and leading to a new call to protect the giant animals.

Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.

For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast.

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center reports there is a 60% chance that a weak La Nina will develop this autumn and could last until March.

Monstrous hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages are still being added up, but experts in economics, insurance and risk say they are likely to be in the pantheon of super-costly $50 billion disasters.

Space weather experts say expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle.

The latest solar storm has triggered northern lights farther south than normal including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.

Peter Dodge flew hundreds of missions into hurricanes as a radar specialist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Peter Dodge flew hundreds of missions into hurricanes as a radar specialist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.

What should people new to Florida know about hurricanes?

Ferocious Hurricane Milton is charging its way across the Gulf Coast with Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, in its sights.

The Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic damage to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America, all the way up through the United States and into Canada.

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two tropical cyclones are continuing to move over open water in the Atlantic, but forecasters say neither poses a threat to land.

Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.

Hurricane Helene is set to become the fifth major hurricane in six years

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

Hurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential.

Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

The National Hurricane Center says Storm Ileana has weakened to a tropical depression.

The National Weather Service says a tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane.

Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer.

Three tropical cyclones are swirling over the Pacific Ocean, including a tropical storm that blasted Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain.

Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires.

Tropical Storm Hone has increased to a Category 1 hurricane while continuing its steady approach toward Hawaii late Saturday.

Tropical Storm Hone is expected to deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend as it passes south of the island chain.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean.

The peak of hurricane season is Sept. 10 and runs through November.

Hurricane Ernesto has started to pound Bermuda with heavy winds and rain after officials on the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices.

Federal authorities say new efforts to convert some types of commercial fishing to ropeless gear that is safer for rare whales will be supported by millions of dollars in funding.

Hurricane Ernesto has strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it barrels toward Bermuda after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water.

Tropical Storm Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico as officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory’s endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms.

Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Debby came ashore in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane and quickly downgraded, but the storm still poses serious threats as it slogs on toward Georgia and South Carolina.

Destructive storms like Hurricane Beryl that knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are growing more frequent and intense, and insurers are jacking up rates in response.

Beryl has grown into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen into a major storm as it nears the Caribbean.

Stinging jellyfish, rays with their whip-like tails and sharks on the hunt are some ocean hazards that might typically worry beachgoers.

Restoration expert explains how to keep water of your house as hurricane season begins.

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Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its predictions for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, nine days before the official start of the season.

It is getting really H-O-T!

The National Hurricane Center identified the first tropical wave of the season Wednesday.

As more rockets launch from Florida's Space Coast, experts with NOAA say they are finding space junk in the air.

The sun isn't done yet.

A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday’s powerful solar storm was likely on Sunday.

A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday's powerful solar storm is likely on Sunday.

While it was never a guarantee that us Central Floridians would be able to see the northern lights, it turns out that’s exactly what happened.

An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces.

Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are showing erratic behavior, spinning around and dying in unusual numbers in Florida waters.

Federal meteorologists predict that the United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes.

Ice coverage for all the Great Lakes was at historical lows, with the coldest of the lakes — Lake Superior — having just 1% ice coverage as of Tuesday. The historical average is 40%.

Tornado experts say the winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday.

Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter.

Over the next several months, El Niño is expected to rapidly fade. By the summer, La Niña is expected to develop.

Federal authorities said the second critically endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead in the last month showed injuries consistent with a collision with a ship.

Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years.

Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species' second fatality in the past month.

It is becoming increasingly likely, however, that by the peak of hurricane season, La Niña will return.

An earthquake was reported off Florida’s Space Coast, but how likely is it that a tsunami could hit the state?

The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.

Electric bills soared last summer as people in Florida and across the country tried to beat the heat.The winter offered some relief, but if experts are right, this year could be even worse.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Monday and Tuesday as the largest solar flare since 2017 heads our way in the peak of the Solar Cycle 25

As more rockets launch from Florida's Space Coast, experts with NOAA say they are finding space junk in the air.

This winter season may be different from winters in the past.

Deputies say he accelerated into a parked car and a sheriff's office truck.

For the first time in four years, El Niño will be the driving force to our winter seasonal changes.

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships.

Communities along the U.S. East Coast are preparing for the arrival of heavy rain, flooding and high winds from an approaching storm.

Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic.

A top elected Republican in Maine says he's glad to be alive after a giant wave overturned his lobster boat ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee.

Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to at least 97 people.

Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey.

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion.

Hurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it churns through the open waters of the Atlantic on a path that would take it near the northeast Caribbean.

The record-breaking ocean temperatures have been a big story lately, with sea surface temperatures reaching all-time highs during July and August. And that is very much the case in the water around Florida.

It's been one of the most asked questions to the Pinpoint Weather Team regarding Idalia.

Hurricane Hilary has strengthened into a major storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and it could bring heavy rain to the southwestern U.S. by the weekend.

The federal government is looking to ban importation and exportation of a species of tropical fish that conservation groups have long said is exploited by the pet trade.

A research vessel motoring off the coast of Alaska is exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world's deepest and most remote waters.

The head of this year’s U.N. global climate summit is urging more availability of funds to help the Caribbean and other regions fight climate change.

Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall.

Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have increased their predictions for the number of named storms for the 2023 hurricane season.

Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.

Right now, the Great Florida Reef is experiencing catastrophic conditions following a marine heat wave that has engulfed the ecosystem for months.

The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, exceeding 100 degrees two days in a row, which meteorologists say could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree, with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month.

Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.

Colorado State University increases its forecast for the number of named storms this season.

Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and the past seven days have been the hottest week on record.

The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled how uncrewed technology, including planes, could help get results in hurricane forecasting.

Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret.

Tropical Storm Bret is swirling close to St. Vincent as it begins pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands have shut down to prepare for possible torrential downpours, landslides and flooding.