Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the ...

Texas: A Disaster Magnet Where Fear Runs Deep Walking through any Texas neighborhood after a major weather event feels like ...

Health professionals would be wise to take note of a similar story playing out on U.S. soil: even 8 years after Hurricanes ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Efforts are underway across Southern California to clean up downed trees, flooding and rockslides after days of rain, and the rush is on to get it all done before the next storm moves in. Conditions ...

Flooding from a storm surge and heavy rains is a major concern for the Tampa Bay area as Hurricane Ian looms, according to Taryn Sabia, an architecture and urban design professor at the University of ...

Millions of people are facing a flood risk on Friday as an atmospheric river pummels Southern California with torrential rainfall. Areas near recent burn scars are at the highest risk of ...

Personnel from Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay are finally returning home after spending three weeks at NAS Pensacola to escape Hurricane Melissa. NAS Pensacola announced that the personnel began ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An atmospheric river has begun to slam California that is expected to bring days of heavy rain, strong wind gusts and potentially feet of mountain snow to the Golden State through ...

Evacuation orders were issued for high-risk properties near recent wildfire burn areas in Los Angeles County due to the threat of flooding and debris flows from a mid-November storm. The mandatory ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...