High tides inundated Southern California communities with water on Monday, flooding streets from Newport Beach to Long Beach, as the region braces for days of coastal flooding from near-record or record-high sea levels this week.

As high tide peaked Monday morning, water surged from Newport Harbor onto the streets of the Balboa Peninsula, ...Read more

Near-record or record-high sea levels are expected to bring multiple days of flooding along the Southern California coast this week, with the inundation beginning as soon as Monday when high tide rolls in.

Officials in Newport Beach and Long Beach have been scrambling to prepare as crews move sand to shore up beaches, install sandbags and ...Read more

Some South Florida streets and parks likely will be submerged at some point in the next few days, as another — stronger — round of king tides strike the region.

These higher-than-usual high tides are supercharged by winds blowing onshore, pushing more seawater on land. Couple that with the 1 to 2 inches of rain expected along the coast over...Read more

Subtropical Storm Josephine became a powerful extratropical storm off the U.S. coast Thursday while the National Hurricane Center kept its eye on another system also in the Atlantic.

As of the 5 p.m. NHC advisory, what is now Post-Tropical Cyclone Josephine was located about 235 miles east-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and 335 miles ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The string of El Niño-fueled storms that have closed roads, crumbled boardwalks and eroded beaches in Southern California in the summer and fall may have also brought a silver lining: a potential end in sight to the region's fire season, experts say.

Just a week after a 570-acre fire spread to hillside communities in Orange ...Read more

Subtropical Storm Josephine continued to surge off the U.S. Atlantic coast while the National Hurricane Center kept its eye on another system.

As of the 11 a.m. NHC advisory, Josephine was located about 200 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and 420 miles south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia moving northeast at 12 mph with maximum ...Read more

Subtropical Storm Josephine continued to surge off the U.S. Atlantic coast while the National Hurricane Center kept its eye on another system.

As of the 5 a.m. NHC advisory, the Josephine was located about 195 miles south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and 475 miles south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia moving northeast at 13 mph with ...Read more

Subtropical Storm Josephine formed off the mid-Atlantic coast on Wednesday and is forecast to strengthen but move northeastward away from the United States, the National Hurricane Center said, and a second Atlantic disturbance is brewing.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. tropical outlook, Josephine was located 265 miles south of Nantucket, ...Read more

By now, most Northern Californians know that there are historically strong El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean which are increasing the chances for a rough and very wet winter.

But some places have more risk than others. Low-lying coastal and bayfront areas — including the beaches at Santa Cruz, the eastern approach to the Bay Bridge, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday continued to keep an eye on a system off the U.S. East Coast with the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm as well as beginning to track a second Atlantic system.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, a storm-force, nontropical area of low pressure, ...Read more

Rain is anticipated for Southern California on Wednesday into Thursday as the National Weather Service cautioned about potential beach hazards and thunderstorms from Oxnard to the Mexico border.

The weather service's Los Angeles-Oxnard office is estimating a 30% to 40% chance of thunderstorms, with widespread minor flooding and debris flow ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center continued Tuesday to keep an eye on a system off the U.S. East Coast with the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, a storm-force, nontropical area of low pressure, which had formed Sunday night, was located a few hundred miles off the North ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Oceanside’s city manager has proclaimed a local emergency to help smooth the way for a response to the “historic” El Niño conditions expected this fall and winter.

The aging Oceanside Municipal Pier, the sediment-loaded San Luis Rey River and critical city infrastructure such as sewer lines and lift stations could be in ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued Tuesday to keep an eye on a system off the U.S. East Coast with the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a storm-force, nontropical area of low pressure, which had formed Sunday night, was located a few hundred miles off the North ...Read more

CHICAGO — Janet Cole told herself she didn’t need to take any more pictures of trees at The Morton Arboretum. She had more than enough.

But an amur corktree standing alone with a mass of vibrant leaves called to Cole, 75, and she found herself once again grabbing photos.

“I just wanted to come over and see it with its beautiful, yellow ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Captain Brandon Erdo steered the 95-foot Dana Pride up to a patch of water that looked promising miles off the Orange County coast on a Wednesday morning.

The boat was near capacity — 37 of 40 available angler spots were taken. And, after hearing on social media about the great fishing to be had with the super El Niño, they ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued Monday to keep an eye on a system off the U.S. East Coast with the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a nontropical area of low pressure, which had formed Sunday night, was located along a frontal boundary a few miles off the ...Read more