NEW ORLEANS — After more than four years away, the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans is reopening at its longtime Broad Street location, resuming normal operations for the public, officials ...

This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when she recorded a video of a “cascading wall of water coming at us.” Scenes like these are becoming more and ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

So far this year, we’ve had 13 named storms in the Atlantic, with 5 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3+). Ida (November 4-14, 2009) made landfall as a Category 1 storm on the east coast of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa brought hurricane-force gusts to Bermuda overnight, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said Friday.

Hurricane Melissa's reign of terror over the Caribbean appears to be coming to an end. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory on Oct. 31 Melissa ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin -- and is now continuing its path of destruction ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead amid widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged ...

Editor's Note: Hurricane Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hurricane Melissa continued to wreak a punishing path of damaging winds and rain across the island ...

Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall overnight in Cuba and was bringing wind, rain and surge to the Bahamas on Wednesday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center said Melissa made its second ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba Oct. 29 as a Category 2 storm after pummeling Jamaica a day earlier as the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Jamaicans began ...