The 2008 tornado season is on track to set a record for the number of tornadoes in the USA, according to National Weather Service data.  Through July, 1,390 tornadoes were officially recorded in the first seven months of a year — the most ever. The annual record for tornadoes in the USA is 1,817, set in 2004. "This year, every month has been above average for tornadoes," says Greg Forbes, of the Weather Channel.

Hurricane Ike moved on Friday within 24 hours of striking the densely populated Texas coast near Houston with a possible 20-foot (6-meter) wall of water in what may be the worst storm to hit Texas in nearly 50 years.

Hanna is now barrelling up the US East Coast and is expected to regain hurricane status before hitting land somewhere in the Carolinas. The governors of North Carolina and Virginia have declared states of emergency while South Carolina has begun to evacuate the two counties expected to be worst affected.  But forecasters and relief officials are now more concerned about Hurricane Ike, which

Hurricane Gustav has become a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 145 mph. Gustav will be swirling over western Cuba very shortly and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico tonight. The eye of Gustav expected to pass over western Cuba this evening. Additional strengthening is likely.

The tropical Atlantic remains very active as we move into the peak of the hurricane season. Tropical Storm Gustav continues to impact Jamaica, bringing heavy rain and flash flooding, tropical storm force winds, and high surf. As of 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Gustav was centered about 140 miles west-northwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and is moving in a west-northwest direction near 8 mph.

Tropical Storm Fay began moving back inland Thursday afternoon, bringing strong winds and dumping more heavy rain on a state already coping with "catastrophic" and "historic" flooding. While Fay has never reached hurricane intensity, it still wreaked havoc as it stalled near the central coast causing extensive flooding, particularly in Brevard County.

The ongoing response efforts come as attention has shifted from improvrished areas hard-hit by Dolly to Tropical Storm Edouard, which came ashore Tuesday morning along the upper Texas Gulf Coast.

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday morning. The quake was felt hundreds of miles away, including San Diego, Las Vegas and Santa Barbara.

Buildings throughout the region swayed and rocked during the quake. It struck at 11:42 a.m., and was centered about three miles from Chino Hills in San Bernardino County and 28 miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center.

Widespread flooding has been predicted in the wake of Hurricane Dolly which crossed the southern Texas coastline Wednesday afternoon packing winds of up to 120 mph, knocking out power and disrupting telephone service across the region. 

A report recently commissioned by the U.S. Geological Survey found that a temblor in the Bay Area of at least a seven magnitude could strike anytime along the Hayward Fault. And could, according to the analysis, result in at least $165 billion or as much as $1.5 trillion of property and economic damage and leave millions homeless.

Most suprisingly the study found that 95 percent of the homeowners and 85

Nearly half a dozen people have died after rain in the Midwest caused flooding that turned streets into rivers and rivers into wild torrents that burst through dams and thundered over banks, destroying buildings and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes in the region

This year's fire season started early and predictions are for above average activity in the West due to one of the driest springs on record. Already firefighters have been deployed to a dozen wildfires in California including a massive fire in Santa Cruz that that scorched 4,000 acres and destroyed 31 homes. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issues an executive order mobilizing the state's fire resources. Normally fire season begins in June, and does not really kick in until late

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts an above normal hurricane season with up to 16 named storms and 8 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.  A "normal" season consists of up to 11 named storms and 2 major hurricanes. The team predicts 69% chance at least 1 major hurricane will make landfall on the U.S. coast. This prediction follows a calmer than normal 2006 and 2007 seasons,

Rare, but not unheard of tornadoes, ripped through northern Colorado and southern Wyoming on Thursday, killing at least one person and forcing thousands of people from their homes.

Deputy Mayor Ed Geier stood in the parking lot of Bayside High School a few hours before dawn earlier this week after the fires – all nine of which have been deemed to have been intentionally set – began burning out of control in Palm Bay, FL, and shook his head. "It's just horrible…awful," he said.

More than 20 people were killed Saturday evening as a strong line of severe storms and tornadoes rushed across the mid-South, destroying and damaging hundreds of homes and leaving a wide path of destruction in its wake.

Some of the worst damage, and most of the deaths, were reported in northeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Missouri. It was the deadliest tornado outbreak in Oklahoma since May 3, 1999, when 44 people were killed...

At least 27 people were injured and widespread damage was reported Friday night when an F2 tornado tore a six mile path, 200 yards wide across Atlanta. Severe thunderstorms with baseball size hail and tornadoes also damaged communities across northern Georgia Saturday. At least three people were killed.