NOAA News
Weak La Niña Expected to Bring Cooler Temperatures to the U.S. This Winter
A new winter outlook report suggests La Niña conditions will remain through February 2026, according to the National Weather Service. The expected weak and short-lasting La Niña will still create ...
NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping Tool Now Covers 60% of U.S.
The National Weather Service (NWS) recently announced that the experimental Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) tool has expanded to serve 60 percent of the U.S. population, up from 30 percent the ...
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed
A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally stopped updating in May. The database — which was ...
Hurricane Erin Bounces Through Categories, Keeps Forecasters Guessing
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, with its outer bands lashing the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. As forecasters warned of a growing risk of life-threatening surf and rip ...
Derechos Are Uncommon But Destructive Weather Events
Prolonged wind events that unleash heavy rainfall and travel far distances sometimes qualify as derechos. Derechos can happen almost anywhere in the United States but are most common in the central ...
Congress Urged Not to Axe Satellite Collision Prevention System
Hundreds of U.S. companies on Tuesday urged Congress to back off a plan to kill a small federal office tasked with managing satellite traffic in space, a badly needed civilian effort initiated by ...
2025 U.S. Wildfires Nearly Double Over Same Time Last Year
There are currently 111 wildfires blazing across the U.S., according to newly released data by the National Interagency Fire Center. Of the active wildfires, 31 are currently under suppression ...
NOAA Delays Cutoff of Key Satellite Data for Hurricane Forecasting
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes. Meteorologists and scientists ...