The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of the Chicago area Monday. The watch is in effect for Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry and Will counties until 6 p.

The Storm Prediction Center of the NWS has issued a Severe T’Storm Watch for the Quad Cities area Friday afternoon and evening. This watch goes until 7 p.m. Storms are producing winds of

A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could unleash the northern lights in up to 18 states in the US.

A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could trigger a geomagnetic storm, making the northern lights visible in up to 18 states.

The Storm Prediction Center maintains a 15% risk of damaging wind gusts throughout all of West Michigan and a huge swath of the Great Lakes. There is a pocket of 50+ mph wind aloft, and the ...

Get an abbreviated, text view of what's happening with Hurricane Erin. Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm again Monday morning and is expected to grow even larger and stronger, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

Erin is a Category 3 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. ET update Sunday, with sustained winds of 125 mph, and tropical storm-force winds reaching out 205 miles. The storm is expected to continue to fluctuate in intensity and could double or even triple in size as it moves north and west,

While the category 4 storm is not expected to make landfall on the U.S. east coast, it will have an impact nonetheless. Dangerous high surf and rip currents are expected from Florida to New England throughout the week.