• KLFY

    Strong storm system expected Monday with gusty winds and severe storm threat

    A warm and windy day is expected today with temperatures reaching the mid-70s under partly sunny skies. South winds will begin to increase, getting into the 10-20 mph range this afternoon. Winds will increase even further for tomorrow as a strong low pressure moves into the region. A WIND ADVISORY will likely be needed for []

  • Guess What It Takes to Become a Cop in Nashville Now

    New York Mayor Ed Koch had a commonsense approach to hiring first responders, and it made a lifelong impression on me when I first heard it maybe 40 years ago. "I don’t care what sex a firefighter is," Mayor Koch said all those years ago, "as long as they can carry a 200 pound Mayor out of a burning building."

  • New Florida Panther license plate now available

    Looking for a way to show your support of Florida panther conservation? Florida recently revealed the newly designed Protect the Panther license plate, which is available when renewing your Florida plates or licensing your car in the state for the first time.

  • Social media now unlawful for kids under 14 in Florida

    Florida's new law restricts children under 14 from having social media accounts, and requires those 15 and under to get parental consent.

  • Major Geomagnetic Storm Hits Northern US: Here's What To Know

    A severe geomagnetic storm is now affecting the northern United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a Geomagnetic Storm Alert on Sunday afternoon, March 24 after the G4 electromagnetic storm had developed. The event was sparked by solar eruptions that sent plasma toward Earth. "The public should not anticipate adverse impacts and no action is necessary," the National Weather Service Space Prediction Center said. A geomagnetic storm is a major...

  • Storm dumps over 4 feet of snow in northern Colorado

    DENVER >> A major storm dumped over 4 feet of snow in northern Colorado before ending Friday, leaving thousands without power and continuing to make travel hazardous in the mountains and foothills west of Denver.

  • Geomagnetic storm severe enough to bring northern lights to California?

    A severe geomagnetic storm is impacting Earth and could produce powerful northern lights displays across portions of the United States on Sunday and Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The agency's Space Weather Prediction Center first issued a geomagnetic storm watch Saturday, warning that a coronal mass ejection — an explosion of plasma and magnetic material from the sun — was making its way toward Earth. On Sunday afternoon, the agency upgraded the storm's...

    • WCVB

    People in northern New England shoveling out after major snow storm

    A weekend storm dumped more than two feet of snow in some areas, caused multiple road accidents, downed power lines and left hundreds of thousands across the Northeast in the dark, some perhaps for days.

  • After ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm, only some may see northern lights Monday: forecasts

    The geomagnetic storming recorded over the weekend was strong enough to send the northern lights into the southern U.S., but it seems that may not be the case Monday night.

  • After ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm, only some may see northern lights Monday: forecasts

    The geomagnetic storming recorded over the weekend was strong enough to send the northern lights into the southern U.S., but it seems that may not be the case Monday night.

  • Earth just experienced a severe geomagnetic storm. Here's what that means – and what you can expect.

    The planet was just slammed with what government officials dubbed a severe geomagnetic storm, the second-highest level of NOAA's rating system. The event brought "a major disturbance in Earth's magnetic field" that may have impacted infrastructure and made the northern lights visible farther than usual, officials said. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issued a geomagnetic storm watch on Saturday, saying that a coronal mass ejection was detected and expected to hit the planet late that same...

  • Here's Timing For Heaviest Rain, Strongest Winds From Storm Now Sweeping Through Region

    A potent storm sweeping through the region is bringing heavy rain causing localized flooding and gusty winds that may lead to scattered power outages during the first weekend of spring. Rainfall is picking up in intensity across the area Saturday morning, March 23, with the heaviest rain expected for the late morning and afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Rain will taper off by early Saturday evening evening for most, and a few hours later for far eastern sections of the...