How to build an emergency kit
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Step-by-step: Before a hurricane or tropical storm arrives, these are the things to have ready to go.

Preparing your pet for an evacuation
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Dog trainer Tom Davis has some tips on how to get ready to evacuate with your four-legged friend.

When was the last time a hurricane or tropical storm hit California?

California is rarely discussed in the context of the tropics, but that is exactly what is happening this week with Hurricane Hilary.

Hurricane Hilary: upgraded to Category 3
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LiveNOW's Carel Lajara spoke about Hurricane Hilary and its projected path with Rich Thompson from the National Weather Service in Los Angeles. More LiveNOW from FOX streaming video

Hurricane Hilary: Storm tracks toward California
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Hurricane Hilary is a Category 2 storm as of late Thursday while tracking toward southern California. Kim Wood at the University of Arizona joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the storm's track.

Hurricane Hilary strengthens update
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Hurricane Hilary continues to rapidly intensify after developing into a hurricane early Thursday morning, and forecasters said that the hurricane's path could bring "significant" impacts to Southern California and the Southwest by the end of the week and into the first part of next week. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), rapid intensification occurs when a tropical cyclone's maximum sustained winds increase by at least 35 mph in a 24-hour period.

Sinkhole swallows car with driver and passenger inside after New York flooding

"I heard a loud collision and a woman screaming for help," recalled a neighbor in the a Rochester suburb. When he looked at the street, all he saw was a woman's head poking out of the hole.

Huge storm coming: Tropical Storm Hilary
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says Tropical Storm Hilary is expected to continue to spin off to the west-northwest with a gradual turn to the northwest in a day or so. The NHC says steady to rapid strengthening is forecast over the next few days and Hilary is expected to become a hurricane on Thursday.

Several dogs dead after flash floods devastate doggy day care in DC

Fire crews had to rescue staff and pets at a doggy day care in D.C. Monday after severe pop-up storms caused flash flooding in the area. 

Maui fire death toll climbs to 93, now the deadliest wildfire in modern US history

Emergency workers with axes and cadaver dogs are marking the ruins of Maui homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they find human remains.

Maui fire death toll climbs to at least 89 as survivors return to ruins

The new death toll Saturday came as federal emergency workers with axes and cadaver dogs picked through the aftermath of the blaze.

Pictures of Maui fire damage 'will shock you,' Hawaii governor says

New photos of the Maui wildfire devastation were released by the Hawaii governor’s office as officials and residents assess the unthinkable.

Forecasters now predict 'above normal' 2023 Atlantic hurricane season: Here's why

Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) have increased their prediction for the remainder of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from a near-normal level of tropical cyclone activity to an above-normal level of activity due to record-warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic that are expected to counterbalance the conditions associated with the ongoing El Niño event in the Pacific.

July 2023 was officially Earth's hottest month on record - by a wide margin

The European climate monitoring organization made it official Tuesday: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record. And by a wide margin.

Plans to fight climate change with trees hampered by seedling shortage, study says

This shortage is occurring as government and private funding is being invested in planting trees to cool cities, reduce air pollution and protect water.

Watermelons grown in Antarctica see sweet reward
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Scientists say they have completed the first experiment on growing watermelons in the coldest place on Earth. (Credit: FOX Weather)

Scientists find climate change made July hotter for 4 out of 5 humans on Earth

Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.