It’s that time of year to watch out for one of the most dangerous and underplayed winter hazards while on the road: Snow squalls. A snow squall is a brief period of intense snowfall and wind that ...

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting information that could help modernize regulations designed to reduce the risk of lethal ...

October 4, 2023: An aerial view of the drought-hit harbor of Cacau Pirêra, where houses that normally float on the water are lying on the river bed in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil. October 2023 was the ...

A NOAA analysis released today finds significantly higher rainfall frequency values in parts of Texas, redefining the amount of rainfall it takes to qualify as a 100-year or 1000-year event. The study ...

Although the eye of Hurricane Erin was never closer than about 200 miles from the U.S. East Coast and its center never made landfall, Erin’s effects were still seen along the shoreline and felt by ...

Most flash floods are caused by slow moving thunderstorms, thunderstorms that move repeatedly over the same area or heavy rains from tropical storms and hurricanes. These floods can develop within ...

Worldwide, scientists observe weather conditions at thousands of stations every day of the year. Some observations are made hourly, others just once a day. Over time, these observations allow us to ...

The massive amount of rain that fell on the Colorado Front Range in September 2016 was devastating, with nine lives lost and property damage estimated at more than $2 billion. Please don't let this ...

As sea ice we once thought to be permanent continues to disappear rapidly, Arctic vessel travel is on the rise. Recent analyses show we can expect to see a nearly ice-free summer at the top of the ...

Kelly Kryc, Ph.D., has been appointed as NOAA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries effective today. In this role, Kryc will engage in high-level development and coordination of ...

A new StoryMap explores the impacts of hurricanes, as well as the data and tools that NOAA provides before, during, and after a storm.

NOAA has selected Tomorrow.io to provide contracting support for the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC), the backbone of NOAA’s operational weather forecast modeling suite. This contract ...