A powerful storm system is hammering California’s offshore waters with winds that meet the formal definition of hurricane force, and the ripple effects are spreading far beyond the Pacific coastline.

NOAA lost more than 880 probationary employees in the latest wave of federal firings, with possibly more to come.

My worry for the 2025 hurricane season was what I labeled early-on as an “incendiary” mix of more frequent and extreme weather events with a degraded ability to save life and property. With the end of ...