The North Carolina House has elected a new speaker. Republican Rep. Destin Hall was chosen Wednesday and succeeds five-term ...

New Orleans has faced tragedy again and again and always seems to bounce back, maintaining its reputation for jazz and ...

Migrants trying to reach the U.S. have been left stranded in the resort city of Acapulco, which after Hurricane Otis is one ...

President Joe Biden has told mourners in New Orleans that they are not alone as he paid tributes to victims of last week's ...

THE costliest climate disasters of 2024 killed more than 2000 people and cost at least $200 billion (£161 million) in damages ...

While the number of tropical cyclones has remained steady over the past four decades, their intensity has significantly ...

New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein took several actions on Thursday to help the short- and long-term recovery from Hurricane ...

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony ...

The island's power grid was ravaged in September 2017 by Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm. The New Year’s Eve outage came ...

A blackout has hit nearly all of Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory prepares to celebrate New Year’s. More than 1.3 million ...