Barbara Gagne

A dangerous overnight wind threat is building across the Midwest, with forecasters warning that a line of storms could unleash gusts topping 80 mph — strong enough to snap trees and trigger widespread power outages across Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. According to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, a hatched zone has been marked … Read more

New Jersey- Three tornadoes are believed to have struck New Jersey on Tuesday, leaving a trail of downed trees, snapped utility wires, and shaken communities from the northern hills to the southern shoreline — and the danger is not over yet. The first tornado was reported at 2:10 p.m. near the border of Morris and … Read more

A tornado was reported on the ground in Sussex County Tuesday afternoon, marking the second tornado watch issued across all of New Jersey in less than four days — and forecasters say the worst may still be hours away. A trained weather spotter confirmed seeing a tornado near Stanhope, close to the intersection of Interstate … Read more

HOUSTON — Dangerous heat is tightening its grip on Southeast Texas, and forecasters are not holding back: this week’s conditions could turn deadly. The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the Houston area, with heat index values expected to climb between 110 and 115 degrees on Wednesday — high enough to … Read more

Houston, TX- Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is now tracking directly toward the Texas coast — and forecasters have narrowed its target zone to an area stretching from southwest Louisiana to the middle Texas coast, putting the Houston area squarely in the crosshairs. As of Tuesday morning, the storm … Read more