The odds are good a winter storm will bring the first heavy snow from Washington to Boston starting Friday, forecasters said.

The East Coast has been spoiled.

Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri.

El Nino is expected to affect temperature and precipitation patterns across the U.S. in the upcoming months.

Hurricane Sandra threatens to strike Mexico over the weekend and pump moisture into the southern U.S. during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season may end up being remembered for a subpar number of storms, even though the total still beat early forecasts and more than 50 people died.

A hurricane stronger than Katrina in 2005 and Andrew in 1992 is poised to hit Mexicos biggest ports and holiday resorts within hours.

El Nino's effects are just beginning in much of the world and its already shaping up potentially as one of the three strongest El Nino patterns since record-keeping began in 1950.