The first Atlantic hurricane of 2020 made landfall on Padre Island Saturday, unleashing heavy rains and tree-toppling winds.

The system is expected to make landfall in N.J. Friday afternoon before heading north with heavy rain and thrashing winds.

Although Cristobal has been downgraded to a depression, several inches of rain could fall across the Mississippi Valley in the next few days.

With winds of 50 MPH, Tropical Storm Bertha is threatening to bring heavy rains across the Carolinas and Virginia.

Climate change is allowing conditions ripe for tropical storms to arrive earlier — and stay later — in the calendar year.

Forecasters say the global warming effect may generate a chaotic year of extreme weather ahead.

A powerful storm that unleashed deadly tornadoes across the South is now threatening cities along the East Coast.

Early forecasts suggest an above-average chance at least one hurricane will make landfall in the U.S. this year.