This year’s Thanksgiving travel period is expected to be the busiest in 15 years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Follow here for live updates on travel and weather.

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa is strengthening before landfall, is now a 180 mph Category 5, and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Such bouts of intensification are becoming ...

• Moving on: Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Melissa is still a powerful Category 3 hurricane ...

Over the next 10 days, scientists say, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather patterns and set the stage for a cold, ...

• Moving north: Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane, after devastating Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. For ...

A strong Pacific storm is bringing soaking rain to Southern California and raising the risk of life-threatening flooding, mudslides and debris flows, especially near burn scars in the Los Angeles area ...

More than 100 homes were damaged Monday afternoon after a tornado ripped through Harris County, Texas, Constable Mark Herman ...