KLST Morning Forecast W/ Jake Gilson (13 Nov 24)

"Not only does this have a significant chance of becoming a hurricane, but it may become a major hurricane very quickly," hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said

Today on Tracking the Tropics, we'll have the latest on a disturbance in the Caribbean that is likely to form in the coming days. The show streams live at 12:30 p.m. ET on WFLA.com and the WFLA app.

Almost one month ago, police officers and firefighters flooded into Clermont's Emerald Lakes community to warn that rising water would make much of the neighborhood uninhabitable. "Mother Nature's letting it drain, and it'll happen when it happens," co-op President Ken Cook said. Cook waded through the waters near his own home Monday, pointing out the location of an alligator and the canoe he uses to travel up the street.

Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific simultaneously, a rare occurrence resulting from warmer oceans that threatens to bring more misery to the storm-weary Philippines.

As a bitter dispute raged between former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current leader Ferdinand Marcos, pro-Duterte TikTok accounts shared footage of a massive bridge that they falsely claimed was built during his term. The video, which racked up tens of thousands of views, in fact shows China's huge Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which opened to the public eight years before Duterte took office.

San Diego River Park Foundation and the City of San Diego have cleared out an encampment near SeaWorld Drive to ensure those living there had somewhere to go before it was cleared. Though the outreach was covered by the grant, the city would ultimately foot the bill for the cleanup of more than 155,000 pounds of trash.

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season's next tropical depression or storm. As of its 7 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the NHC said an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms to the south of Hispaniola over the central Caribbean Sea was associated with a tropical wave. "Environmental conditions appear conducive for ...

The Mountain fire could have been a second coming of the 2018 Woolsey fire or even the 2017 Thomas fire — if not for a few conditions that changed on the ground last week.

Fire victims deserve the chance to recover and to have help and coverage while they do so.

"The main goal is to provide a cell that people don't have to worry about having in their homes and their factories."

Halen Mattison and Luke Neise fit the bill. Mattison spent time at SpaceX, while Neise worked at Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory and Varda Space Industries. The pair originally wanted to sell reactors to SpaceX that could turn carbon dioxide into methane for use on Mars.

The Philippines ordered evacuations Wednesday ahead of Typhoon Usagi's arrival, as the UN's disaster office sought $32.9 million in aid for the country after recent storms killed more than 150 people. About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year, killing scores of people and keeping millions in enduring poverty.

A potent fall storm will take aim at Western Washington from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, bringing gusty wind, heavy rain, and a chance for thunderstorms.

With just a few weeks remaining in the 2024 hurricane season, the tropics are still quite active. Confidence is now growing in regards to a new tropical system forming over the next 48 hours, with a 90% chance of development over the next week. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching a disturbance located just [...]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Timelapse videos show the major surprise dust storm that made its way into Kern County Monday afternoon. The massive dust wall is known as a "haboob," which are very common in southwestern United States, according to the National Weather Service. The haboob started in Tulare County around 3 p.m. and it [...]

The world has already warmed 1.49°C (2.6°F) compared to pre-industrial levels, according to new research using Antarctic ice cores.

As firefighters make significant progress against Ventura County's Mountain fire, officials have confirmed another 60 destroyed structures and millions in agricultural losses. A total of 207 structures, many homes, have been ruined, another 90 are damaged.

Deer are more active during late fall through winter as it is mating season.

WARWICK, N.Y. (PIX11) – Firefighters battling the Jennings Creek wildfire got a little relief from rain on Monday, but that's the last time wet weather will be in the forecast until next week. The fire is anticipated to burn at least 5,000 acres by the time it's fully contained – roughly half in New York, [...]