Recommendations include cutting down trees, protecting windows and developing an emergency plan.

What does it take to protect a home from a Category 4 storm?

There are unique challenges to preparing for a storm on Martha's Vineyard.

Since that population boom – which, inevitably, brought with it a building boom – there has been exactly one hurricane: Bob.

"We like to prepare to be on our own here for 72 hours."

The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, is predicted to near the Hawaiian Islands Thursday and Friday, the National Weather Service said.

California authorities say the behemoth killed a firefighter battling the Carr Fire last month. Larger than three football fields, the tornado was unlike anything they'd seen. Now, they have video.

As it turns out, that staple term during the dog days of summer comes to us from an unlikely source — the Vikings.

Lynn and other soggy North Shore communities are cleaning up today after early morning storms yesterday dumped over 8 inches of rain in just a few short hours stranding drivers on flooded roads and knocking out power to many.

In their search for a safe haven, the boys were reported to have used their hands to feel the walls for an opening to take them to a higher, safer spot.