Tropical Storm Dolly Heavy Rains in South Texas "Tornadoes Possible"

For the latest ongoing NowPublic coverage please use this link. Dolly has weakened and is now a tropical storm. Heavy rain is falling in southern Texas and there are still fears of flooding. There is the...

Animations Show Global Warming's Potential Effects on Coastal Cities

Animations show the anticipated flooding in major U.S. cities as global warming raises sea levels. There will be stronger hurricanes. Even relatively weak storms will be able to do great damage.

Emily Strikes Texas' South Padre Island

Hurricane Emily continued pushing turbulent waves onto this resort island, bending palm trees and rocking parked vehicles Wednesday afternoon, but the storm caused only minimal damage along Texas' coast.

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