Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas schedule municipal elections mostly outside the worst of hurricane season.

Hurricane Erin is churning up the Atlantic, triggering coastal flood advisories at the NJ shore. How big will the waves get?

The highwater mark of 43.7 feet at Easton caused by Hurricane Diane on Aug. 18-19, 1955, remains a record. But it is not alone. A series of three major floods between 2004 and 2006 similarly shocked ...