Weather News

Smoky haze around The Washington Monument

Credit: A smoky haze blanketed the D.C. area June 8, 2023. The smoke prompted air quality alerts. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)

Smoke from Canadian wildfires puts DC area on air quality alert

Gardening Arbor Day Oaks

‘Nature usually can find a way’: A climate activist on the message trees are sending us

Ocean city lifeguard

Maryland’s Eastern Shore may see dangerous rip currents this week

Bottle with water in a woman's hand against bright sun outdoors. Climate change hotness concept

July marks five-year high in heat-illness hospitalizations with fatalities climbing

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Flash flooding inundates parts of Montgomery Co., leading to water rescues

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Montgomery Co. fire engine driven into floodwaters is second vehicle disabled in less than two months