When severe weather threatens, you’ll often hear alerts that can sound similar but mean very different things. The main difference comes down to watch vs. warning. A severe thunderstorm is officially ...

Officials in Gretna have rescheduled Sunday's Italian-Irish Parade to start at 11 a.m. due to expected storms this weekend.

An extreme cold warning is issued through Sunday morning. Temperatures are in the 50s this afternoon on both sides of Lake Pontchartrain but much colder air will push south later tonight. A cold front ...

When storms undergo bombogenesis, they rapidly strengthen. The National Weather Service writes, "Bombogenesis can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean ...

After weeks of persistent cold, the overall weather pattern across parts of the United States is beginning to shift. A strengthening ridge of high pressure is building over the country, allowing ...

With another hard freeze headed for south Louisiana, many residents are worrying about frozen or burst pipes. Our resident pipe expert, Danny Griffin of Pipes R Us, sat down with WWL meteorologist ...

Measuring tornado winds at the ground level is notoriously difficult. Instead, meteorologists look at the damage, using on or ...