Climate & environment

Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

“Don’t put a dump next to a stream for God’s sake,” one resident said.

This past summer, 34 people died from heat in Maryland, according to data from the state Department of Health.

Columbia-area residents reported feeling rumbles from a magnitude 2.5 earthquake Monday.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Tropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean.

Highs area-wide peak around 60° for both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. On average, you’d expect high temperatures in the mid-60s heading into Halloween.

The Trump administration rejected the final appeal for federal disaster relief for Western Maryland communities that are still recovering from May’s historic flash floods.

The president and CEO of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, John Racanelli, is retiring “by the end of the year,” aquarium officials said Thursday.

New federal regulations threaten to cut off a majority of the supply of foreign crabmeat to the U.S.

The developer behind Maryland’s only permitted offshore wind farm says the Trump administration’s effort to block its project poses an “existential threat” to its business.

Maryland's financial stake in the Days Cove landfill raises questions about a conflict of interest, amid an ongoing fight over a new wastewater permit.

Baltimore County officials said an earlier statement blaming the collapse on a septic truck was incorrect.

Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.

Virginia’s rapid accumulation of nearly 600 data centers now feels like a warning for some Marylanders, as businesses and local governments look to attract the giant facilities.

While there was some moderate flooding in Ocean City, the impact of the storm along the Maryland coast was not as strong as initially forecast.

Ocean City and other coastal areas of Maryland’s Eastern Shore faced strong winds and angry seas on Sunday, as a nor’easter sweeps up the coast.

A powerful nor’easter is churning up the East Coast, bringing 50 mph winds, heavy rain and coastal flooding that could rival Superstorm Sandy’s impact on parts of Maryland’s shoreline.

Baltimore Ravens fans headed to the game Sunday should prepare for wet weather as a nor’easter is forecast to bring wind and heavy rain.

Hardly anyone who’s visited the Baltimore harbor in recent weeks has come away feeling that the urban waterway is well.