Weather

An eruption of charged material from the Sun will create vivid displays of Northern Lights as far south as the Midwest on Labor Day, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

Fall might not officially begin until Sept. 22 with the autumnal equinox, but meteorologists and climatologists actually consider Sept. 1 the beginning of autumn.

New data shows nearly every U.S. city is warming. Here’s where temperatures have risen the most during the fall season.

The Labor Day holiday weekend is coming to an end, and the last thing you want is to ruin that relaxed and refreshed feeling after taking one last summer vacation by getting stuck in heavy traffic on your way home.

Metro Atlanta is starting the workweek on a cooler and slightly drier note, with scattered showers possible mainly north and west of the city.

Labor Day weekend in metro Atlanta will bring warm temperatures, a mix of sun and clouds, and a few scattered showers — but overall, conditions look pretty good for holiday events.

Damage caused by a landslide near Devil’s Courthouse was repaired, making an 85-mile stretch from Asheville down to the southern end of the Parkway continuous once again.

Former Gov. Sonny Perdue recalls Georgia’s response to Hurricane Katrina, which brought about 100,000 evacuees to the state in 2005.

Hurricane Katrina forced major changes in how the country responds to disasters. Now, those reforms are in jeopardy.

Over 1,000 people died in Louisiana as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The scope of the flooding – and the days-long struggle of those caught in it – became a defining event for the first part of the century.

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, causing levee breaches that sparked massive flooding, displacing thousands. The natural disaster exposed flaws in the federal government’s response and the media’s coverage of the tragedy.