Tropical Storm Erin's path puts some homeowners at heightened risk, as the storm starts building into a hurricane tracked by meteorologists.

While Erin is expected to take a northward turn in the Atlantic, a new system off the coast of Africa has the National Hurricane Center's attention.

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph as its outer bands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains early Sunday.

Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to restore and protect their shorelines as climate change causes more intense and destructive storms and leads to sea-level rise that puts tens of millions of people at risk.

Experts say a devastating but hard-to-predict Suffolk storm last August is a warning shot from Mother Nature about the affects of a warming climate on Long Island weather.

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Seattle fell to Phoenix 85-82 on Sunday in front of a sellout crowd at Climate Pledge Arena after Storm legend Sue Bird's bronze statue was unveiled.

The storm disrupted the annual Howell Melon Festival on Saturday with the winds damaging vendor tents. But the festival was scheduled to reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday with some limitations.