A pilotless hurricane hunter is being flown by remote control into hurricane force winds for the first time to give researchers from NOAA and NASA a real time, low altitude look at a storm with hurricane category 1 winds hovering around 80 miles per hour.

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico, Nov. 2 -- Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the country's Gulf coast on Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into boats or swimming out through murky brown water.

President Bush escalated his battle with Congress yesterday by vetoing a $23 billion water resources bill stuffed with projects favored by lawmakers from both parties, a move aides hope will reinforce his standing as a fiscal conservative even as he risks the first veto override of his presidency.

NOAA today launched a comprehensive effort aimed at reducing dangerous marine debris. The Internet-based educational campaign for marine debris awareness and prevention answers President Bush's call to increase public awareness and understanding of the global problem of marine debris.

The size of this year's Antarctic ozone hole is slightly above the 10-year average in both depth and overall area, NOAA scientists announced today.

The NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program has developed a colorful new printed guide and Web page for scuba diving enthusiasts about diving in our nation's 13 national marine sanctuaries, home to some of America's most spectacular underwater sights.

A total of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from October 17-19 – a new record outbreak for the month, according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's director of external communications was denied a post as senior spokesman for Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell yesterday, becoming the highest-ranking casualty of a fake news conference staged by FEMA last week to publicize its response to...

COMO, Miss. -- Of all the nation's elementary schools, the one serving this poor, rural crossroads is at the bottom of the heap.

EL CAJON, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of six bodies.

President Bush embarks this morning on a tour of the wildfires ravaging California to showcase his administration's ability to respond better to natural disasters than it did after Hurricane Katrina two years ago. Yesterday, he pronounced the federal government's actions "well-coordinated" after ...

NOAA has awarded four Honolulu based organizations $500,000 for the first year of a three-year $1.4 million project to improve the understanding of deep water coral reef ecosystems in the Hawaiian Islands.