Weather

Tobacco is a drought resistant plant. But this year, the weather has been anything but dry in major tobacco growing states like Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia.

What’s the temperature tolerance to fly a plane? At what degree point does the power grid start shutting down?

We are getting better at predicting the weather. Still, if prediction is half the battle, presentation is the other half.

Residents of Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and beyond are still wading through high waters today. Severe flooding has led to the deaths of at least 24 people.

Prediction for tornadoes like the one in Moore, Okla., has gotten pretty good. Building thousands of new radar stations would make it better.

Walmart sales are down and so are housing starts, but the weather could be to blame. Plus, a small film about breast cancer research gets an unexpected boost from Angelina Jolie's preventive mastectomy.

The nation’s airlines are slashing flights by the minute in anticipation of Northeast’s winter weather. United, which has a hub at Newark Liberty International, led the cancellation race; Delta was second.

Be it too hot or too cold, someone's business somewhere will be adversely affected.

Passengers can buy flight insurance to cover canceled trips. But when planes can't fly, airlines have no such protection.