Eastern Seaboard

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  Study Warns Saltwater Intrusion Threatens Global Coastal Groundwater by 2100

  A NASA-DOD study indicates that by 2100, 77% of global coastal aquifers will face saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels and reduced groundwater recharge. This phenomenon, caused by shifting fresh and saltwater dynamics, threatens water quality, agriculture, and infrastructure. Low-lying regions, including Southeast Asia, the U.S. Eastern Sea...

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  Scary But Shy Joro Spiders Spread To US Gardens, Parking Lots

  Scary Joro spiders the size of a human hand are spreading across the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and heading north.

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  Huge Crane Put In Place To Clear Baltimore Bridge Debris As Crews Assess Damage

  The biggest operational crane on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard towered over Baltimore's port on Friday, ready to begin clearing the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge days after a cargo ship crashed into it, sending the span crashing into the harbo

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  India Holds Agni-5 Missile Test, Chinese Vessel On Watch Off Vizag Coast

  Within days of India issuing an alert for an impending missile test off the Odisha coast, a Chinese research vessel has raced up India's eastern seaboard and is currently anchored in international waters off the Indian coastline.

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  Storm Isaias May Regain Hurricane Strength Before Hitting US East Coast

  Tropical Storm Isaias was set to regain hurricane strength Monday before slamming into the US eastern seaboard, bringing life-threatening storm surges to North and South Carolina.

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  Navy In Urgent Need Of Minesweepers, Left With Only 2, Says Official

  The Indian Navy currently has only two minesweeper ships at its disposal to safeguard sea lanes and ports spread across thousands of kilometres of coastlines in the eastern and western seaboards, a top Navy officer has said.

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  Deadly Storm Batters Eastern US With Wind And Heavy Rain

  A powerful storm system plowed up the US Eastern seaboard with torrential showers and high winds on Monday, hindering airline and rail travel, after killing at least 21 people in the South, many in mobile homes demolished by tornadoes.

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  'I Consider Myself The Presumptive Nominee': Trump Declares After Tuesday Sweep

  Donald Trump won in all five Republican presidential primaries held on Tuesday - a clean sweep that illustrated his dominance along the Eastern Seaboard and prompted the real estate mogul to declare himself the "presumptive nominee."

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  Typhoon Melor Intensifies, Threatens Central Philippines

  Authorities shut schools and suspended fishing and ferry services in the central Philippines today as a category 3 typhoon barrelled along the eastern seaboard, dumping heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides.

• Cyclone Hudhud Batters Vizag, Where Winds Sounded Like Explosions

  Cyclone Hudhud blasted the eastern seaboard today with gusts of up to 195 kilometres an hour (over 120 mph), uprooting trees, damaging buildings and killing three despite a major evacuation effort.

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  Cyclone Hudhud: Navy at Highest Alert, War-Rooms Manned

  As Cyclone Hudhud strengthens and comes tearing down the eastern seaboard, the Navy said it is on "highest alert."

• Watch fireball on New York skyline

  As Superstorm Sandy made landfall along the eastern seaboard in the US, there were reports of an explosion at a substation in Manhattan. At least 660,000 people in New York had lost power because of the explosion and a planned power shut-down.

• 2 million ordered to leave as Hurricane Irene takes aim

  Whipping up trouble before ever reaching land, Hurricane Irene zeroed in on Friday for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.