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After nearly a decade, the director of the National Weather Service has stepped down. Getting the public to understand weather is just as important as the science that delivers the forecasts, he says.

Rescuers are still combing through the rubble Tuesday morning in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City. More is the hometown of Republican Rep. Tom Cole. He encourages everyone to remember that people in the area will need long-term help.

Governors and mayors become the faces of communities coping with events such as natural disasters or mass killings. They have to offer the impression that someone is in charge, despite what may be scant preparation and while dealing with heartbreak themselves.

Extreme heat killed more people in the U.S. last year than hurricanes, floods, lightning or tornadoes. One expert says it doesn't have to be this way.

The storms that have pounded much of Kentucky are part of a large system of severe weather that spawned tornadoes in Arkansas and elsewhere. However, the…

The search continues on Barren River in Warren County for a missing swimmer. Several witnesses said a white male with dark hair and a beard yelled for…

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected in Kentucky ahead of a cold front pushing into the commonwealth.The National Weather Service office in Paducah…

Helping Hats, run by a 13-year-old, raises money for charities in the community.

By APSomerset, KY – At least four people have been injured by a storm that sweptover a mobile home park located north of Somerset. 9-1-1Supervisor Charles…

Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Michael Dossett as the next director of Kentucky Emergency Management.Dossett takes over after former director John…