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Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Search and recovery crews on Sunday resumed digging through debris of homes and buildings after hundreds of people were displaced.
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Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:30 PM EST
|By Aubrey Urbanowicz
Storm of the Century, Blizzard of 1993
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Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 1:48 PM EST
|By Rachel Meyers
Flooding is the most common weather-related disaster, and flash flooding is one of the most dangerous.
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Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:51 AM EST
|By Andrew Freiden
Lightning can ruin outdoor plans, like swim meets or cookouts, in an instant.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 1:04 PM EST
|By Nick Russo
Tornadoes are most common in Virginia from April through September, but can occur at any time of year if the right ingredients are in place.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:29 PM EST
|By Megan Wise
The NBC12 First Alert Weather Team gets you prepared for spring severe weather season so you aren't caught off guard.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 2:39 PM EST
|By Nick Russo and Andrew Freiden
The winter of 2022-2023 will go down as one of the warmest and least snowy ever in Richmond.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 3:40 PM EST
|By NBC12 Newsroom
Wintergreen says it made 'a valiant effort to keep the ski season going by making snow at every opportunity' this winter.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM EST
|By Andrew Freiden
A blight on our native ecosystem, these trees look gorgeous but bring a huge cost.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:14 AM EST
|By Benjamin Beddoes
If you missed your opportunity to view the green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), you'll have a few more opportunities this week.
7-Day Forecast
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:58 AM EST
|By David Hylton
Many Central Virginia Residents woke up on Groundhog Day to see snow on the ground.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 10:45 AM EST
|By NBC12 Newsroom
You can find the First Alert Weather app in the Apple Store and on Google Play.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 3:06 PM EST
|By Nick Russo
No snow so far this winter, and no snow is expected in the next 10 days in RVA.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 11:26 PM EST
|By Benjamin Beddoes
Mars changes its movement up in the sky from a western motion relative to other objects in the sky to an eastern motion.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:16 PM EST
|By Megan Wise
A rare meteorological phenomenon was spotted to start the new year!
Updated: Dec. 24, 2022 at 9:34 AM EST
|By Megan Wise and Rachel Meyers
NBC12 weather, First Alert Weather Day
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 8:57 AM EST
|By Andrew Freiden, Rachel Meyers, Megan Wise and Nick Russo
Metro Richmond areas will get plain rain as the storm system moves through.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Nick Russo
Colder than average weather dominates between now and Christmas Day, which could set the stage for snow.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 10:42 AM EST
|By Andrew Freiden
Big winter storms can get seared into your memory, either for the fun you had or the miserable experience of losing power.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 9:46 AM EST
|By Rachel Meyers
Preparing your home for the colder weather can keep more money in your wallet, even with the rising costs.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 4:13 PM EST
|By Megan Wise
Even though we’re expecting another La Niña pattern, which typically means a warmer winter here, we can’t let our guard down.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 4:06 PM EST
|By Nick Russo
Christmas tree growers work on their trees all year to get them ready for the Christmas season.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 3:42 PM EST
|By Andrew Freiden
Although the overall winter pattern doesn’t look snowy, remember that even in a La Niña year, you can still get cold.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 7:29 PM EST
|By Megan Wise
NBC12 First Alert Weather Team, tornadoes in central VA
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 3:09 PM EST
|By Andrew Freiden, Nick Russo and Megan Wise
Heavy rain is likely and could cause some localized flooding on Friday.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 8:48 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and FRIEDA FRISARO and JULIE WALKER
The hurricane center predicted a particularly wobbly forward movement for Nicole as it approaches Florida before crossing into the northwest Gulf of Mexico.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:20 AM EST
|By NBC12 Newsroom
The launch happened just before 5:30 a.m.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Chief Meteorologist Brent Watts
As Robin Reed announces his retirement at the end of 2022, we wanted to take a look back at his impeccable career as a meteorologist, news anchor and public servant.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 9:47 AM EDT
|By Andrew Freiden
Richmond's air quality keeps getting better with only one Code Orange day all summer.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 11:25 AM EDT
|By David Hylton
Snow could be seen on a Virginia Department of Transportation camera on Route 250.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 8:54 AM EDT
|By Nick Russo and Andrew Freiden
A frost or freeze is likely Wednesday morning and again Thursday morning!
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Andrew Freiden and Megan Wise
A few tornadoes, mainly Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, can't be ruled out.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 3:55 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
Over the past two days, NBC12 viewers helped raise $62,000 for the American Red Cross in the Call 12 center.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 10:42 AM EDT
|By Nick Russo and Andrew Freiden
A Coastal Flood Warning and Wind Advisory are in effect on Monday in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Nick Russo, Megan Wise, Rachel Meyers and Andrew Freiden
Ian's remnants bring Friday rain and then another batch late Sunday/Monday
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 12:56 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
The remnants of Hurricane Ian are expected to bring rain to Virginia on Friday and at various times during the weekend.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 1:38 PM EDT
|By Justin Geary
Police say all available state police personnel are on standby for routine and emergency deployment across the Commonwealth
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 3:34 PM EDT
|By Glen Hale
WWSB in Sarasota is providing live streaming coverage of Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Megan Wise and Nick Russo
Tropical Storm Ian forms in the central Caribbean Sea
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Emily Yinger
As Tropical Storm Ian continues to move into the Gulf Coast, here at home Virginia Red Cross is preparing to respond to any impacts from the storm.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press and DÁNICA COTO and ROB GILLIES
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Fiona should reach Canada as a “large and powerful post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.”
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 8:02 AM EDT
|By DÁNICA COTO
More than half a million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service on Wednesday — three days after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the U.S. territory — sending many to line up for hours to fill jugs from water trucks and others to scoop water from mountain runoff.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 10:06 PM EDT
|By MARICARMEN RIVERA SANCHEZ and DÁNICA COTO
Hurricane Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island, and National Guard troops rescued hundreds of people who got stranded.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 9:46 PM EDT
|By Parker King and Nick Russo
Temperatures were near to a little above average this summer across central Virginia.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 12:07 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Friday’s forecast increased the estimated rainfall totals for the affected islands, to as much as a foot in places across eastern and southern Puerto Rico and 16 inches in the eastern Dominican Republic.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 12:31 PM EDT
|By Andrew Freiden
Central Virginia classifies as "abnormally dry" in latest Drought Monitor report.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Nick Russo
A rare three-peat La Niña is expected this upcoming winter.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 12:51 PM EDT
|By Nick Russo
An isolated strong to severe storm is possible late this afternoon into the evening, especially northeast of RVA.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 1:24 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:04 PM EDT
|By Andrew Freiden
More and more people are preparing for the worst by getting generators before the storm so they can keep the electricity on.