Last summer's 5.8-maganitude earthquake that struck the D.C. region has caused officials to review and alter earthquake emergency plans.

D.C. Mayor Vince Gray has appointed a task force to determine what can be done about the flooding that plagues the Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods in Northwest D.C. during heavy rains.

Tech Tuesday explores how government planners, farmers, energy companies and a range of other businesses use climate and weather data for short and long-range planning.

Voters in Fairfax County will determine the fate of a $30 million floodwall to protect one neighborhood along Cameron Run frequently hit by major floods.

Drought watches are in effect for the Northern Piedmont and Roanoke River drought evaluation regions.

Drought is generally considered an environmental albatross, but in the case of the Chesapeake Bay, dry conditions have diminished the appearance of seasonal dead zones.

This summer has been the hottest on record, but as unpleasant as the sweaty days have been, the resulting explosion in mosquito population will be an even itchier problem to deal with.

Pepco wasn't the only one under fire at a Maryland Public Service Commission hearing on the company's storm response last night; the commissioners themselves became a target of Montgomery County residents' ire.

We head to NASA Goddard to learn more about space weather, solar cycles and an upcoming launch to study radiation belts near Earth.

Pepco customers polled by the Washington Post say the company did a poor job of restoring power after the June "derecho" storm, but most of them aren't willing to cover the total cost of burying power lines.