Atlantic Coast

High winds and heavy rainfall is the forecast through Thursday for New England as a bomb cyclone makes its way up from the mid-Atlantic coast.

President Barack Obama has signed a new law that will give hundreds of thousands of homeowners living in flood-prone areas relief from big jumps in insurance costs.       Lawmakers from both parties supported the measure in response to angry homeowners who faced sharp premium hikes after an overhaul of the government's flood insurance program two years ago...

Residents in the Northeast are getting a one-two punch of snow and bitter cold.  A winter storm has dumped over a foot of snow in some areas and now dangerously cold temperatures are settling in.  Parts of the Atlantic coast are getting wind gusts over 30 miles-per-hour and temps have dropped into the single digits across much of New York.  ...