The Atlantic coastline is vulnerable to tsunamis triggered by earthquakes and landslides across the ocean basin

Satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Hurricane Erin as it swirled off of the U.S. coast on Aug. 11, 2025.

The United States Geological Survey reports a major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean

An Air France flight performed a turnaround over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 19 after the pilot reported a right engine failure. The Paris-bound flight departed JFK International Airport in the early morning on Tuesday.

On Saturday at 5:02 p.m. the Nation Service issued a coastal flood advisory in effect until Sunday at 2 a.m. for Atlantic and Ocean counties.

Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, formed as a tropical storm on August 11, intensifying into a Category 1 hurricane before weakening to a post-tropical cyclone. Despite the storm’s diminishing strength,

Steve Callahan's life changed when his boat took on water in 1982, causing him to flee to his life raft. For the next 76 days, he floated 1,800 miles alone in an inflatable life raft, learning to fish and make water.