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.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services said Atlantic beaches in Suffolk County would remain closed to swimmers through Saturday morning due to hazardous rip currents from the storm that are expected to remain over the weekend. Earlier in the day, the department had said the closures would last until Saturday night.

The newly-discovered ecosystem surrounding a hydrothermal vent could give scientists clues as to how life began on Earth.

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

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.

Erin became a post-tropical cyclone on Friday. The National Hurricane Center is no longer issuing advisories on the storm. Forecasters are monitoring two other areas of the Atlantic Ocean for potential development.

Hurricane Erin lashes Bahamas and Turks and Caicos with winds, rain, and flooding as forecasters track a new Atlantic tropical threat.

A powerful storm tracking up the Atlantic Ocean risks disrupting firefighting efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador, but officials in both provinces say they are prepared. Hurricane Erin should stay far offshore on Friday and Saturday,