The difference between weather and climate

This week brings a great opportunity to see the Orionid meteor shower.

Colors are changing quickly with leaves nearing peak in areas along the Blue Ridge Parkway and across the Highlands.

NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting Thursday, Oct. 1, for the launch of its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station.

A look at estimated peak colors times across Southwest and Central Virginia.

This year's colors could be the best in years. Here's how weather and nature work together for the annual color transformation.

Track the latest tropical systems and research Virginia's hurricane history.

There are more than one hundred of these specially trained meteorologists around the country and one of those just happens to be based at the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg.

Birds or bugs detected on radar Friday afternoon making their way south for the winter.

An injured bird typically found near the ocean was discovered under a car in Halifax.

The shorebird likely came in with the remnants of hurricane Laura.

We have all seen how quickly natural disasters can unfold. Hurricanes, tornado outbreaks, flooding and even pandemics. Some give a little more warning they are coming than others. September is designated National Preparedness Month and WDBJ7 is joining forces with the City of Roanoke and Virginia Department of Emergency Management to keep the conversation of preparedness going all month long.