Best Hurricane Storm Trackers and Weather Apps for Cord Cutters
Hurricane and Inclement Weather Apps and Channels:
- State Website - Your home State often has local official emergency notices and updates. Many states also post breaking weather alerts to their social media pages.
Great sites to keep you updated:
Tropical Tidbits - Awesome website for storm tracking.
CNN Text Only website: This is a written text version of their website great for slow Internet connections
Best Ways to Receive Live Storm Coverage Updates
Antenna: This is the single best piece of cord cutting hardware you can own to receive local weather, and news. If the power goes down, and unless you have a portable generator and good supply of fuel you need this:
Emergency Weather Radio: A small battery operated weather and storm tracker radio is mandatory to have on hand in case of a bad storm, tornado or hurricane.. Also, be sure and keep a nice supply of extra batteries on hand.
Live Streaming Weather Channel Apps
NewsON: A brilliant local news app for weather, storm and local news. It's available for Roku, Fire TV and mobile devices. Local affiliates like CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox and more provide news video clips. NewsON apps can be found here.
Your Local News Affiliate App or Website: Most local affiliates have their own app or Roku Channel. This is a great resource for local news, sports and weather. Here is a Huge list of Local News channels available on Roku.
CBS All Access: also offers live broadcast which may be available in your area. Watch both live local news and also national news on local CBS affiliates. Their streaming service can also be used on phones and tables. Click here for a FREE TRIAL then download their Google Play App for Android. Or for iPhone, try their "CBS" App.
WeatherNation: The WeatherNation app has streaming national and local weather reports. It has apps for a wide range of streaming devices and can be watched on The Roku Channel, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Android mobile devices, iPhone/iPad, Kindle Fire Tablet, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, and smart TVs.Their full app list is here. WeatherNation can also be watched free on Pluto TV and from a web browser.
Weather4us: It can be accessed on their website or from their Roku Channel. Near the top is a category specifically for current hurricane coverage.
The Weather Network: can be watched directly from their website here.
AccuWeather: While this weather app has video reports they are not always streamed live. Watch both Local and national weather reports. Apps are available for Apple TV, Android Mobile, iPhone/iPad, and Windows 8.1/10/mobile. Also check out their website.
Weather Channel: The Weather Channel is available on Frndly TV and FuboTV. But if you don't subscribe to either service, here is website or Twitter page for updates. Here is their apps page
Sometimes they are on SirusXM and broadcast a free audio stream during some hurricanes.
Sometimes they are on SirusXM and broadcast a free audio stream during some hurricanes.
YouTube News Channels: Here is a page for official News channels on YouTube.
Haystack TV Local & World News App: This is another app on Apple TV, Roku and Android that has a consolidation of TV streaming clips from various news channels like ABC, and others.
