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A week-long heat wave set over 2,800 record high temperatures in towns across the nation, with some spots measuring their hottest June or all-time temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the wake of Andrea's short tenure over the open Atlantic, tropical trouble can soon occur closer to home, with a risk of development from the eastern Gulf to the southeastern Atlantic in early July. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two people were bitten by sharks on Hilton Head Island within one week, and a 9-year-old girl was seriously injured in Florida. Experts stress that shark attacks remain rare. Another danger during the summer outdoor season is lightning and several incidents have been reported this month. The latest one happened Tuesday afternoon. Emergency services responded to a call at Lake Murray Dam, located a...

Relief from the heat in the Midwest and East is coming gradually for some, abruptly for others. Also, The women are lucky to be alive after a bolt of lightning struck the hut they were under while vacationing in Marco Island, Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could occur this week as a tropical rainstorm tries to organize over the open ocean but will not impact the US. Also, the AccuWeather HeatWave Counter and Severity Index™ factors in both the length and severity of a heat wave, helping to better inform and prepare Americans for scorching conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Record-smashing daytime temperatures near 100 degrees are expected for millions from the Plains to the East Coast this week, while nighttime temperatures may stay above 80 in some metropolitan areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This surging heat wave can be especially dangerous due to high humidity levels and a lack of consistent heat in many areas so far this year. In Chicago, it can be the "most intense heat wave in years." Also, NASA raised the chance for an asteroid to hit the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rounds of severe thunderstorms hammered the I-95 corridor Thursday, bringing damaging winds, torrential rain and intense lightning to major metro areas including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City. More than 600,000 customers lost power across the region at the height of the outages. That number was down to around 300,000 by Friday morning, according to PowerOutage. US. Learn more ab...

A push of much cooler air will arrive in the West and will set off some high-elevation snow to go along with spotty thunderstorms and gusty winds that can raise the wildfire threat level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tropical Storm Erick formed as anticipated and is likely to rapidly strengthen as feared prior to approaching the southwestern coast of Mexico prior to the end of this week with the effects of a major hurricane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least 6 people were killed by flooding in West Virginia over the weekend, and the forecast is for more rain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moisture will not be in short supply for the next week or so in the Northeast and Midwest, as evidenced by high humidity levels and frequent showers and thunderstorms, AccuWeather meteorologists say. But around the official start of the summer season, building heat in the West is forecast to fight its way to the East. In addition, the heat wave in the central United States will occur around the ti...

There’s a wildfire burning out of control in Oregon, close to the border with Washington and it has forced the closure of several major roads and hundreds of evacuations. Firefighting crews are having a tough time keeping up with it with gusty winds in the area threatening to continue its rapid spread.  Over 3800 acres have burned in the Rowena Fire since it started on Wednesday afternoon in Wasco...

The eastern Pacific may soon have its forth tropical storm of the 2025 hurricane season. Meanwhile, the Atlantic is still in a holding pattern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A meteorological principle related to the Earth's rotation dictates that tropical storms cannot cross the equator, but a couple have come close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Saharan dust and wind shear suppress tropical development in the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific has come alive, one of two active tropical cyclones becoming a hurricane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More smoke and dust are ahead for the northern, eastern and southern states into mid-June, as AccuWeather meteorologists continue to track Canadian wildfires and dust sweeping in from Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a major tornado approached Lubbock, Texas, meteorologists and storm chasers were amazed by what they saw on a radar screen. Also, twice a year, areas in the tropics experience an eerie phenomenon that makes photographs look unnatural, but a few clouds at the wrong time can spoil the unique solar event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Severe weather may show no mercy for parts of the central United States with a daily risk in some locations. Storms will also reach into parts of the East as well. AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking tropical downpours in the Carolinas and an area of stormy weather that can develop in the western Caribbean before mid-June. At least one will directly affect the United States. Learn more about y...

Oarfish sightings in India and Australia have reignited fascination with the deep-sea creatures long linked to natural disaster legends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring two areas in the southwestern Atlantic basin for tropical development for the first two weeks of June. At least one will directly affect the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Showers and thunderstorms began in the Southwest to end the weekend, but AccuWeather meteorologists say that more areas in the region will get wet throughout much of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new research comes after a decade of exploration by NASA's MAVEN mission shows evidence of an escape process known as "sputtering," during which atoms are knocked out of the atmosphere by what are known as "charge particles.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a quiet stretch during much of 2024, wildfire smoke from Canada is once again drifting into the United States. This time, AccuWeather meteorologists say that smoke will drift through parts of the Midwest over several days and can be thick enough in some areas to raise health and travel concerns. Also, AccuWeather meteorologists are homing in on potential tropical development in the Atlantic...