AccuWeather Daily

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people making s’mores in their backyard. With that in mind, AccuWeather meteorologists are warning that a strengthening storm will generate a vast field of strong winds to nearly a million square miles of the US later...

The moon will turn red during the first total lunar eclipse since 2022, an event that can be seen across all of the United States and Canada, but cloudy weather is threatening the show for millions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of millions will be shedding jackets and long sleeves in the week ahead as temperatures climb into the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s F in much of the central and eastern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Severe thunderstorms shift eastward across the Gulf Coast states this weekend bringing risks to outdoor plans and travelers. In the strongest storms there may be some risk to lives and property.; also After a break this weekend, the Pacific storm train will resume with both needed and problematic rain and mountain snow for California and many other parts of the western United States next week; and...

The warmest weather since autumn is likely in parts of the central and eastern U.S. in the coming days, but colder air, courtesy of the polar vortex, may pay a visit by mid-March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thunderstorms and tornadoes are starting to erupt more frequently across the United States as severe weather season begins, and the worst of the storms could happen outside of Tornado Alley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Severe weather spawned tornadoes and destructive winds across the southern United States on Tuesday, contributing to nearly 500,000 power outages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Firefighters in North and South Carolina continue to battle wildfires that have scorched parts of the region in the past several days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A significant outbreak of severe weather, including the risk of some nocturnal tornadoes will unfold by Tuesday and continue on Wednesday which will put lives and property at risk in the central and eastern U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While reflecting on an intense rescue made even more harrowing by snow and ice, emergency officials said the heavy snow and open terrain near the peak likely prevented serious injuries. Also, New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles vaccinations. New Jersey health officials announced two new measles cases in addition to ano...

Severe weather, including the potential for tornadoes, is headed to parts of the southern, central and eastern United States next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

February was packed with winter storms and blasts of Arctic air, and as the calendar is ready to flip to March, many are beginning to wonder when warmer weather will take hold across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some parts of the U.S. have had a blockbuster snow season compared to historical average, but others have barely seen any. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dog who was abandoned as Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida last October is overcoming new challenges but, thanks to his new family, he is surviving and thriving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Northwest US is facing yet another storm early this week that will bring a swath of heavy rain, wind and mountain snow. Forecasters highlight the risk for river flooding, avalanches and mudslides will remain high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first "Blood Moon" eclipse since 2022 will cause the moon to change colors on March 13-14, and it will be visible across North America, as long as cloudy weather doesn't spoil the show. Also, red and green 'twilight clouds' were spotted over Mars. The rare clouds have only been seen on Mars a few times in recent years, and are helping scientists unravel the mysteries of the alien atmosphere. L...

Sunshine, a less-stormy weather pattern and an ease back of Arctic air will contribute to milder to warmer conditions for much of the central and eastern United States in the days ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most significant rounds of storms of the winter will impact the Northwest into the start of next week. Also, an Oar Fish washed up on a beach in Mexico. Oar Fish are typically seen as a harbinger of doom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alaska's famous dog sled race was forced from Anchorage to Fairbanks for the 2025 event, due to move due to lack of snow and warm temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The storm, which hammered several states with severe weather and heavy rainfall over the weekend has claimed at least 13 lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arctic air is on the move southward and eastward into the United States in the coming days and will create harsh conditions for millions prior to the end of February. Also, the "superbug bacteria" is the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which resists most antibiotics, causes lung scarring and could cause death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The most significant threat of severe weather including tornadoes and flooding since last autumn will target portions of the south-central and southeastern United States this weekend. Also, a seafood company that lost about 27,000 salmon from a fish farm off the coast of Norway is offering a bounty of about $45 per fugitive fish caught. Mowi, the world's largest producer of farmed salmon, said abo...

A fast-moving, potent storm will deliver inches of rain in California and feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada. The storm will have dangerous, damaging and disruptive consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More storms packing snow, ice and rain are lining up into next week with the last one in the train poised to cause major disruptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Southern California is bracing for one of the strongest storms so far this winter, which could trigger new dangers to lives and property near the burn scars from January's historic wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices