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Record-challenging heat will give way to a sharp temperature drop, bringing freeze risks that could threaten buds, blossoms and annual garden flowers across parts of the Midwest and Northeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Typhoon Sinlaku caused significant damage and severe flooding to Guam and the Northern Mariana islands. Also, a breathtaking performance by singer To Athena highlights the quickly melting Morteratsch glacier in southeastern Switzerland and accelerating ice loss due to climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Extreme meteorologist Dr. Reed Timmer intercepted a tornado on Monday as a stormy week of severe weather got underway in the central United States. Also, a major crash blocked lanes and forced closures in both directions near mile marker 216, a heavily traveled corridor through the Rockies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Video shows a rare tornado touched down near Vina, California Sunday, but it couldn't be rated on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Also, the first meteor shower in more than three months is about to peak, and viewing conditions are nearly ideal this year due to the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A surge of early-season heat will build across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic this week, with some areas nearing record highs, while storms and wildfire risks complicate the forecast. Rounds of thunderstorms will bring a multi-day risk of heavy rain and severe weather to the central US, with Tuesday bringing the highest threat for damaging storms. Storms moving into the West through the early week...

A "Super El Niño” is defined when temperature anomalies exceed 2.0 degrees Celsius, a rare threshold that has only been reached a handful of times since 1950. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The four-day Masters Tournament at Augusta National is expected to stay warm and rain-free, on track to become the first totally dry tournament at the club since 2011. In the Plains and Great Lakes regions, rounds of thunderstorms will bring repeated downpours and localized severe weather, raising the risk of flooding and damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes into next week. Learn more ab...

When scientists arrived to measure snow on a California mountain, there was none, something that's only happened once before in the historical record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study examining microwave radiation data from NASA's Juno mission provides some clues as to why the lightning bolts on Jupiter may be up to 10,000 times more powerful. Plus, rain will bring much-needed drought relief to Florida this week, but repeated thunderstorms may lead to localized flooding, while strong onshore winds create dangerous surf and rip current risks along Atlantic beaches. A...

Following a break from record-smashing heat, warmer weather will return across the West, complicating drought and fire mitigation in the region. Also, Fairbanks, Alaska, just emerged from a record-shattering streak of cold weather that included more than 30 nights with temperatures of 40 degrees below zero. And a third Kona storm in three weeks will bring drenching rain, flooding and mudslide risk...

When temperatures threatened one of the world's most prized wine regions, some growers reached for fire — while others turned to a more icy solution. Also, since 2020, 31 privately owned homes have collapsed along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to erosion and storm impacts, most in villages near Rodanthe and Buxton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From summerlike warmth to chilly coastal air and rounds of rain, much of the East will face a chaotic stretch of weather through Easter before a quieter, warmer pattern emerges next week. Also, water restrictions on the South Rim are not uncommon due to breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline, which was built in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A multi-day storm pattern will trigger shifting zones of severe weather from Texas to the Great Lakes and East, including threats of high winds, hail, a few tornadoes and flooding downpours. Also, a strong earthquake struck offshore early Thursday morning, local time, prompting a tsunami alerts across the region, including parts of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Learn more about your ad...

NASA is targeting a 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday liftoff for Artemis II, the first crewed mission around the moon since 1972. Forecasters say clouds and winds are the main concerns. Also, a dust storm spanning more than 1,000 miles made its way across northwest Africa Monday, documented from weather satellites above and residents on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Heavy thunderstorms this week may bring hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding rain from the Plains to the Great Lakes, disrupting travel and outdoor plans into Easter weekend. Also, rounds of snow and ice will sweep from the Upper Midwest to northern New England later this week, raising the risk of slippery travel and power outages as ice and snow accumulates on trees and power lines. Learn...

Multiple storms will move into the West through the week bringing a break from the heat and rain and mountain snow. Also, the combination of dry conditions and gusty winds will raise the risk for wildfires to start and spread across the Plains this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lyrid meteor shower will be the highlight of the night sky in April, and will be followed up by a tight-knit duo shining in tandem after sunset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 2,000 weather stations set new daily heat records during the heat wave, causing 7 entire states to set new March temperature records. A series of storms will bring cooler air, spotty thunderstorms, rain and mountain snow to some regions next week, though drought and wildfire relief may be limited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Preparedness is critical as 3–5 direct U.S. impacts are expected during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida faces one of its driest periods in decades, with severe drought gripping most of the state, fueling wildfires and raising concerns as rainfall remains limited heading into the early stages of the wet season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A western United States heat wave will continue to shatter records with days of triple-digit temperatures this week, but a shift in the jet stream could bring cooler air and relief to the region before the end of March. Plus, a meteorite crashed through a Texas home after a fireball lit up Houston skies—learn how NASA tracked this rare impact event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

A new Kona storm will bring more rain to Hawaii just days after historic rainfall, increasing the risk of flash flooding, mudslides and travel disruptions across the islands through the weekend. Plus, warm air surging north will clash with cold air and bring the risk of severe thunderstorms, rain and even some snow to the Midwest and Northeast ahead of an early-week cooldown. Learn more about your...

Storms this winter coated the Northeast and Great Lakes with surplus snow, while the West stayed in a snow drought. Also, the eastern monarch population in Mexico saw a 64% increase while populations in California were the third lowest on record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Camp leaders are partnering with AccuWeather to improve real-time alerts after the catastrophic 2025 Hill Country flooding. AccuWeather’s new services can help camps and first responders nationwide better prepare and better protect communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warm air to again surge into the Midwest and Northeast into this weekend with some cities nearing records, but another push of cooler Canadian air will return by early next week as the temperature ups-and-downs continue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices