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An incoming high-pressure system this weekend promises dry, pleasant weather with low humidity, cool nights, and warm afternoons to aid in post-Hurricane Helene cleanup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the immediate flooding threat goes away, people could face a host of potential health problems from the water — and what it leaves behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temperatures will climb to season-high levels along part of the California coast, while some of the interior deserts may set record highs each day this week in a building heat wave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conditions remain ripe for tropical development in the western Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico over the next week and steering breezes would tend to guide any feature that forms in those waters toward the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While the powerful, destructive wind speeds of an approaching hurricane are used to estimate the storm's category, storm surge is often the greatest threat to both lives and property. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in the Florida Big Bend region and much of the eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Streets were underwater and people had to slosh through sunken sidewalks as coastal flooding inundated parts of the Northeast since Thursday, and it's not over yet. Also, an estimated 40,000 bees were found in the walls of a Maine farmhouse. They were removed safely and relocated Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in the Florida Panhandle, Big Bend region and much of the central and eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive by Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AccuWeather hurricane experts continue to sound the alarm on a high risk of tropical development in the Caribbean and Gulf, which will likely lead to dangerous conditions along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many people consider the September equinox to be the official start of autumn, but for meteorologists, the new season kicks off weeks before the astronomical event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What exactly is a "zombie storm" and how do they form during the Atlantic hurricane season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The next major threat for landfall in the United States may come from a storm that forms next week in the zone from the western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico. An area close to Central America, Cuba and Florida is likely to give birth to the next significant tropical threat to the southeastern United States before the end of September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outside tornado alley, the Empire State does not experience frequent tornado activity like, say, Texas, Iowa or Oklahoma. But this is not a typical year; also, in Southport, North Carolina, the realities of a historic storm played out in real time during AccuWeather's live broadcast when veteran storm chaser Aaron Jayjack witnessed a man's SUV sinking into the bridge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roads and cars disappeared underwater as a tropical rainstorm brought nonstop rain to parts of southeast North Carolina Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dramatic changes are coming to the southwestern United States over the next few days that will be marked by localized flash flooding, gusty winds and even snow as much cooler air moves in and ends the monsoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rapidly intensifying tropical storms and hurricanes are especially dangerous because they can give the public less time to prepare and catch people off guard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rain will hold off for a week or more in much of the Midwest and Northeast, but tropical moisture may say otherwise for some locations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As showers and thunderstorms gather along the Carolina coast this weekend a tropical storm may evolve on the heels of Francine and newly formed Tropical Depression Seven in the eastern Atlantic. And here's essential info for Francine: https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-francine-essential-information/1690608 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Francine will gain strength as it spins northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico with its sights set on blasting ashore in Louisiana with a significant risk to lives and property from flooding and high winds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a stretch of a dry weather and summer-like warmth grips the Central states over the upcoming week, AccuWeather forecasters warn that there may be ramifications downstream as the lack of rain continues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Atlantic hurricane season is showing fresh signs on activity, with a strengthening tropical rainstorm in the Gulf of Mexico posing a risk to the southern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Umbrellas and raincoats will be needed across the Northeast as the weekend kicks off, and may put a damper on football games and outdoor plans before the next batch of fall-like air settles across the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The best areas to see vivid fall foliage this year will be outside of the traditionally popular tourist destinations due to the weather across the United States leading up to peak leaf-peeping season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Residents from Minnesota to Ohio enjoyed another round of striking rainbows last week. Here's why the Midwest seen such a flurry of rainbows recently. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A couple was left stranded in rough ocean waters off the coast of Australia and rescue efforts were delayed due to the conditions. They were sort of just at the mercy of the elements. They would have been moving around quite uncomfortably. It would have been particularly windy, noisy, probably quite wet as well; and a group of 15 co-workers on an office retreat headed up a mountain trail in Colorado last week but when they returned, one of their colleagues was missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Labor Day holiday is turning out to be one of the rare occasions that there is not a named storm in the Atlantic basin. In the upcoming week, however, forecasters say that tropical activity may begin to ramp up. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AccuWeather meteorologists say it will be a soggy unofficial end of summer and beyond as downpours frequent the region. Some of the torrential rain will be enhanced by a tropical rainstorm. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Saturn will be one of the highlights in the night sky throughout September, but the main event will unfold a few nights before the autumnal equinox heralds the arrival of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autumn air will arrive in the Midwest and Northeast just as the calendar flips to September, replacing the recent spell of hot and humid conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drenching showers and gusty thunderstorms will affect some of the United States for at least part of the Labor Day weekend. See what's expected for your area as you make holiday plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AccuWeather meteorologists are expecting the tropical Atlantic to wake up in the coming days as the heart of the hurricane season approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ketchikan Alaska sits on the the southern portion of Alaska’s Inside Passage. It calls itself the salmon capital of the world. But for the 14,000 residents of Ketchikan, a landslide Sunday turned it into a disaster zone. Also, in other heartbreaking news, the body of a hiker, missing since last Thursday, was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park prompted the rescues of more than 100 people. Search and rescue operations began Thursday, when flash flooding swept 33-year old Chenoa Nickerson into the park’s Havasu Creek, according to the National Park Service. A commercial river trip group discovered her body Sunday near mile 176 of the Colorado River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A gradual warmup is coming to a large part of the Northeast for the last week of August, while some areas will have to deal with stagnating temperatures and frequent showers; also, a record run of 100-degree days came to an end in Las Vegas on Friday, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn the heat will return to Sin City and other parts of the West this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many don't know the The Great Lakes region of the United States is often called the "Third Coast" and when the conditions are just right, some take to the waves to surf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the Atlantic hurricane season approaches its peak, AccuWeather meteorologists warn of a dramatic surge in tropical storms and hurricanes, potentially rivaling the record-breaking activity of 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following a taste of fall-like air across the Midwest, a return of mid-summer heat is in store by next week with temperature shooting upward by 20 to even 30 degrees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A terrifying phone video shot by a driver in Texas shows a UPS truck nearly crashing into oncoming traffic Friday before driving off the road and smashing into a tree near McKinney, Texas. The driver passed out after experiencing heat-related symptoms, according to the local Teamsters union. Also, Tragedy struck on Sunday when 24-year-old Skyler Granath was hit by lightning, the first lightning-related fatality of August and the ninth so far in 2024. Granath was fishing in Bear River, Utah, about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City, when a lightning bolt from a nearby thunderstorm struck with deadly consequences. It was the first lightning-related fatality in Utah since 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following a stormy start to the weekend in the Northeast, a storm spinning ashore will continue to produce gusty winds inland across the West, elevating the fire risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a rather wet weekend, a fresh air mass moving down from Canada will usher in crisp and dry conditions to the Northeast. However, Mother Nature will bring a return of warmth the upcoming weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tropical activity may be heating up over the Pacific and not only may one feature being monitored track close to Hawaii, but there may be an increase in trade winds, which could raise the wildfire danger; Also, Bearded fireworms have been found crawling around the Gulf Coast, and accidentally touching one can cause pain for hours and leave your skin sensitive for weeks; And, Utility company officials said a power outage affecting about 11,700 customers in Virginia was caused by a snake. Dominion Energy confirmed about 11,700 customers in Newport News, including Christopher Newport University, lost power Saturday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite more than 100 tropical storms passing close to Bermuda, a decision made 300 years ago has made the islands unusually resilient to hurricanes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heat and humidity could impact cleanup and recovery efforts on the islands where people have been left without power and air conditioning. Also the reward leading to the arrest of the suspect who left a bulldog in taped container amid sweltering temperatures rose to $50,000. You can contact the LVMPD Animal Cruelty Detail with information at (702) 828-3364 or submit tips anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or online at www.crimestoppersofnv.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summers in the US are getting hotter. And they’re also getting longer. The heat over the US has been energized by human-caused climate change and that effect can be most felt in cities. More than 250 million Americans live in urban heat islands with buildings, roads and sidewalks radiating more heat than grass and trees.That can add as much at 20 degrees to already warm temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, along with the U.S. Department of Commerce, are calling on citizens to submit science projects to prepare fisheries and fishing communities for changing environmental conditions; also, a frequently visited arch collapsed in Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, the National Park Service reported Friday in a news release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Once this feature gathers strength and reaches tropical-storm status, it will take the next name on the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season storm lineup, which is Ernesto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Debby accelerates over the interior northeastern United States, torrential rain will ease drought in some areas but bring flash flooding of urbn areas and small streams as well as major river flooding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This weekend will bring one of the year's most spectacular light shows, as the famous Perseid meteor shower peaks, sending shooting stars streaking across the sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Debby will dump a tremendous amount of rain that may exceed 2 feet in some locations, triggering life-threatening flooding and immense property damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following troublesome rounds of rain and severe weather into midweek, downpours from Tropical Storm Debby may add to travel and flooding issues in part of the Northeast to end this week. Major flooding is likely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While many eyes have been watching Debby in the eastern United States, a tropical wave chugging westward over the Caribbean could find a way to develop and impact Texas or Louisiana this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices