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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

“If you don’t have the right weather, you will not have the right production. And with low yields, obviously your cost of production goes up.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meteorological fall starts on Sunday, Sept. 1, but for many, it will take much longer before cool, crisp autumn weather arrives. Get all of the details with AccuWeather's 2024 U.S. fall forecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While development of a tropical rainstorm may be slow initially, the storm may strengthen as it approaches Florida this weekend with an uptick in downpours, thunderstorms and surf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

August is packed with unique astronomical sights, including the most popular meteor shower of the year and a convergence of two easy-to-spot celestial objects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress on this day in 1776. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beachgoers were lounging on their towels and playing in the ocean when a dark cloud appeared on the horizon. But this wasn’t your typical rainstorm—it was a massive swarm of dragonflies! Also, the Alpha Capricornids from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, according to the American Meteor Society. Together, these showers can produce up to 20 meteors per hour, making it the best chance to see shooting stars since the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in early May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The location of the ridge across the West and Central states will play a major role in the pattern, impacting monsoonal activity, temperatures and even transportation of wildfire smoke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While dry air will provide rain-free weather with rare late-July low humidity and cool nights for much of the Northeast this weekend, there will be some trouble lurking just offshore over the Atlantic; Also, thunderstorms have been a frequent flyer in parts of the Southwest and just about non-existent in other portions of the region. However, that will soon change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While the tropical Atlantic is quiet now, that could change in a hurry come August with at least one system already being tracked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The airline has confirmed approximately 20 injuries among staff due to the incidents, with one flight attendant requiring stitches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A familiar setup where severe thunderstorms and flash flooding may be daily visitors will return to portions of the northern Plains and Midwest next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The changes are small — a matter of milliseconds a day — but in our high-tech, hyperconnected world have an important impact on computing systems we have come to rely on, including GPS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disruptive thunderstorms will erupt over the southeastern United States on a daily basis through next week, helping to ease drought while also bringing dangers to those with outdoor plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daniel Sharkey said the lightning "came straight through the tree," and he believes that the tree saved his life. "If it was a direct hit, I probably wouldn’t be here today. I am lucky that tree was there." New York Fireball: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-known-about-the-daytime-fireball-seen-over-the-new-york-metropolitan-area/1670535 Missy Elliott to Venus: https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/nasa-transmits-a-missy-elliott-song-to-venus/1670203 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States is way ahead of normal this year for tornadoes, but could the year end up being the worst ever? Severe weather has been a frequent occurrence across the United States this year, with an unusually high number of tornadoes, which has propelled 2024 toward the top of the list of the most active tornado years on record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A line of powerful thunderstorms hammered the Midwest Monday afternoon into Monday night, leading to at least one fatality as winds howled over 100 mph. What is a derecho? A derecho is a long-lived complex of thunderstorms that produces widespread wind gusts over 58 mph over an area at least 400 miles long. The Midwest is one of the areas of the United States where derechos occur most frequently, although they can occur in other parts of the country as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An end of the heat is in sight for all of the Midwest and Northeast and much of the Southeast before the week comes to an end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was hot enough to cook eggs and melt crayons across parts of the West, but pictures from the hottest place on Earth were not what they seemed. 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 new round of heat combined with high humidity will build in the eastern United States from Sunday to Tuesday and some areas will challenge record highs set in the 1800s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous as some struggle to access food, gas and medical care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The hurricane, which peaked as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean, bombarded Texas with flooding rain, destructive winds and storm surge earlier this week, upending lives and causing billions in economic damage. Also, Hurricane Beryl set plenty of records as a tropical storm, then set more after it came ashore and spawned tornadoes. And South Korea’s highest mountain is facing environmental damage from an unexpected source – instant noodles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A motorcyclist has died from suspected heat exposure in California's Death Valley National Park where officials are warning visitors that the temperature can rise as high as 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, June 2024 was hotter than any June previously on record, leaving people exposed to life-threatening temperatures and more extreme weather, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said Monday. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A 3,300-year-old ship has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered and rewriting our understanding of sailing in the ancient world, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beryl's next stop will be in Texas, where the storm is forecast to make landfall early Monday as a hurricane. Should the storm stall over the Lone Star State, heavy rain and flooding problems could become extreme. •Beryl will make landfall along the Texas coast by early next week as a hurricane but it could turn northward along the coast at the last minute •Storm preparations should be completed by Sunday afternoon along the southern and central Texas coast. •Beryl could stall over Texas, which may result in excessive rainfall and widespread, major flooding in some areas early next week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices