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Deadly West Virginia flooding won't be the last of this week
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
More stormy downpours for Northeast, but big heat is on the horizon, plus Denver to hit 100 as heat surges to new heights in central US
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 time of the year when the sun is highest in the sky and can make for sweltering to dangerous conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oregon's Rowena Fire threatening thousands; plus will your Father's Day activities get rained out?
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 County.. It’s 5% contained as of early Saturday morning. Plus, thunderstorms could interrupt some outdoor Father’s Day plans this weekend, but not everyone will need to have a raincoat or umbrella at the ready before heading to the golf course or the ballpark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eastern Pacific churning out more tropical storms
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
A crucial system of ocean currents may collapse. What would that mean for the world?
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
Why has a hurricane never crossed the equator?
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
Barbara becomes first hurricane of 2025 season
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
Hazy sky to persist as Canadian wildfire smoke and Saharan dust invade US
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
Radar astounds scientists, chasers as 'monster' tornado approaches city, plus 'No Shadow' Day
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 storms to hammer central and eastern US; eyes on Caribbean for tropical development
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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two rare ‘doomsday fish’ wash ashore, sparking global superstition
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
Two rounds of tropical trouble brewing in Atlantic
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
Thunderstorms to spread across in the West this week
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
Phenomenon that could have led to water loss on Mars discovered by NASA
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
Canada wildfire smoke reignites U.S. air quality concerns and Atlantic may spring to life soone
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 during the second week of June in waters from the Caribbean to the Gulf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tropical storm Alvin forms in eastern Pacific; also a Swiss village was buried under a landslide
Tropical Storm Alvin continues to move northward over the eastern Pacific and is expected to bring downpours to northwestern Mexico on Saturday. Also, a massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under rocks, mud and water. At least one person is missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First heat wave of the season to bake West with 100-degree temps
The hottest weather of the season so far is on the way for many places across the interior West as the first heat wave of the season looms. But, how long will the heat last? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eyes on the southwest Atlantic for early-June tropical development
Forecasters are monitoring multiple zones near the southern U.S. and Central America for potential tropical development in early June, as hurricane season kicks off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A 'Cosmic Joust' between a pair of galaxies 11 billion light years away
This distant snapshot of the two galaxies in the process of merging into one large galaxy is about 11 billion light-years away. The observations provide a rare look into earlier times in the universe, when star formation and galaxy mergers were more common. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Storms to pack a punch with damaging winds, flooding downpours this week
The severe weather siege will continue across the South Central states right through the extended holiday weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Your Memorial Day Weekend Regional Forecast: Nice in the West, downpours in south, chilly in the NE, dry in the plains
While the West will be best, and some may shiver in the Northeast, dangerous conditions from flash flooding and severe thunderstorms will lurk from the southern Plains to the interior Southeast on Memorial Day. Plus, AccuWeather meteorologists are keeping an eye on possible tropical development in the Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Does a green sky mean a tornado is coming?
An ominous green sky is often associated with severe weather, but not every storm causes the sky to change colors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Atlantic hurricane season is almost here, and conditions are primed for 'rapid intensification'
How many hurricanes will there be this year? Will this season be worse than 2024? AccuWeather meteorologists have the answers to these questions and more ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Memorial Day weekend rain, storms to riddle northern Rockies to Gulf
Memorial Day weekend rain, storms to riddle northern Rockies to Gulf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
'It’s a war zone': Communities pick up the pieces after deadly Kentucky tornadoes
At least 19 people have died across the state, with 17 fatalities reported in Laurel County, one in Pulaski County and another in Russell County, according to Governor Andy Beshear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Storm-stricken central US braces for more volatile weather ahead
Tornadoes and flooding will be among the hazards that threaten more than a dozen states as a new outbreak of severe weather looms early in the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
17 dead, over 700,000 without power as new tornadoes, storms sweep across central, eastern US
A new round of severe weather turned deadly on Friday with multiple tornadoes tearing across the central United States, including one that prompted an urgent and rare tornado emergency in Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New severe weather outbreak looms for next week in central US ... 720 million birds flew across the US
After a small lull in severe weather on Sunday, conditions may once again turn dangerous for many over the central United States by early next week. Also, Scientists using weather radar tracked 720 million birds in flight in the U.S. as they migrated northward across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Everglades dry up as worst drought since 2012 hits Florida ... Relief on the way for hot and dry central US
Parts of The Everglades have run dry as Florida suffers its worst drought since 2012, shuttering parts of local businesses and causing fish kills. Also, Dry conditions and, more recently, a surge of extreme heat contributed to wildfires in parts of the north-central United States. However, AccuWeather meteorologists say that some relief is on the way--at least in the shorter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Damaging storms, tornado threat to intensify in Ohio and Tennessee valleys
After somewhat of a lull in tornado activity in recent days, that threat may kick into high gear starting late this week over part of the central United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How climate change is influencing tornadoes
When looking at climate's effect on tornadoes, recent research has examined raw numbers, tornado strengths, and the location of Tornado Alley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rounds of severe weather to escalate in central and eastern US during mid-May
Severe weather will continue in the Southeast and northern Rockies in the short term, then expand and shift to a large part of the Central and Eastern states as the week progresses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Signs say stinky, scratchy seaweed summer simmers, plus hot weather on the way for West and Central States
Record levels of Sargassum in the Atlantic may pile up on Florida and the Gulf Coast this summer. Plus, a few dry days on the way for the Northeast, hot weather will arrive in Southern California and the Central US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Needed southeast US rain could become too much, plus a Mysterious Smoke Ring in the Sky
Rain will pour down for days in parts of the southeastern United States into next week and that could go well beyond being beneficial for drought--flooding problems may ramp up; a mysterious, dark smoke ring was seen over Kansas on Monday, but scientists say smoke rings like this are usually man-made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Worst tornado season since 2011, two states top the list
The 2025 tornado season has been the worst since 2011, with most of the tornadoes tracking through two states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gyre could jump-start tropical activity ahead of hurricane season
The first tropical storm of the year could spin up later in May before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season begins on Sunday, June 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Soviet spacecraft to crash land on Earth in less than 2 weeks
Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972, but will soon make an uncontrolled return to Earth. Here's where the defunct spacecraft may crash land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Halley's Comet to set off meteor shower Monday night
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is about to peak, and will be sparked by debris from Halley's Comet -- one of the most well-known celestial objects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Summer of heat, thunderstorms, and drought on the way in the US
AccuWeather's 2025 U.S. summer forecast, calls for frequent heat and worsening drought across a large area of the country. Meanwhile, millions will face a summer of thunderstorms and a looming tropical threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Weekend storm could be SoCal’s last rain for months and Solar Summer is Here!
Rain and snow are returning to California and parts of the West, but significant drought relief remains unlikely for many areas in need. Also, it's the brightest time of the year across the Northern Hemisphere as solar summer is underway. Here's how it differs from meteorological and astronomical summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Severe storms to rattle East repeat in south-central US this week
Severe weather will persist day after day this week, threatening lives and property across more than a dozen states from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Also, A Florida man is being called a hero after swimming into a gator-inhabited lake to rescue a struggling bald eagle — and the dramatic moment was caught on camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mild May nights to deliver planets, Flower Moon, and the last meteor shower until July
A shift in the weather pattern and a trio of astronomy events will make May a great month for stargazing, starting with a meteor shower on May 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Frosty nights to persist across interior Northeast well into May
Did you buy and plant flowers and vegetables yet in the Northeast? You may need to keep a close eye on the chilly nights ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid and Flooding will continue on lower Mississippi River
Arkansas tornado survivors denied federal aid after Trump rejected disaster declaration. Also, as flooding cycles on the Mississippi Delta region, more rounds of heavy rain are on the way and could spark new flooding along small streams and perhaps some rivers in the central United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Severe storms with monster hail, high winds, and tornadoes to rock central US
As the daily dose of severe weather continues over parts of the central United States into next week, the risk to lives and property can be heightened by repeating storms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New England ski resorts open into May after blockbuster snow season and Arson blamed for massive New Jersey wildfire
After a very snowy winter, with 39 feet at one resort, some ski resorts in the Northeast are staying open well into May. Also, a 19-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with the massive Jones Road Wildfire, which has forced evacuations, and sent smoke pouring into New York City—triggering air quality alerts for millions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wildfire season in US could 'rapidly escalate' amid building heat and drought
Fires could burn more than 7 million acres in 2025 as the United States faces a volatile year for wildfires, including areas devastated by Hurricane Helene last September. Weather conditions improved in New Jersey Wednesday, aiding firefighters battling a large wildfire that burned more than 8,500 acres in the southern part of the state earlier in the week. That briefly shut down the Garden State Parkway and prompted evacuations for about 3000 people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Downpours target central US with flash flooding risks but also wildfire relief
There's good news for some hoping for rain, but too much of a good thing could aggravate flooding problems in parts of the central United States this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Earth Day’s roots still shape 2025’s goals
Earth Day turns 55 on Tuesday with a new mission: Unite for renewable power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Damaging thunderstorms to shift into the Ohio Valley on Monday
Severe thunderstorms shift eastward into the Ohio Valley on Monday, with the active weather pattern expected to persist almost daily this week. Also, dozens of ‘high-water incidents’ were reported as a ‘historical weather event’ unfolded in Oklahoma. A woman and a 12-year-old boy died overnight Saturday after floodwaters swept their vehicle off the road in central Oklahoma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices