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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic on Monday morning and is forecast to grow into a major hurricane by the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time update, the newly formed storm was located about 280 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands and 2,305 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands of the ...

Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western U.S. are in the offing for the coming week. The Gifford Fire, about 125 miles (201 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, had burned 113,648 acres and was 21% contained through Saturday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, commonly known as Cal Fire. So far, 809 people have ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ready to set your alarm?

Temperatures are ramping up in the Inland Northwest over the weekend, laying the groundwork for a hot start to next week.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday continued to keep track of two systems in the Atlantic that could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm. As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical advisory, the closest was a weak area of low pressure located a couple hundred miles offshore of North Carolina with a few disorganized showers and thunderstorms. ...

There’s a risk of flooding in parts of the Southeast and toward the Appalachians through at least the middle of the week, fueled by a combination of a tropical disturbance near Florida and a dip in the jet stream over the central United States.

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased the odds two systems could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, including one near Florida’s coast, while newly formed Tropical Storm Dexter continued to churn in the Atlantic.

MINNEAPOLIS — For most airline passengers, rumbles and shakes at 37,000 feet might jolt nerves or spill a drink. But a Delta Air Lines flight that made an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport late Wednesday offers a lesson in the real dangers of severe turbulence. While U.S. airlines boast a consistent safety record, rough air is the leading cause of injury on ...

Thunderstorms brought isolated downpours, power outages and hundreds of lightning strikes on Wednesday evening, some of which sparked brush and house fires, and more storms are on the way, according to the National Weather Service Spokane. 

During severe thunderstorms, rising air shoots icy pellets the size of Dippin’ Dots ice cream into the bitter cold of upper atmospheric layers. There, supercooled water freezes onto the small particles to form hail, which then falls when it gets too heavy for the storm’s upward draft.

Spokane’s hot streak will continue through Wednesday and into the beginning of August, according to Joey Clevenger, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

Monday’s cool temperatures and rain will extend into Tuesday.

Natalie Newman believed she had done everything she could to get ready for Helene. Before the hurricane carved a path of destruction across the Southeast in late September, she assumed it would be like other storms she’d experienced in five years of living in Asheville, North Carolina. So Newman took her usual precautions: packing a go-bag, stocking up on food, moving her car uphill from her apartment on the banks of the Swannanoa River.

The Commerce Department has indefinitely suspended work on a tool to help communities predict how rising global temperatures will alter the frequency of extreme rainfall, according to three current and former federal officials familiar with the decision, a move that experts said will make the country more vulnerable to storms supercharged by climate change.

A rural home west of Kennewick was destroyed when gusting winds pushed a wildfire through extremely dry grass and brush Monday night. Witnesses first spotted two to three fires burning by some railroad tracks about 10:30 p.m. near 47502 E. Badger Road, said Jenna Roberts, Benton County Fire District 1 public information officer. Fire quickly engulfed a nearby house as well as several vehicles ...

The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday a system moving over Florida remains disorganized, but could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm after it moves over land and into the Gulf this week.

High winds propelled a fire in Okanogan County that forced evacuations Monday afternoon.