Weather

Weather-wise, June went out with a bang.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Beryl, which became the season’s first major hurricane Sunday, made landfall about 11:10 a.m. Eastern time Monday in the Grenadine Islands, just north of Grenada as a powerful Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 mph. Beryl is packing “life-threatening winds and storm surge” of as much as 6 to 9 feet, and 3 to 6 inches of rain, across Barbados and the ...

As blazing heat settled over the state last month, Idaho’s health department received news that two residents had died due to heat-related causes. They made an unusual decision: rapidly inform the public.

Emily Elliott was searching the water for something precious. Mud. Elliott, a University of Alabama scientist who studies ancient hurricanes, came to this lake on the Gulf Coast for sediment that can unlock the secrets of the violent storms of the past - and offer a glimpse of future tempests as Earth’s climate warms.

The Atlantic normally doesn’t get the conga-line look of tropical waves rolling off the African coast and heading west, one after the other, until the peak of the season. But on Friday, the National Hurricane Center was tracking one tropical wave that’s set to strengthen into Tropical Storm Beryl within the day, as well as another tropical wave right behind it.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has only just begun, and we already have Alberto. The tropical storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico. The next name on the list? Beryl. The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration revealed the official list of potential hurricane names, along with its predictions for the 2024 Atlantic season.  

After below-average temperatures to start the week, warm weather will arrive in Spokane Thursday just in time for the official start of summer.

Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of 2024 hurricane season, has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed for the coast of Mexico.

Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other weather hazard, and the risk of longer and more frequent heat waves is only expected to increase as climate change worsens. Heat disorders such as heat stroke, heat cramps and heat exhaustion are possible with any extended exposure to a heat index at or above 90 degrees.

The National Hurricane Center is eyeing two systems with a chance to form into the season’s first tropical depression or storm including one in the Atlantic that could threaten Florida and one in the western Gulf of Mexico.

“Life-threatening” flooding was ongoing into Wednesday evening in parts of South Florida, as the National Weather Service warned additional rounds of heavy rain were still to come. Cars waded through deep floodwaters in rush hour traffic on major roadways Wednesday night in Miami, as downpours fell even harder after two days of nearly nonstop rain.

The eastern half of the United States faces an intense heat wave starting late this week and peaking next week that could produce dangerously high temperatures over a large area for an extended period. It could threaten records and place vulnerable groups of people at risk from heat-related illnesses.

If you’re seeking relief from the blistering summer heat, resist the urge to dramatically turn down your thermostat.

Spokane and Kootenai counties, both in a slight drought at the start of the season, received a little bit of relief over the weekend.

The heat dome that produced a prolonged and brutal bout of heat in Mexico during May is expanding northward into the Western United States. It is poised to bring record high temperatures from Arizona to the Pacific Northwest this week – with some of the most intense heat in California’s interior.

Washington State University