AccuWeather Daily

The state of Illinois has already seen more tornado reports than it has in any year since records began, while "tornado alley" states are lagging behind this year in the annual tornado tally. Also, a lake in Venezuela the size of Connecticut sits under constant thunderstorms for most of the year, making it the lightning capital of Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first days of summer will sizzle along the Interstate 5 corridor with temperatures set to return to the 90s F early week. Also, Grand Canyon National Park officials are warning visitors of the dangerous weather conditions that happen on a near daily basis during peak travel season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A tropical cyclone that pummeled the Indonesian Island of Sumatra last November, bringing catastrophic flooding and devastating landslides wiped out more than 7% of the global population of the endangered Tapanuli orangutans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists warn that warming Pacific Ocean waters and marine heat waves fueled by El Niño could impact marine life, including sea lions, seabirds and sharks. For the latest on Tropical Rainstorm Arthur check here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A tropical rainstorm that has been gathering downpours along the Texas coast is forecast to evolve into Tropical Storm Arthur. Regardless, torrential rain will lead to life-threatening flooding in the Southeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists are a bit perplexed about a patch of water in the North Atlantic, south of Greenland and Iceland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temperatures will soar in the northwestern United States into the early week with widespread highs in the 80s and 90s potentially being a shock to sensitive individuals. Also, AccuWeather forecasters are monitoring a new severe weather risk for parts of the Midwest at midweek. Plus, pockets of heavy rain will raise the risk of flash flooding across the Gulf Coast states, regardless of whether tropical development occurs in the neighboring warm waters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is a 40% chance that it evolves into a "super El Niño" with global impacts that will last into 2027, AccuWeather experts says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The combination of building heat and humidity will push AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures to triple digits in some areas this week, and may also help boost thunderstorm activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2026 found that 2.1 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water, and the burden falls disproportionately on women and girls. Also, Tropical Storm Cristina will bring excessive rain and flooding to Central America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple studies show that animals struggle to learn and become more aggressive when temperatures rise. Also, strong thunderstorms could unleash damaging winds, hail, isolated tornadoes and downpours through much of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forecasters are monitoring Tropical Storm Boris and a tropical rainstorm early this week, both of which are expected to bring flooding rainfall and gusty winds to portions of southwestern Mexico. Still quiet in the Atlantic basin, but the Gulf could become the focus of tropical development towards mid-June. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is seeking EPA approval to release millions of male mosquitoes in Florida and California as part of a plan to reduce disease-spreading mosquito populations. Also, the infection can be deadly and is driven by a particular type of fungus which lives in the southwestern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific season has formed and could soon become hurricane. Another area of interest has the potential to develop into a major hurricane and bring dangerous weather to Mexico. Also, rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms could trigger dangerous flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country and other parts of the south-central United States through the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tropical Depression One-E forms in the eastern Pacific as a second area with a high risk of tropical development looms to start the hurricane season, while forecasters warn of an active year fueled by El Niño. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tropical development is expected to remain limited as the Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, but forecasters say a shift in atmospheric conditions could raise the chances for activity next week. Also, venomous Portuguese man o' war spotted on Myrtle Beach as summer travel ramps up. Officials warn to steer clear and leave them alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A weather forecast would help determine whether one of the largest military operations in history could begin. The movie 'Pressure' starring Brendan Fraser tells that story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warm Gulf and southwest Atlantic waters could support tropical development close to Florida in early June, while forecasters also track increasing activity in the eastern Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A powerful heat dome has the continent in a death grip. A persistent high-pressure system is trapping hot air. It may remain in place for weeks and is a weather phenomenon made more likely and more intense by human-caused climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Repeated rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms will focus from Texas to the Carolinas, easing drought for some, but raising the risk of flash flooding and travel disruptions through the end of May. With more rain in the forecast, drivers should remember: “turn around, Don't drown,” when they cannot see the road under floodwater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a winter with record low snowpack, and continued dry weather since, the governor of Utah has declared a state of emergency because of the drought. Also, outdoor and vacation plans in a portion of the Caribbean and Florida can be impacted into the first half of June as tropical moisture builds, potentially leading to the first storm of 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An estimated 45 million Americans are expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend, but cooler temperatures could impact outdoor plans. Rain and cool weather gear will come in handy during many outdoor activities and ceremonies in the East, while the West and Midwest will be largely dry and warm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The holiday weekend arrives before summer officially begins, but weather, travel and tradition have made it the season's symbolic starting line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millions partaking in Memorial Day weekend activities may face thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding from Texas to New England. Also, a 3-year-old female wolf that previously traveled to Los Angeles has been spotted in Sequoia National Park, marking a historic milestone for the species. The wolf is the first publicly known wolf in Sequoia National Park in over 100 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Damaging winds, hail and flash flooding are possible as rounds of thunderstorms track from the Plains and Midwest into the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and Northeast through midweek. Also, the human-caused wildfire has burned more than 10,000 acres on Santa Rosa Island, forced the island to close and sent smoke drifting into parts of Southern California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Winter is forecast to make a second comeback in the Rockies as a new storm brings heavy mountain snow, travel hazards and possible power outages across parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah by the early week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

El Niño typically raises the risk of drought in Central America, Southeast Asia, the Sahel and Southern Africa, while increasing the threat of floods in East Africa and South America, according to the UN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study detected Naegleria fowleri, better known as "brain-eating amoeba" in thermal waters at Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Lake Mead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A surge of warmth and humidity will push temperatures into the 80s and near 90° across parts of the Midwest and East next week, bringing mid-summer like conditions after a cool start to May. Also, it was the second bear attack in a national park in less than a week and forced closures of nearby trails and campgrounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weather can influence rodent habitat, food supply and activity, which can affect potential exposure risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New imagery from a powerful NASA radar system reveals parts of Mexico city are sinking at rates of more than 1/2 inch a month. Also, a roller coaster ride of temperature extremes in the northeast and and midwest punctuated by some afternoons worthy of shorts, but also mornings with frosts and freezes, will continue through mid-May before a warmer pattern takes hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A building heat wave will send temperatures soaring across the interior Southwest, with some cities topping 100 to 110 F for the first time this year in the coming days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Eastern Pacific hurricane season starts on May 15, and AccuWeather hurricane experts are warning that El Niño could promote a surge in activity in 2026. Also, heavy, wet snow damaged trees across metro Denver while totals topped 2 feet in parts of the Colorado Rockies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A hailstone picked up by a storm chaser in Texas nearly two years ago has been declared a new state record by officials. Plus, after an unusually stormy spring in the state, Illinois is No. 1 in preliminary tornado reports this year, bucking the historical average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Halley's comet won't zoom by Earth again until 2061 but debris from the famous comet visit twice a year through meteor showers. Also, The AccuWeather Lightning Network detected lightning strikes between 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday near the Marine Science Laboratory building in St. Petersburgt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The moon will be the centerpiece of almost every major astronomical happening in May, including a meet-up with Venus and Jupiter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Energy bills could soar this summer with widespread heat predicted coast to coast. And as the season progresses, El Niño will have a bigger influence on the weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Severe storms with damaging winds, hail and tornadoes will shift from the middle of the United States to the South and East through midweek, with renewed threats focusing on the Gulf Coast by the weekend. Also, a spring snowstorm will blanket the mountains of Colorado into the start of May, providing a small boost in snow following an unusually dry winter season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple rounds of rain and thunderstorms this week will fall across drought-stricken areas of the South, offering short-term relief and reducing wildfire risk in locations that receive soaking rainfall. Also, a storm chaser got to see a rare weather phenomenon in Oklahoma on Thursday: A pair of tornadoes, one circling the other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monstrous hail, strong tornadoes and destructive winds will threaten tens of millions this week as a multiday severe weather outbreak reaches its crescendo. Also, farmers worked through the night ahead of the freeze trying to protect vulnerable crops as temperatures plummeted into the 20s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Air quality alerts are in place for parts of Georgia and South Carolina as wildfires are sending smoke into Atlanta and Charleston. -After a multi-state severe weather outbreak last Friday, at least 80 tornado tracks have been confirmed, including 2 EF3 twisters. -The opening of Lake Lure marks a significant milestone for Hurricane Helene recovery in Western North Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States faces a growing wildfire threat in the coming months, with fires in 2026 forecast to burn between 5.5 and 8 million acres across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dangerous and fast-moving wildfire situation is unfolding across the southeastern US. Several dams neared failure in Michigan and Wisconsin this week as rivers and creeks spilled out of their banks into homes and submerged cars underwater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The state of Illinois reigns supreme for tornado and other severe weather reports so far this year, but that's not the way the map should look like in mid April. Also, CNN's Jacopo Prisco writes that scientists believe they found fresh proof of an ancient ocean on Mars in the form of a “bathtub ring” it left after it dried up billions of years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least six vehicles have been found so far as a stubborn Somerville snow mound slowly melts, revealing dirty ice packed with debris after a winter of 60+ inches around Boston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record-challenging heat will give way to a sharp temperature drop, bringing freeze risks that could threaten buds, blossoms and annual garden flowers across parts of the Midwest and Northeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Typhoon Sinlaku caused significant damage and severe flooding to Guam and the Northern Mariana islands. Also, a breathtaking performance by singer To Athena highlights the quickly melting Morteratsch glacier in southeastern Switzerland and accelerating ice loss due to climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Extreme meteorologist Dr. Reed Timmer intercepted a tornado on Monday as a stormy week of severe weather got underway in the central United States. Also, a major crash blocked lanes and forced closures in both directions near mile marker 216, a heavily traveled corridor through the Rockies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices