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On Sunday, July 27, Tampa, Florida, made history by hitting 100 degrees for the first time since record-keeping began in 1890. A day later, the thermometer at Tampa International Airport topped out at 95 degrees in the afternoon, a narrow miss for a second consecutive day of triple-digit heat. For Northern dwellers who dream of sunshine and beaches in the dead of winter, and even Floridians who boast about their heat hardiness, the fact that a Florida city had never officially reached 100 degrees came as a surprise—and for many, disbelief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hurricane Erin will continue to strengthen as it approaches the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico, where it will threaten with tropical downpours, pounding surf and strong winds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The waters off California have grown quieter, and scientists are listening. New research from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has found a sharp decline in the number of blue whale songs detected in the California Current Ecosystem following a prolonged marine heat wave. The study, which spanned six years of acoustic monitoring, revealed that blue whale vocalizations dropped significantly during and after the climate event known as “The Blob.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While the most likely track keeps Erin offshore from the U.S. East Coast, shifts in the storm's path could bring strong winds, heavy rain, and coastal flooding to parts of the eastern United States and Bermuda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The stretch of dry and hot weather will be put on pause this week in the Northeast as disruptive thunderstorms drench the region on Wednesday. In other news, the Lee Fire rages in Colorado amid severe western wildfire season. Fires fueled by severe drought and gusty winds are rapidly expanding across the West, with major blazes burning in Colorado, California, Utah and the Grand Canyon region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erin has formed in the eastern Atlantic and is forecast to be the first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season. Erin will be a long-track storm and will eye the United States next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The start of autumn may feel like an extension of summer across most of the United States ,but colder (and snowier) weather is in the forecast. Here's what you can expect in your area this fall. Meteorological fall starts on Monday, Sept. 1, while astronomical autumn starts on the equinox Monday, Sept. 22. But when will it actually feel like fall when you step outside? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wildfires are intensifying across California and the western United States, fueled by extreme heat, dry fuels and gusty winds pushing several into megafire territory. California is also facing 14 other active fires across the state, including the Gifford Fire raging in the Los Padres National Forest. The Gifford Fire has grown to over 104,000 acres and is 21% contained, as of Saturday morning according to CalFire. Farther east in Arizona, the Dragon Bravo Fire along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has scorched nearly 135,000 acres since a lightning strike ignited it on July 4. It is the largest wildfire blazing in the lower 48 states and is 36% contained as of Saturday morning. Dozens of fires are active in Nevada, Utah and Arizona. In other news, three people were airlifted from Antarctica in a high-risk rescue mission this week, after medical emergencies at a remote U.S. research base required urgent evacuation through some of the harshest flying conditions on the planet. The mission, conducted by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, involved a non-stop round trip of nearly 20 hours through total darkness, subzero temperatures and highly volatile weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heavy rain from Georgia to North Carolina is triggering flash flood risks in major cities. More flooding could hit coastal areas later this week, with up to a foot of rain possible if a tropical system develops. Two people died after their vehicle was swept off a flooded road and into a ditch in Nash County, North Carolina. Officers attempted a rescue, but both victims were carried away by fast-moving water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Powerful thunderstorms that erupt over portions of the Plains and Midwest into this weekend pose a significant risk to crops and property. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AccuWeather meteorologists have more than Dexter on their radar as far as tropical concerns with multiple areas being closely monitored in the Atlantic basin, including close to the United States. Also, even though most playground equipment is no longer metal, AccuWeather found dangerous conditions on a playground using a thermal camera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As cooler air sprawls in the eastern United States, heat will throttle up in the zone from west of the Rockies to east of the Interstate 5 corridor in the week ahead. The heat and winds will spur new wildfires. Also, Americans may disagree on whether to call them fireflies or lightning bugs, but the weather has made for a great year for the blinking bugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Days of downpours and flash floods will ruin outdoor plans and create dangers in parts of the southeastern United States into this week, while a wedge of cooler and less humid air over the interior will be brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A trio of astronomical events will unfold in less than one week throughout August, including the famed Persied meteor shower and a must-see early morning gathering of planets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The quiet time for Atlantic may not last much longer as an area of interest may soon challenge the break. The next tropical storm will be named Dexter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This rare type of storm can cause widespread wind damage for hundreds of miles, and has wind gusts over 100 mph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A big change in the weather pattern will arrive in the Northeast around the same time the calendar flips to August. But before the shift, millions will contend with high humidity and potentially flooding downpours. Pluse, heads up Hawaii, the first hurricane of the 2025 season, Iona, in the central Pacific basin will increase the wildfire risk for the island chain this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An astronomical doubleheader will light up the summer sky, bringing the best chance to see shooting stars in months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The hottest day of the year, historically speaking, can range from June to September depending on where you are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The thunderous roar of the American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls was silenced for six months in 1969, and photographers captured unique perspectives of the once-in-a-lifetime event. To see the pictures: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/niagara-falls-was-shut-off-in-1969/1797179 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rounds of severe thunderstorms will extend from for more than a thousand miles from the Plains to the Northeast in the coming days. The greatest threats will be from damaging winds and flash flooding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A potential tropical rainstorm will be watched closely for evolution to a tropical depression as it wanders westward over the northern Gulf into this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive heat dome will be long-lasting and unforgiving across large areas of the United States in the coming weeks, with AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures occasionally surpassing 110. Also, 'Corn sweat' will make this week's heat wave feel even worse. What is that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While the Caribbean remains quiet, an area close to the United States bears watching in the coming days for tropical activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms will bring risks for severe weather and flash flooding this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A long stretch of blistering heat is on the way for portions of the Plains and southern United States, while breaks from the heat and humidity will become much more frequent in the Northeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fast-moving water is about 800 times denser than air. Just a few feet of floodwater can exert more pressure than an EF5 tornado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Torrential downpours that can trigger dangerous flooding is the main threat from a tropical rainstorm along the north-central Gulf coast for the balance of this week. Southern Louisiana is in the crosshairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recovery teams, including local deputies, state officials, out-of-state crews, and hundreds of trained volunteers, are out every day working in dangerous, neck-deep waters filled with twisted debris, chemical runoff, and snakes. The search zones are physically brutal and emotionally charged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A tropical rainstorm will drench Florida through midweek before possibly strengthening over the Gulf and threatening Louisiana with flooding and tropical impacts. Also, flash flood watches stretch across the East Coast as heavy rain snarls travel, submerges roads and strands vehicles from D.C. to New England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three areas are being monitored for potential tropical development, one of which could bring localized flooding and rough surf to parts of the Southeast. Also, the risk for flash flooding returns to the southern Plains a week after the devastating flooding in Texas Hill Country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The risk for flash flooding will return to the southern Plains a week after the devastating flooding in Texas Hill Country. Is your house in a flood zone? This map has the answer FEMA interactive map: https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Search and rescue operations are still underway after catastrophic flash flooding swept through Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing three people, including two children, and destroying homes and vehicles, leaving a tourist-dependent mountain town once again in crisis. Also, blistering sun and July heat and humidity will provide challenges for recovery and cleanup efforts. While a break from the rain is wanted and underway, the sun and heat can be brutal during July, and the days ahead will be no exception, even though conditions will be fairly typical for the time of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Portions of the eastern United States will remain at risk for more episodes of flooding downpours and thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts into this weekend. Also, over 200 earthquakes have been detected around Mount Rainier, Washington, raising eyebrows during the biggest swarm of tremors in nearly two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Severe thunderstorms and torrential downpours capable of producing flash flooding will both repeat and jump around from day to day over the central United States through the remainder of this week. also, an area from the southern Atlantic coast to the northeast Gulf is being watched closely for tropical development around the middle of July, similar to where Chantal developed earlier in the month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flash flooding will remain a localized threat in central Texas through midweek, even as storms carry slightly less moisture than last Friday. Also, along the Atlantic coast, a slow-moving front will bring the risk of torrential rainfall and flash flooding to parts of the eastern U.S. this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flash floods in Texas killed at least 80 and left dozens unaccounted for, including 10 girls and one counselor missing from a summer camp after the Guadalupe River surged early Friday following torrential rain. Also, the weather also turned deadly in New Jersey last week with a powerful line of thunderstorms swept through central New Jersey on Wednesday, leaving a trail of damage, widespread power outages and at least three fatalities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flash floods killed 24 and left 25 girls missing from a summer camp after the Guadalupe River surged following torrential rain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The danger comes from corded phones or mobile devices being actively charged during a storm. If your phone is charging and you're holding it when lightning hits, you're connected to your home's electrical system—putting you at risk. Taking a shower, washing dishes or even running water from the tap can also put you in harm's way. Even non-metal pipes can conduct electricity through the water itself. An insurance adjuster in Cape Coral, Florida, recently filmed heavy damage in a bathroom due to a lightning strike. Also, got outdoor plans for the Fourth of July? AccuWeather has you covered with an array of information across the lower 48 United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tropical development is possible from the southern Atlantic coast to the northeastern Gulf through the first full week of July, while Hurricane Flossie continues to churn in the eastern Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Storms that erupt over portions of the central and southeastern United States could disrupt Independence Day activities. Also, a double meteor shower is on the way at the end of the month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An extreme and dangerous heat wave responsible for highs of 30-40 C (90s to low 100s F) will only slowly east in part of Europe and persist in other areas as the first week of July progresses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As is often the case during the Independence Day holiday, thunderstorms will be on the prowl in some areas and part of the southern United States may need to watch the tropics. However, many areas will be free of rain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A week-long heat wave set over 2,800 record high temperatures in towns across the nation, with some spots measuring their hottest June or all-time temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the wake of Andrea's short tenure over the open Atlantic, tropical trouble can soon occur closer to home, with a risk of development from the eastern Gulf to the southeastern Atlantic in early July. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two people were bitten by sharks on Hilton Head Island within one week, and a 9-year-old girl was seriously injured in Florida. Experts stress that shark attacks remain rare. Another danger during the summer outdoor season is lightning and several incidents have been reported this month. The latest one happened Tuesday afternoon. Emergency services responded to a call at Lake Murray Dam, located around 15 miles west of Columbia, South Carolina, where 20 people were hit by a single bolt of lightning. And a beach umbrella turned dangerous in Asbury Park on Wednesday morning when strong winds sent it airborne, impaling a lifeguard as she set it up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Relief from the heat in the Midwest and East is coming gradually for some, abruptly for others. Also, The women are lucky to be alive after a bolt of lightning struck the hut they were under while vacationing in Marco Island, Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could occur this week as a tropical rainstorm tries to organize over the open ocean but will not impact the US. Also, the AccuWeather HeatWave Counter and Severity Index™ factors in both the length and severity of a heat wave, helping to better inform and prepare Americans for scorching conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices