Before a hurricane earns a name and threatens land, it often begins as something smaller and lesser-known: a tropical wave. What exactly is a tropical wave and why does it matter? As AccuWeather reports, tropical waves are clusters of showers and thunderstorms that are the seedlings of many of the storms that develop throughout the […]
The official start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t start until June 1, but the AccuWeather hurricane experts are already keeping an eye on the potential for tropical development. “A close eye will have to be kept on the far southwestern Atlantic during the first and second weeks of June as atmospheric conditions are expected to become […]
Summer 2026 is expected to bring a volatile mix of heat, severe thunderstorms and flooding to the United States, with El Niño developing and flexing its influence on the weather pattern. Where will it be a hot summer? As AccuWeather reports, another hot summer is predicted across most of the contiguous United States in 2026, […]
After a long winter that dumped over 60 inches of snow on the Boston area, a massive “snow pile” that took months to dissolve, has finally melted away. What emerged from a massive snow pile in Somerville, Massachusetts, just northwest of downtown Boston, were cars and debris piles that had been buried for months. More than […]
Flooding sent giant chunks of ice crashing into Michigan homes last week after record snowfall melt and rounds of heavy rain created dangerous flooding around the Great Lakes. As AccuWeather reports, the statewide flooding dashboard from the Michigan Police showed 40 counties under a state of emergency (red) and road closures due to flooding at dozens of locations. Worse […]
Explosive wildfire activity in Georgia and across the Southeast last week has destroyed dozens of homes and sent people fleeing as drought conditions show no signs of improving anytime soon. As AccuWeather reports, Georgia remains under a state of emergency with a historic burn ban covering 91 counties in the southern part of the state. Fires have consumed […]
Severe thunderstorms are known for producing hazards such as dangerous winds, damaging hail and large, destructive tornadoes. But medical experts say there’s another reason to take precautions before a storm. “Thunderstorm asthma” was first reported in the 1980s in England and Australia, and doctors have described it as an attack of asthma that starts or […]
Ongoing drought is expected to worsen and continue raising the wildfire risk across multiple parts of the United States this spring, with vast areas facing heightened drought and fire danger in the weeks ahead. As AccuWeather reports, abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions persist across the Southeast. A front pushing through the region this weekend […]
A man in his 40s died after being struck by lightning during a storm in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the evening of April 15, marking the first lightning-related fatality in the United States in 2026, according to the National Lightning Safety Council. As AccuWeather reports, emergency responders were dispatched around 7:43 p.m. to a gas station in Waukesha […]
The sight of an eerie, almost fluorescent green sky before a fierce thunderstorm is sometimes perceived as a warning sign of an approaching tornado, but forecasters say that this long-standing myth might not be true. As AccuWeather reports, scientists aren’t completely sure why some intense thunderstorms turn the sky green, but research meteorologist Scott Bachmeier at University […]