Just over a week after deadly flash floods swept through Texas Hill Country, the region may once again face a life-threatening deluge as slow-moving thunderstorms bring heavy rain, flash flooding, and rapid river rises to parts of central Texas Sunday. As AccuWeather reports, a flash flood emergency was issued for southeastern San Saba County, including Colorado […]
On July 4, nearly 2 feet of rain fell in and around Kerr County in central Texas, causing flooding that killed more than 120 people. On July 7, almost a foot of rain struck central North Carolina as Tropical Storm Chantal moved inland. Then on July 8, in the remote village of Ruidoso – about […]
The Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins have entered an active stretch into this week, just in time to jeopardize your 4th of July plans. Here’s where AccuWeather hurricane experts warn there could be potential impacts in the United States during the holiday weekend. Thunderstorms a precursor to potential development Before any potential tropical development occurs […]
A major heat wave has built and taken center stage in the weather late last week and into this next week. AccuWeather meteorologists advised that groups of severe thunderstorms would erupt on the edge of the “heat dome” of hot air. The storms will take on a “ring of fire” effect, erupting first over parts of the […]
The eastern Pacific continues its tropical tear with the fifth tropical storm of the season already in the books and the second hurricane on the way. AccuWeather meteorologists believe Tropical Storm Erick will rapidly strengthen over the next couple of days. It will quickly reach hurricane intensity and become the strongest tropical cyclone in the Northern […]
Last weekend, a catastrophic flash flood roared through West Virginia. Cleanup and recovery efforts are underway in Ohio and Marion counties. Currently, seven people are confirmed dead and two are still missing. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey told FOX Weather that the mountainous terrain around Wheeling exacerbated the impact of floodwaters. “A lot of rain came within […]
In three separate incidents this year – two in June alone – rare deep-sea oarfish, nicknamed “doomsday fish,” have washed up on beaches in Tamil Nadu, India, Tasmania, and Mexico, stirring ancient legends and online speculation. As AccuWeather reports, some cultures believe oarfish are harbingers of natural disasters. The monstrous, snake-like appearance of these huge, […]
The sunniest time of the year is here. Solar Summer – one of the lesser-known versions of the season – has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. As AccuWeather reports, there are many ways to quantify the season. Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer for beachgoers and vacationers across the United States. Weather forecasters […]
Tracking seaweed might sound like a boring job, but the scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab take it very seriously. As AccuWeather reports, at the end of May, they sounded the alarm: Sargassum seaweed is forming earlier and in more abundance than ever this season in the Atlantic — worse than the […]
While the idea of a massive dust cloud from the deserts of Africa hitting the United States might seem like the plot of a sci-fi movie — it’s actually just an annual weather event that can give way to some spectacular seaside sunsets. What is an SAL? What Causes It? Thunderstorms and the jostling position of a […]