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Flood watch in effect with chance of tornadoes and hail in Illinois and Indiana
CHICAGO — A flood watch is in effect for several Illinois counties as well as northwest Indiana as storms are expected to continue through late Wednesday night, officials said.
The watch covers portions of Illinois including Boone, central Cook, DeKalb, eastern Will, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, northern Cook, northern Will, Ogle, southern ...Read more
Kansas town is lucky to see no tornado deaths. But manufacturing center is 'gone'
OTTAWA, Kan. — Kendal Anderson had just moved from Kansas City to Ottawa two months ago, bringing his wife, Natalie, and their five children to their new home after securing a job at TruComp Pipe, a manufacturer of high-pressure gas and oil pipes.
On Monday evening, a EF-2 tornado from the west swept through four blocks of the Franklin County...Read more
After tornado hits Kansas town, daylight shows wreckage. 'You could hear the roar'
OTTAWA, Kan. — Randy and Gwen McCurdy stood on their porch off Main Street on Monday night in Ottawa, Kansas, scanning the sky for signs of the storm.
Then the sirens sounded.
“There was no rain,” said Randy McCurdy, 70. But then it descended. In sheets. “You couldn’t see the other side of the street.”
Moments later, they ...Read more
Rare tornado touches down in NorCal during wild weather weekend
A tornado touched down on Sunday afternoon as part of the wild weekend weather happening throughout Northern California.
The tornado only touched down for a brief moment — roughly for one minute, from 2:05 to 2:06 p.m. — according to the National Weather Service.
It occurred in an unpopulated, rural area in Tehama County, about four miles ...Read more
New York, DC set to swelter under record heat next week
A blast of hot weather will sweep into the eastern U.S., toppling records, sparking energy demand and bringing sultry conditions to New York City and Washington by the middle of next week.
Washington will likely reach a high of 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees Celsius) on the National Mall on Wednesday, while New York’s Central Park is set ...Read more
What to expect from the 2026 hurricane season? The first major forecast is out
It’s as if no time has passed since Florida residents let out a collective sigh of relief after a quiet hurricane season came to a close in November.
But June 1, the start of hurricane season, approaches. And with it, comes new predictions.
The earliest of which was released Thursday by Colorado State University, a school renowned for its ...Read more
California may be in path of a 'super' El Niño. It could bring rain, floods, coastal erosion
LOS ANGELES — You're going to hear a lot about El Niño this year.
The term refers to warmer-than-average waters along the equatorial Pacific that can influence weather across the globe, raising the odds of searing drought in some regions and torrential rain in others. Indicators increasingly suggest such an event will develop later this ...Read more
Dramatic weather shift brings significant Southern California cooldown, possible rain
LOS ANGELES — March in Southern California has been marked almost entirely by unusually warm temperatures, but the month is set to close out with a cooler spell.
A dramatic shift in weather will drop temperatures across the region this week and bring a slight chance of rain — a pattern more typical for early spring than the summer-like ...Read more
Staying hot: Las Vegas to endure more record heat this weekend
LAS VEGAS — Tired of the spring Las Vegas heat? You’re in luck because a major cooldown is on the way. But not until next week.
Expect more record-breaking temperatures this weekend as the historic March heat wave begins to wane. Daytime forecast highs for Saturday and Sunday will be in the low 90s. Saturday’s record high is 91 (set in ...Read more
Staying hot: Las Vegas to endure more record heat this weekend
LAS VEGAS — Tired of the spring Las Vegas heat? You’re in luck because a major cooldown is on the way. But not until next week.
Expect more record-breaking temperatures this weekend as the historic March heat wave begins to wane. Daytime forecast highs for Saturday and Sunday will be in the low 90s. Saturday’s record high is 91 (set in ...Read more
El Niño is on the way: What that means for California's weather
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Earlier this month, scientists at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued an “El Niño Watch” for this summer. They said there is a 62% chance that El Niño conditions will appear from June through August, growing to 83% by October.
That triggered a lot of hype about “Super El Niños,” “...Read more
Up to 5 storms predicted to impact US in AccuWeather hurricane season forecast
Despite a prediction of a slow hurricane season, up to five tropical systems could still make an impact on the United States this year, according to the forecast released Wednesday by AccuWeather.
One of the first annual prognostications for the season, which officially runs June 1-Nov. 30, calls for 11 to 16 named storms — of which four to ...Read more
Why hurricane season could bring fewer but stronger storms. See predictions
MIAMI — Strong winds across the Atlantic could make it harder for storms to form, potentially pushing the 2026 hurricane season below average, according to AccuWeather’s newly released forecast.
The forecasting service predicts 11 to 16 named storms, including 4 to 7 hurricanes and 2 to 4 major hurricanes.
Last year, AccuWeather’s 2025 ...Read more
US Southwest heat wave tumbles records, raises fire risk
Nearly 9.5 million people across the U.S. Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave continues to topple records and raise the risk of wildfires as far away as the Great Plains.
Las Vegas reached 96F Saturday, a record for the date, while the nearby local National Weather Service office hit 97F for the second day in a row...Read more
Colorado weather: Record-breaking heat, fire danger returns to Front Range
DENVER — Colorado is seeing another day of record-breaking heat and dangerous fire weather on Saturday before a slight cool-off is set to begin Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Denver quickly broke the daily high temperature record on Saturday, with mercury at the airport hitting 81 degrees by 11:05 a.m. and still rising. ...Read more
Hawaii hit with more flooding as heat tops records in West
Heavy rains were being dragged across Hawaii by a “Kona low” for the second time in two weeks, prompting residents to flee their homes and closing roads across the island chain.
Evacuations were ordered in the Waialua and Haleiwa sections of northwest Oahu after flooding threatened a dam in the area, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency ...Read more
Why unprecedented March heat wave in California has experts worried about what comes next
LOS ANGELES — The most destructive wildfires in Southern California history. The region's wettest holiday season. The hottest March heat wave on record.
In the last 15 months, the Southland has seen a trio of extreme weather events, and UC climate scientist Daniel Swain says there's one clear through line connecting them all.
"All of the ...Read more
What does the March heat wave mean for California's fire season?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The five-day heat wave that broke records across California and the West this week is winding down, with temperatures in the Bay Area forecast to fall from the 90s to the 70s in many places over the weekend.
But the effect of the overall hot, dry month of March is likely to be felt all summer, experts say, through increased...Read more
Dozens of temperature records shattered across SoCal as historic March heat wave sizzles on
LOS ANGELES — Southern California is gearing up for a third straight day of record-breaking temperatures as an unusually long and strong March heat wave pushes the mercury up to 35 degrees above normal.
L.A. and Ventura counties broke more than a dozen daily temperature records Tuesday when Woodland Hills reached 101 degrees, Burbank hit 99 ...Read more
Ice builds as Michigan endures historic blizzard
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A historic storm that dumped more than 4 feet of snow on parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula tapered off Tuesday, but ice accumulated in northeastern lower Michigan and other locations as more than 90,000 people still lacked power, and some roads remained impassable.
A station near Round Lake in the U.P.’s Luce County...Read more
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