Extreme weather

Flash floods hit Oklahoma City early Sunday, causing road closures and rescues. More than 9 inches of rain fell in some areas, prompting safety warnings.

"The disturbance is expected to become a tropical depression later today or tonight and become a tropical storm," the NHC said.

"July was by far California's hottest month on record, blowing previous records out of the water," weather analyst Colin McCarthy said.

One warning cautioned that the situation in the Capitol was "dangerous and life threatening."

A man living in North Carolina was found dead after a tornado destroyed his house on Thursday.

A Wilson county middle school suffered heavy damage as Tropical Storm Debby made a second landfall in the Carolinas.

A recent survey found that roughly 70% of Americans were impacted by waves of extreme heat.

The 5.2 earthquake was felt as far away as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, and at least 49 aftershocks shook the epicenter area.

High winds and rain swept through Greater Cleveland late Tuesday afternoon, leaving nearly 400,000 homes and businesses without power.

Hundreds of firefighters tackled the blaze, which is being investigated for arson.

The hurricane has left five people dead, including a 13-year-old in Florida and a 19-year-old in Georgia who died when trees fell onto their homes.

Storm Debby has killed six people and could be set to break rainfall records in the region.

Debby will reach Florida as a Category 1 hurricane.

The National Hurricane Center has warned of "6 to 10 feet of inundation above ground level expected."

Hurricane Debby nears Florida, threatening severe flooding and winds; multiple Southeast states declare emergencies as region braces.

The weather system is expected to make landfall in Florida on Monday.

"For people without effective cooling, especially heat-sensitive groups, this level of heat can be deadly." the NWS said.

State officials have been warned about the potential tropical storm this weekend.

"Our study shows that the beginning of the eruption was not just visually spectacular, but was also geochemically so," geologist James Day said.

The blaze is now the fifth-largest fire in the state's history and the largest currently burning in the U.S.

Windstorm insurance in Texas is set to become more expensive for thousands of homeowners living in vulnerable areas along the Gulf Coast.

"A tropical depression could form later this week while the system is in the vicinity of the Greater Antilles or the Bahamas," the NHC said.

Friefighters are battling harsh conditions to fight the state's biggest wildfire of 2024.

A Belgian tourist suffered severe third-degree burns on his feet in Death Valley.

There will be other fires and other storms, and our states and communities will need the talents and toil of national service members.

The wildfire is thought to have been started by arson and is now the largest fire California has seen so far this year.

A 16-year-old went into cardiac arrest following the lightning strike, but paramedics were able to get a pulse before reaching the hospital.

An Oregon blaze, the largest in the country, keeps growing as new wildfires in California force residents to evacuate.

Weather data shows that the hottest day since 1940 occurred on Sunday — and then was immediately surpassed the next day.

Huge areas of the western U.S. are forecast to experience temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week.