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Giant venomous flying spiders may soon start moving northward across the Northeast.

As the Atlantic and Gulf coasts anxiously wade into the first week of what’s been anticipated to become one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record, the tropics have been eerily quiet so far.

The Atlantic remains quiet. The atmosphere over the tropics has yet to flip into a full summertime configuration. Large non-tropical, winterlike low-pressure systems are still parading across the Atlantic waters, dragging cold fronts with them. People from South Florida to Bermuda have been experiencing lower-than-normal humidity and slightly cooler temperatures.

Start your day with the latest weather news. A life-threatening heat wave is baking the Southwest. Possible record-setting temperatures and triple-digit heat index readings are becoming problematic from California to Texas.

Hours after the Federal Aviation Administration gave clearance for SpaceX to launch its fourth Starship test flight from Texas, the space company said it would attempt a launch at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday. Attempts in April and November 2023 ended in failure, with the most recent attempt occurring in March of this year.