Tornado Updates

Tragedy struck a rural Illinois community as an 88-year-old couple died in Tuesday's heavy rain flash flooding.

The 1-in-30-million orange lobster was caught off the coast of Canada and "accidentally delivered" to a Red Lobster in Pueblo, Colorado.

Members of an uncontacted indigenous tribe were recently seen on a riverbank in a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest amid the increasing presence of loggers.

A strong high-pressure system is sprawled across the Atlantic. The high is a mountain of air, and the flow of air down the mountain suppresses any significant development under its dome of control. In addition, flow around the south side of the big high is dragging a giant plume of Saharan dust across the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Nearly the entire southern U.S. is bracing for a prolonged stretch of wet weather that could set records in cities like New Orleans and Atlanta thanks to a stalled-out cold front that will trigger numerous rounds of torrential rain and thunderstorms from the Southwest through the Southeast and into the mid-Atlantic.

Start your day with the latest weather news. A cold front that has been traversing the country this week is slowing down across the southern U.S., becoming a focus for repeated heavy rain in parts of the region.

Jose Abreu is recovering after being bitten by a shark in the Florida Keys on Monday. Abreu told Miami’s FOX affiliate WSVN that his friend witnessed the encounter and was quickly able to shove a spear into the shark’s mouth to stop the attack.

A state known for its status as the headquarters of global finance, media and apple production is now making headlines for another reason: tornadoes.