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The Sun emitted the strongest solar flare in seven years Thursday, and space weather forecasters are watching to see what impacts this event has on Earth, including displays of the Northern Lights and implications for the power grid, radio communications and GPS.
The ingredients for the potential Gulf system are coming into focus, though it's looking less likely that it will turn into an organized tropical depression or tropical storm.
Embers of doubt have been extinguished as Hawaii officials determine the official cause of the devastating Lahaina wildfire last year that claimed at least 102 lives and caused significant damage.
Skies finally cleared over North Carolina on Wednesday, offering a glimpse of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene.
A disturbed area of weather in the Gulf of Mexico will make for an extended period of squally weather for the Florida Peninsula. The heaviest rainfall is expected to be from the Interstate 4 corridor and southward, where a widespread area could see 4-6 inches of rainfall over the next week. Conditions will be similar to that of a norâeaster with heavy rainfall, blustery winds and erosion along beaches.
Vivid displays of the Northern Lights are possible across the Northern and Midwestern U.S. later this week after the Sun released its second-strongest solar flare in more than a decade.
Sheryl Pfeiffer found herself fighting for her life when Hurricane Helene's floodwaters began to rise around her camper in western North Carolina. Stranded at a campground in Asheville, she and her dog, Carley, faced an uncertain future.
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, authorities are investigating an East Tennessee plastics plant where numerous workers were swept away by floodwaters.
Tropical Depression Thirteen developed in the eastern Atlantic on Wednesday, adding to a flurry of tropical activity over the past couple of weeks.
A consensus has developed among the computer models on how a tropical system will develop in the Gulf, but not where it will organize and where it's going to move.