FOX WEATHER BREAKING

The hottest place on Earth just had its hottest meteorological summer on record, according to Death Valley National Park officials.

A disturbance swirling around Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula this weekend is becoming a growing threat to eventually become at least a tropical depression as it’s forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico next week.

The National Hurricane Center has increased the odds of development into the medium range beginning Sunday and becoming more likely midweek.

Underwater footage recently shot off the coast of Chile reveals a thriving deep-sea ecosystem with a diversity of marine animals, along with a newly discovered undersea mountain.

Researchers believe NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission have provided insights into how the Red Planet lost much of its water supply.

A significant temperature contrast between the warm water in the Great Lakes and the much cooler air above will set the stage for the potential of waterspouts over the next several days. An increase in instability will yield a few showers that could produce waterspouts.

Police bodycam footage shows the moment search and rescue teams save a 7-year-old girl who had become lost in the wilderness overnight in southwest Washington.

A large California bear, clearly tired of the scorching Los Angeles heat, decided to trade in the wild for a tiny backyard luxury.

After monitoring four different disturbances for potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, attention is now focusing on a tropical disturbance that has eyes on the southern Gulf of Mexico just as the hurricane season reaches its climatological peak on Sept. 10.

Two toddlers were found lifeless inside a parked car in Oklahoma as temperatures soared to 90 degrees, according to authorities.