FOX WEATHER

Cleanup efforts are underway in a Pennsylvania town south of Pittsburgh after an EF-2 tornado ripped through the community on Saturday, injuring at least two people and sending parishioners of a local church running for safety as it took a direct hit during a service.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just offshore the coasts of Mexico and Guatemala on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Wildfires in western Canada forced thousands of people from their homes as local officials said the combination of the weather and dry conditions led to an extreme threat from blazes. One of the largest fires is the Parker Lake wildfire, which had burned nearly 5,000 acres as of Saturday.

Severe storms on Thursday across Texas produced giant hail and damaging winds. Local National Weather Service offices issue Severe Thunderstorm Warnings when hail is thought to be the size of quarters, but a Johnson City resident said her hailstone was the size of a melon.

A stunning event unfolded Wednesday evening on a North Carolina island after lightning struck three homes quickly within a seven-block radius.

The EF-4 tornado that destroyed much of Bartlesville and Barndsall, Oklahoma on Sunday, left a scar so large that satellite photos picked it up.

While spring has the most notorious reputation for severe thunderstorms and destructive tornadoes, the fall months often bring an uptick in severe weather as the transition from summer to winter takes place.

Sept. 10 marks the climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, as that's the date when the most tropical storms and hurricanes have roamed the Atlantic Basin in the historical records.