Stay alert for rapidly changing conditions across Alberta during the day Monday and into the nighttime hours. A renewed threat for thunderstorms will bloom over the southern half of Alberta through the day Monday as an active pattern pushes into the region. Severe weather is possible throughout the foothills, including...

Beware a severe storm risk across Calgary and Red Deer on Monday

Lightning forecast for some areas amid 'drying trend'; 4 homes confirmed lost to wildfire south of Golden. The B.C. Wildfire Service says it now considers eight of the more than 320 fires burning across the province as wildfires of note as crews prepare for hot and dry conditions in the south of the province over the long weekend.

2 new wildfires of note in southern B.C. as hot, dry spell begins

Active weather will round out the weekend across much of Alberta. We saw an active Saturday across Alberta as strong to severe thunderstorms slid across portions of the province. The activity will roll into our Sunday as a risk for scattered thunderstorms covers most of the region. Look out for...

Alberta on alert for thunderstorms, heavy rain on Sunday

24-year-old Calgary man had been working with the Rocky Mountain House Fire Base. A 24-year-old Calgary man is dead after being injured by a falling tree while fighting a wildfire northeast of Jasper, Alta. RCMP say they were notified of the incident on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. MT. The firefighter...

Fallen tree fatally injures Alberta firefighter battling Jasper-area wildfire

July turned into a memorable month of shattered weather records across the country. July was a memorable month for weather extremes across Canada. Prolonged heat sparked raging wildfires throughout the western half of the country while folks in the east dealt with flooding from torrential downpours. The extreme weather many...

Long-standing weather records fell across Canada during July

New York State

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Thumbwind Publications

Central New York, Northeast Pennsylvania, and Southeast Coastal Regions Brace for Impact. Binghamton, NY – The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania, highlighting the risk of severe weather over the next few days. The advisory, issued at 2:16 PM EDT on Sunday, August 4, 2024, warns of isolated strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, particularly east of Interstate 81. These storms may bring gusty winds and heavy downpours.

Severe Weather Alert: Hurricane Debby and Severe Storms Threaten Eastern U.S.

Florida State

Fox Weather

First, Europe that was socked in by record levels of dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa. The Atlantic appears to have now taken the lead, with dust levels not seen in years across parts of the basin.

Saharan dust reaches stunning levels in Atlantic. Here's what that means for hurricane season

USA TODAY

Florida is bracing for its first hurricane of the season, track Hurricane Debby's latest path as it takes aim at the Gulf Coast Monday.

Hurricane Debby tracker: Follow storm's path as it washes ashore Florida's Gulf Coast

Tampa, FL

AccuWeather

A hurricane watch has been issued for part of Florida as a strengthening tropical system, soon to become Tropical Storm Debby, approaches the state over the weekend. Tropical Depression Four is forecast to strengthen while moving northward along the Florida Peninsula's Gulf coast this weekend, spreading rain, gusty winds and severe thunderstorms slowly northward. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that not only may the feature become a hurricane, but it may also later stall along the southeastern United States coast next week.

Upcoming tropical storm has Florida, southeast US on alert

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Colorado State

CBS Detroit

As the U.S. sizzles under sweltering summer heat, those hoping for a cool fall may be out of luck. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its latest three-month outlook for August, September and October. The prediction shows above-average temperatures are expected in almost every state through the end of the summer and start of the fall. The Northeast and several states in the West, including Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming, all have particularly high chances — 60-70% — of experiencing temperatures that are hotter than usual for those three months. The Mid-Atlantic and the South...

Map shows above-normal temperatures forecast to continue in fall

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Meteorologist Joe Cioffi

Humidity levels have been creeping higher since Saturday and we are going to be back in the soup for today as well as the week ahead. We will also be dealing with a series of waves moving around the Bermuda high. It is building into the Southeastern US. A southwest flow aloft is bringing up ripples in the flow. It will not be raining all the time but there will be some downpours and a few heavier thunderstorms to deal with during the week ahead.

Very warm humid conditions with waves of heavy rain next 5 days across the Eastern & Southern US

New Mexico State

NBC News

Summer 2024 could be remembered not just for its historic temperatures, but for its successive heat waves with unusual geographic reach. Here comes another one. Federal forecasters say a high-pressure dome over the West is expanding and moving south and east, spreading sizzling temperatures from the Pacific Northwest to the South for much of the first full week of August.

New heat wave to hit West, Plains and South, adding to an already blistering summer

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Tennessee State

John M. Dabbs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has issued a health alert to clinicians statewide following reports of severe acute illnesses and adverse effects of consuming Diamond Shruumz™ brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies. The warning comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of serious health issues linked to these mushroom-containing edible products.

Tennessee Health Alert: Severe Illnesses Linked to Diamond Shruumz™ Products

Hurricane warnings are in effect ahead of the storm’s arrival late Sunday through Monday. A rapidly strengthening storm in the eastern Gulf of Mexico could bring ‘potentially historic’ flash flooding to portions of the southeastern U.S. heavily visited by vacationers. Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Debby to reach...

'Catastrophic' flood risk develops as Debby approaches Florida

Savannah, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Denver, CO

David Heitz

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

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Heat and dry conditions expected in Western Canada, increased wildfire risk

The hot and dry conditions renew in Western Canada through the weekend, fuelling wildfire risk across the region. The brief reprieve from hot and dry weather...

Heat and dry conditions expected in Western Canada, increased wildfire risk

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