On Saturday morning, about 50 million people were under some form of heat alert, either an excessive heat warning or heat advisory.
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Hurricane Bonnie, a Category 3 and rare crossover storm, powers up off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
After making a rare crossover into the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean, Hurricane Bonnie powered up Tuesday to a Category 3 storm.
Tropical Storm Bonnie forms in Caribbean, expected to hit Central America later Friday
After several days skirting the northern coast of South America as an unnamed tropical system, Tropical Storm Bonnie finally formed Friday morning.
Gulf Coast could see ‘torrential rain’ as tropical system lurks; Bonnie may form in the Caribbean
A tropical system in the Caribbean may develop into Bonnie, and another system in the Gulf of Mexico may bring ‘torrential rain’ to the Texas coast.
Tropical Storm Bonnie? Forecasters tracking 3 Atlantic systems, including one in Gulf of Mexico.
One system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring drenching rains to portions of Texas and Louisiana this week, potentially resulting in flash flooding.
5 planets are aligned in a rare ‘parade’ this month. Here’s when to see the sky spectacle.
Five of the planets of our solar system aligned this month in a spectacle that won’t be seen again for 20 years.
First Southern California lightning death in years reported as unusual June thunderstorms hit region
The storms come as an area of low pressure off the coast funneled monsoonal moisture into the region.
‘This is serious’: Millions under heat wave warnings as triple-digit temps move east
More than 100 million Americans were under some form of heat warning or advisory Monday from a withering, potentially record-breaking heat wave.
Carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere soars to levels not seen for millions of years, NOAA says
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now at levels not seen since millions of years ago when Earth was a hothouse ocean-inundated planet
What is a derecho? These ‘inland hurricanes’ can cause tremendous damage
Sometimes referred to as an inland hurricane, derechos are among weather’s most destructive phenomena. Here is what you need to know.