Once the front pushes through overnight, we'll get a short-lived break from the excessive humidity. Tuesday and Wednesday will feature highs in the upper 80s, which is close to where we should be this time of year. Tuesday isn't completely dry, as a few isolated afternoon showers or thunderstorms could still develop, but the coverage looks much lower.
A 2.0 magnitude earthquake was reported just before 8am in the town of Leslie, South Carolina, which is just east of Rock Hill.
Tropical Storm Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also may hit the U.S. after running into Mexicoβs Yucatan Peninsula.
Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water, a new study said.
California sizzled to a triple-digit temperature so hot that meteorologists need to verify it as a planet-wide high mark.
Specialists from the University of Memphis are traveling to North Carolina to monitor aftershocks of this past weekendβs 5.1 magnitude earthquake, the school said.
Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, making it the earliest βJ-namedβ storm in a record-setting hurricane season.
A magnitude 2.9 aftershock on Tuesday rattled the North Carolina town where a 5.1 earthquake on Sunday shook items from grocery store shelves and caused damage to homes and businesses, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it moved through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan.
