Friday will be our transition day. We'll still have some sunshine, but clouds will become more noticeable throughout the day, and temperatures will top out in the upper 70s. An east-northeast breeze will bring in cooler air, so it won't feel quite as warm as the past few days.
Firefighters are battling wildfires in Belgium and Greece, with a massive blaze scorching a nature reserve in eastern Belgium. A fire on a Greek island has killed two people.
Indiana public safety officials say at least six people have died during days of storms and historic flooding in the state. Liz Woods, a spokesperson for the state Department of Homeland Security, said Sunday that a 4-year-old boy, two men and three women had died.
A new survey shows three out of four small businesses in western North Carolina are still earning at or below pre-Helene revenues.
Local officials and homeless service providers are deploying resources across Charlotte, Cornelius, and Huntersville on Thursday and Friday to assist vulnerable residents through a dangerous weekend heat wave.
The U.K. has recorded its hottest day of the year, with temperatures hitting 38.1 degrees Celsius in west London. This surpasses the previous high of 38 degrees recorded in June. Britain and France are experiencing their fifth heat wave of the year.
Dangerous heat dominates our afternoons for the next several days. Heat indices are expected to climb between 103° - 108°.
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed Wednesday, but this storm is no threat to the U.S. or any other land areas. As of late Wednesday afternoon, Cristobal was located about 880 miles west of the Azores with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm is moving east at about 25 mph and is expected to turn more east-northeast while gradually slowing down.
Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth will briefly plunge parts of the planet into darkness.
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