LAS VEGAS — The worst of Las Vegas’ record summer may be over. But the heat-related death toll continues to rise, with at least 224 deaths where heat was a factor.

Generally, experts say heat deaths are undercounted across the country, and the Clark County coroner’s office can take up to 90 days to declare heat a contributing factor in ...Read more

BILOXI, Miss. — Hurricane Francine strengthened Wednesday afternoon to a Category 2 storm just before it made landfall on the Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

The storm struck 30 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana with maximum winds of 100 miles per hour.

Francine strengthened to forecasters surprise. Forecasters ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Francine made landfall about 6 p.m. Wednesday in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 100 mph, said the National Hurricane Center in its 6 p.m. update.

Meanwhile, a new depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic and could become a tropical storm in the ...Read more

Hurricane Francine is expected to bring torrential rain, heavy winds and potentially life-threatening storm surges to the central Gulf Coast when it makes landfall in Louisiana later on Wednesday, meteorologists said.

Francine, the year’s sixth named storm, was upgraded from a tropical storm on Tuesday after strengthening over the warm waters...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Francine is on track to strike Louisiana’s coast with 100mph winds and up to 10 feet of storm surge Wednesday afternoon, the third storm to make U.S. landfall this season.

The National Hurricane Center’s forecast again calls for Francine to hit as a Category 2 storm after the hurricane strengthened overnight in the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dry and warmer-than-usual weather is expected in the Kansas City area over the next couple of days before a chance of rain moves in for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Wednesday’s sunny skies are expected to make it the hottest day of the week, with temperatures climbing just shy of 90 degrees. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The summer of 2024 has tied another record in Las Vegas weather history.

With a high of 102 on Tuesday, it was the 100th day with a high of 100 or more. The same also occurred in 1947.

And that 1947 mark has a chance to be broken Wednesday as the Las Vegas office of National Weather Service forecasts a high near 100 with a red ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Francine formed in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday evening and is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. advisory, the center of Francine was located about 150 miles east of the mouth of the Rio Grande River and 350 miles southwest of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to grow into a hurricane Tuesday and shift toward a landfall on the north Gulf Coast in Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. advisory, the center of Francine was located about 135 miles east of the mouth of the Rio Grande River and 360 miles ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to grow into a hurricane Tuesday and shift toward a landfall on the north Gulf Coast in Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the center of Francine was located about 125 miles southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande River and 395 miles ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to grow into a hurricane before landfall this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In the NHC’s 11 a.m. EDT advisory, Francine was located about 245 miles southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande River and 480 miles south-southwest of ...Read more

A storm system in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane early this week, bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and potentially life-threatening storm surges to parts of the Texas and Louisiana coastlines.

The system is forecast to become a tropical storm on Monday as it moves north, with storm watches in effect for parts ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday increased odds for a Gulf of Mexico system to become a tropical depression or storm while chances for two Atlantic systems increased as well.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern tropical outlook, the broad area of low pressure in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico had increased showers and thunderstorms.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center increased the chances a tropical wave moving into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. forecast, the system was over the Bay of Campeche with disorganized showers and thunderstorms but expected to interact with...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The record-breaking heat wave pummeling Southern California will continue through the weekend, delivering a miserable combination of triple-digit highs and unrelenting overnight heat.

The National Weather Service in Oxnard said Saturday morning that “dangerously hot conditions” will continue in the region through Monday. On ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A sweltering heat wave that’s baked parts of Southern California with triple-digit temperatures during the day continues to punish the region with an unrelenting heat that continues after dark.

Temperatures in the Santa Monica Mountains didn’t drop below 95 degrees from Thursday night to Friday morning. At midnight Thursday,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — While Southern California and the Southwest swelter under their most punishing heat wave of the year, international climate officials have confirmed that the summer of 2024 was Earth’s hottest on record.

The global average temperature in June, July and August — known as the boreal summer in the Northern hemisphere — was a ...Read more