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Forecasters warn tornadoes could erupt across the central Plains this holiday weekend — a new storm system takes aim just as millions hit the road

By Everett Sloane

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Mexico’s Popocatépetl and Guatemala’s Fuego are erupting at the same time — ash plumes rising as a belt of volcanoes fires up across the Americas

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As many as 11 million Americans will face 100-degree heat this week — one of the sharpest early-season blasts of the year as a ridge locks in

By Everett Sloane

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The same cold front driving severe storms will soak the I-95 corridor with heavy rain — drenching Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington

By Everett Sloane

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A building heat ridge will spread triple-digit temperatures from the Desert Southwest into the Central Plains by midweek — threatening dozens more records

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The Climate Prediction Center just tilted its summer outlook toward above-normal heat for most of the U.S. — with the Northwest facing the highest risk

By Everett Sloane

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The Eastern Pacific hurricane season is already open — forecasters are watching the first disturbance even as the Atlantic outlook drops today

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Triple-digit May heat just smashed daily records across Nevada and Texas — Las Vegas hit 104 and Childress soared to 105 two days running

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Flash-flood watches just went up across the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys as the cold front dumps heavy rain on already-saturated ground

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Forecasters just flagged a record-heat risk building over the Northwest this summer — where deepening drought could push temperatures to new highs

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AccuWeather now expects up to 80,000 wildfires across the U.S. this year — potentially torching as much as 8 million acres before autumn

By Everett Sloane

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A tornado warning just dropped over two West Virginia counties as the cold front’s storms barrel through the Ohio Valley

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Severe storms will fire up over southwest Texas overnight as the same system spreads damaging wind and hail toward the Mid-Atlantic

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Behind this week’s cold front, millions will wake to temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal — with frost possible deep into the South in late May

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Record heat is about to slam 22 states this week — 61 million Americans brace for 90-plus degrees as a heat ridge builds toward a scorching summer

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Indonesia just raised Lewotobi volcano to its second-highest alert as tremors build — the same peak that grounded flights and buried villages last year

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The Storm Prediction Center warns damaging winds and hail from the Ohio Valley to New England today as the cold front throws its last punch

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NOAA reveals its official 2026 hurricane forecast today — a strengthening El Niño is already shredding storms apart before the season even begins

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Kanlaon just threw ash plumes over the central Philippines as Taal climbs to Alert Level 2 — two more volcanoes stirring while Mayon keeps erupting

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51% of the Lower 48 just slipped into moderate drought or worse — tightening the grip on 155 million Americans before peak fire season even starts

By Everett Sloane

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