 Developing tropical system looms for flood-weary South Korea, Japan
AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring the opportunity for a new tropical system to form in the West Pacific Ocean that could eventually result in more heavy rain for an already flood-weary portion of Asia. A tropical disturbance that caught forecasters’ eyes earlier this week in the Philippine Sea continues to meander to the northwest toward the northern...
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1 dead, 5 missing after boats capsize amid severe flooding in South Korea
Residents across the Korean Peninsula were hit by another round of widespread, heavy rainfall as Hagupit doused the region and brought more flooding dangers. Widespread downpours started across the Korean Peninsula Wednesday afternoon, and continued through Thursday, causing flooding across the region. An emergency evacuation was issued for residents near Samhwagyo Bridge in South Korea...
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Current pause in Atlantic tropical activity won't last long, expert warns
A lull in tropical activity over the Atlantic basin that began right after Isaias’s demise on Wednesday is likely to last through this weekend, but the quiet conditions are not likely to last long given 2020’s track record. The Atlantic tropical season has been moving along at a blistering and at times record-setting pace this...
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Texas man captures his terrifying close encounter with Mother Nature
For a former pro fighter in Houston, Mother Nature delivered a punch on Tuesday unlike any blow he ever received inside a ring. As Justin Howard stood on his porch filming and admiring the 50-foot-tall pine tree in his front yard that was surviving the heavy rain and wind, a bolt of lightning struck that...
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East Pacific may reactivate with potential tropical development next week
Although the tropics have been very active in the Atlantic Ocean so far this season, that has not been in the case in the Pacific. While tropical storms and hurricanes have been absent from the East Pacific since Douglas dissipated on July 29, meteorologists are monitoring an area to watch for development. With the tropical...
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What history will remember about Isaias
Isaias, the first tropical system of its name, made an unforgettable run at the end of July and into early August of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. The ninth tropical system of the season, the second to strengthen to hurricane intensity and also the second of the year to make U.S. landfall, Isaias was not...
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2 killed by lightning in North Carolina while clearing debris from Isaias
Two men who survived Hurricane Isaias’ 85-mph winds were killed as they were trying to clean up the destruction the storm left behind in Wilmington, North Carolina. Isaias caused a path of downed trees and limbs, in which homeowner Ralph Thomas Wallace, 77, and his 42-year-old friend were cutting when they were struck by lightning....
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AccuWeather's fall forecast: Where will autumn weather arrive 1st in US?
Autumn is known for its shorter days, colorful leafy landscapes and cool, crisp nights, but Americans looking forward to these fall staples may need to wait a little longer this year as summer lingers across much of the United States. The autumnal equinox will mark the official changing of the seasons with fall kicking off...
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Summer's grip to return to the Plains, Midwest into late week
While many locales across the Plains and Midwest have embraced the refreshing air mass to ring in the month of August, Mother Nature will remind residents that summer is still here to stay for a while longer. After observing high temperatures largely in the 70s in recent days in places like Minneapolis, Chicago, Indianapolis and...
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South Korea braces for more flooding woes from Hagupit
Residents across the Korean Peninsula are bracing for another round of widespread, heavy rainfall as Hagupit aims for the region and threatens more flooding dangers. Hagupit slammed into eastern China as a typhoon early Tuesday morning and will continue to be pulled north by a stalled, nontropical front that allowed for wet weather so far...
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Regions lashed by Isaias may endure another jolt from heavy thunderstorms
AccuWeather meteorologists are concerned that locally heavy and gusty thunderstorms could cause trouble in part of an area in the eastern United States that was hit hard by Isaias on Tuesday; however, a major outbreak of severe weather is not likely. Isaias blitzed from the North Carolina coast to Vermont in less than 24 hours,...
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Hagupit lashes eastern China with flooding rain, strong winds
Typhoon Hagupit crashed into eastern China on Monday night, sending flooding rainfall, strong wind gusts and storm surge into the region before eyeing the Shanghai region. Hagupit, which quickly developed and strengthened into a severe tropical storm in the Philippine Sea over the weekend, became a typhoon on Monday, local time, with maximum sustained wind...
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Tropical Atlantic may take a breather, but for how long?
Following Isaias’s damaging blow to the Carolinas and northward along the I-95 corridor of the Northeast, a lull in tropical activity lasting a week or so prior to the middle of August may be in the cards for an already record-setting season for the Atlantic basin. However, given the pace of tropical development in the...
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Hagupit lashes eastern China with flooding rain, strong winds as it creates rough seas
Typhoon Hagupit crashed into eastern China on Monday night, sending flooding rainfall, strong wind gusts and storm surge into the region before eyeing the Shanghai region. Hagupit, which quickly developed and strengthened into a severe tropical storm in the Philippine Sea over the weekend, became a typhoon on Monday, local time, with maximum sustained wind...
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Monsoon low to exacerbate flooding in Mumbai this week
Monsoon activity will pick up intensity across parts of India this week with one city expecting more than a month’s worth of rainfall by the end of the week. Sinlaku, which developed into a tropical system in the South China Sea about a week ago, strengthened into a tropical storm before spreading downpours and gusty...
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Residents along Carolina coast assess fallout after Isaias thunders ashore as a hurricane
Isaias thundered ashore as a hurricane on the North Carolina coast late Monday night, bringing 85-mph sustained winds, heavy rains, a flooding storm surge, power outages for hundreds of thousands all while spinning up deadly tornadoes. By Tuesday morning, at least one fatality had been blamed on Isaias, which was downgraded overnight to a tropical storm....
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Isaias spawns possible tornadoes, torrential rainfall in mid-Atlantic
Tropical Storm Isaias was spreading torrential rainfall, strong winds and the threat for tornadoes across the mid-Atlantic on Tuesday morning - and forecasters say more flooding rain and tornadoes are possible along the Interstate 95 corridor of the Northeast throughout the day on Tuesday. Several tornado reports have already been filed this morning across the Delmarva...
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Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina as residents brace for impacts
After narrowly missing Florida, the looming Isaias threat is far from over as the hurricane focuses its track along the East Coast. By Monday afternoon, the storm was running parallel to the Georgia coast. The ninth-named storm of the busy 2020 hurricane season has now struck the Carolinas directly. On Monday evening, Isaias was upgraded from a...
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Isaias picks up speed, forecast to make landfall along coast of the Carolinas
Isaias is forecast to take a curved path and make landfall between Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, Monday night, after scraping the eastern coast of the Florida Peninsula and coastal Georgia. Isaias will be teetering on the upper end of tropical storm strength and a Category 1 hurricane around the time of...
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Hurricane Isaias nears landfall in Carolinas as residents brace for impacts
After narrowly missing Florida, the looming Isaias threat is far from over as the hurricane focuses its track along the East coast. By Monday afternoon, the storm was running parallel to the Georgia coast. The ninth-named storm of the busy 2020 hurricane season is expected to strike the Carolinas directly. On Monday evening, Isaias was upgraded from...
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Atlantic to continue to crank out tropical threats beyond Isaias
Isaias has some company over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with the potential for additional development following the recent rise and fall of Tropical Depression 10. Tropical Storm Isaias is currently garnering the most attention as the storm approaches the Carolina coast, with the threat of flooding and damaging winds. But, the Atlantic hurricane...
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Floodwaters inundate South Korea as country braces for impacts from Hagupit
Officials issued a “serious” crisis warning in South Korea on Monday after a weekend of heavy rainfall caused floodwaters to overtake cities across the region. This won’t be the last round of downpours for the country as Hagupit, currently a typhoon, will reach the region by the second half of the week as a tropical...
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Apple Fire chars thousands of acres, prompts evacuations in Southern California
A wildfire that ignited on Friday in Southern California rapidly expanded to more than 20,000 acres over the weekend, forcing thousands to evacuate and creating difficulties for firefighters. Known as the Apple Fire, the blaze has scorched 26,450 acres and is currently only 5% contained. About 8,000 residents in San Bernardino and Riverside counties remain...
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July brought the heat, broke a slew of records across the US
July is known for ushering in the hottest days of the year, but last month was especially tenacious. Blistering heat swept across the U.S. and shattered a slew of new records for the month. Phoenix, Arizona, experienced its hottest month on record in July 2020 with 99 degrees Fahrenheit as the city’s average temperature. The...
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Typhoon Hagupit on a crash course with eastern China
The West Pacific Basin sprang to life last week after Sinlaku spun up over the South China Sea. As this storm tracks across Indochina, another storm is eyeing the flood-weary region of eastern China for landfall early this week. A tropical disturbance that began to organize in the Philippine Sea late last week quickly strengthened...
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A taste of autumn is in store for the Midwest
In the wake of a cold front sweeping through the Midwest, a southward intrusion of cooler air from Canada will bring about a fall-like feel to the air through midweek across the region. After many Midwestern locales observed well above-average temperatures through the month of July, the calendar flipping into August will bring along a...
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Carolinas prepare for Isaias impact
Isaias is forecast to take a curved path just south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, late Monday or Monday night, after scraping the eastern coast of the Florida Peninsula into early Monday. Even though the Carolinas are predicted to take the brunt of Isaias, the exact impacts will depend on where the storm makes landfall...
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Severe storms, isolated tornadoes to threaten Northeast in advance of Isaias
People in portions of the northeastern United States will need to be on the lookout for severe weather and isolated tornadoes into Sunday evening. This advancing feature has had a history of producing pockets of damaging winds in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, and at least one tornado confirmed on video in a rural...
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Isaias to track along I-95 northeastern US corridor with flooding, damaging wind
Forecasters expect Isaias, as a tropical storm, to track inland over the mid-Atlantic and New England region with the potential for flooding rainfall, damaging winds and minor coastal flooding prior to the middle of this week. Even though Isaias lost some of its intensity while passing between Florida and the Bahamas this weekend, it is...
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Close call for Florida as Isaias skirts by just offshore
As the weekend wound down, Tropical Storm Isaias, which had briefly been a Category 1 hurricane that pounded the Bahamas with powerful winds and flooding rains, churned up the Atlantic coast of Florida. Radar images showed the bulk of the heaviest moisture was staying well offshore, but the east coast of Florida was experiencing its...
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Florida officials warn "don't be fooled by the downgrade" as Isaias approaches
The second hurricane of the season dropped that title on Saturday afternoon, as conditions near the coast of Florida proved less favorable for strengthening and weakened Isaias to a tropical storm. By daybreak on Sunday, the center of the storm was less than 50 miles away from the beaches of southern Florida, but the majority...
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Severe Tropical Storm Hagupit on a crash course with eastern China
The West Pacific Basin sprang to life last week after Sinlaku spun up over the South China Sea. As this storm tracks across Indochina, another storm is eyeing the flood-weary region of eastern China for landfall early this week. A tropical disturbance that began to organize in the Philippine Sea late last week quickly strengthened...
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Severe storms, isolated tornadoes to threaten Northeast in advance of Isaias
People in portions of the northeastern United States will need to be on the lookout for severe weather and isolated tornadoes into Sunday evening. This advancing feature has had a history of producing pockets of damaging winds in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, and at least one tornado confirmed on video in a rural...
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Isaias downgraded to tropical storm as it inches closer to Florida coastline
The second hurricane of the season dropped that title on Saturday afternoon, as conditions near the coast of Florida proved less favorable for strengthening and weakened Isaias to a tropical storm. That weakening may prove temporary and experts are warning residents along the Southeast coast to not let their guards down, as the storm is...
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Beyond Isaias: Atlantic stirs up new tropical depression
Isaias has some company over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with with the potential for additional development following the recent rise and fall of Tropical Depression 10. Tropical Storm Isaias is currently garnering the most attention as the storm eyes the United States east coast, with the threat of flooding and damaging winds. But,...
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Isaias downgrades to tropical storm ahead of skimming Floridas coastline
Final preparations were being made along Florida’s Atlantic coast Saturday as the state braced for its first encounter from a hurricane this season. But as the storm approached the Sunshine State, forecasters said Isaias weakened to a tropical storm on Saturday afternoon with winds dropping to 70 mph and looked ragged on satellite as the...
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Record-challenging, triple-digit heat sears portions of Pacific Northwest
After several days of temperatures in the 90s over interior portions of the Pacific Northwest, meteorologists say that the highest temperatures are yet to come. As the jet stream lifts farther north and high pressure builds over the West, high temperatures are forecast to be over 100 degrees in some locations through Saturday. Temperatures that...
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Paris tops 100 F as London breaks all-time record high
A stifling heat wave that gradually built throughout much of western Europe this week produced some of the warmest conditions of the year so far. Triple-digit temperatures were recorded in some of the continent’s biggest cities, including the U.K. capital of London. “An area of high pressure that built over western Europe on Wednesday will...
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Isaias to threaten rough surf, flooding up and down the East Coast
After bringing torrential rain and damaging winds to the Bahamas and part of the Florida east coast this weekend, Isaias is likely to have some impact on the northeastern United States next week following a potential landfall in the Carolinas on Monday. Isaias made landfall in Andros Island of the Bahamas around midday Saturday, lashing the...
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Carolinas expected to bear the brunt of Isaias
Isaias lashed the Bahamas as a Category 1 hurricane, making landfall over Andros Island around midday Saturday, before it approaches the Florida coast this weekend and then eyes the southeastern U.S. coast early in the week. Isaias is expected to turn to the north then the northeast this weekend, taking it on a path just...
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Florida braces for impact as Hurricane Isaias bears down
Government officials and residents in Florida were in full preparation mode on Friday as Hurricane Isaias pounded the Bahamas with strong winds and heavy rains, and moved closer to the U.S. mainland. Isaias was packing 75-mph winds late Friday afternoon, down from its peak sustained winds of 80 mph earlier in the day. Florida Gov....
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Paris tops 100 F as London challenges all-time record high
Heat that has been largely confined to extreme southern Europe so far this summer was unleashed across western Europe this week. A change in the weather pattern during the second half of the week helped to bring warm air from southern Europe into northern locations that have had temperatures at or even below normal so...
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Beyond Isaias: Atlantic stirs up new tropical depression
Hurricane Isaias is currently garnering the most attention from forecasters as the storm navigates through the southwest Atlantic on its way toward the United States, where is it is expected to impact the East Coast into the middle of next week. However, Isaias has some company on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean with...
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Isaias explodes into hurricane overnight, to make run along southeastern US coast
Isaias ramped up to an 80-mph Category 1 hurricane during Thursday night, shortly after pulling away from Hispaniola and will now churn through the Bahamas, just north of Cuba, before making a run along the Eastern seaboard of the United States this weekend to early next week. As a tropical storm, Isaias lashed Puerto Rico...
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Central US to face continued flood risk as calendar turns to August
After rain fell in portions of South Dakota and Nebraska on Wednesday and Thursday, those areas will have drier conditions on Friday. However, heavy rain with the potential for flooding will continue farther east and linger into the start of the weekend. “The heaviest rainfall will gradually shift eastward on Friday and Saturday into the...
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