'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with historic floods

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.

Oregon drivers stopped at gunpoint by groups protecting wildfire ravaged properties from looters

Oregon drivers have been illegally stopped at gunpoint by armed groups patrolling evacuation zones over the past week as massive wildfires sweep through the West, destroying more than 1 million acres in the state and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Easing wildfires not as simple as climate change vs. forest work

Scientists say wildfires are all but inevitable, and the main drivers are plants and trees drying out due to climate change and more people living closer to areas that burn. And while forest thinning and controlled burns are solutions, they have proven challenging to implement on the scale needed to combat those threats.

Morning weather forecast for September 15, 2020
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Another hot and humid day but a cool down is coming. Zack Shields talks about that and more in his full forecast.

5 tropical cyclones brew in Atlantic at the same time, only 2nd time on record

Hurricane Paulette has made a rare landfall in Bermuda as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and sea ports.

The Northern Hemisphere officially had its hottest summer on record, NOAA says

According to scientists, the three-month season from June through August 2020 was the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest meteorological summer, surpassing 2019 and 2016, which were previously tied for the hottest.

Satellite video shows smoke from West Coast wildfires being pulled into Pacific cyclone

In the video, taken by the GOES-WEST satellite above the Pacific Ocean, a dark grey cloud of smoke from the Western wildfires is blown over the Pacific Ocean and is swept up into the cyclone — swirling into a cyclonic low pressure system.

What happens if we run out of hurricane names?

As expected, 2020 has been a very busy hurricane season in the Atlantic. Fifteen names have already been used, and Vicky’s formation this morning leaves only one more name on the 21-name list for the year: Wilfred.

California wildfires raise fight over climate change ahead of Trump's visit

Trump is headed to McClellan Park, a former air base just outside Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said he would be meeting with Trump.

AFD firefighters in Louisiana to help with Sally

The Austin Fire Department says that some of its firefighters were sent to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to help with soon-to-be Hurricane Sally's expected landfall there.

Morning weather forecast for September 14, 2020
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The sticky heat is back! Zack Shields talks about that and rain chances in his full forecast.