More than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S.
Morganton, NC
Right Now
74°
Rain
- Humidity: 90%
- Feels Like: 74°
- Heat Index: 74°
- Wind: 0 mph
- Wind Chill: 74°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 06:47:19 AM
- Sunset: 08:13:14 PM
- Dew Point: 71°
- Visibility: 6 mi
Today
Showers early, then clearing overnight. Low 69F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
Tonight
Showers early, then clearing overnight. Low 69F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
Tomorrow
Sunshine and some clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 92F. Winds light and variable.
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A meteorologist weighs in on when the temperature might cool down.
Experts point to outdated maps and rapid development, and climate change, including stronger storms and heavier rainfall, are potentially increasing flood risks beyond official hazard zones.Â
Burke Rescue responded to multiple heat-related emergencies, including two along Pinch-in Trail and another near Chimney Gap.
Experts say the once-in-a-1,000-year event signals an unusually early and powerful start to the storm season.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Marine in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coastline that was devastated by coral bleaching two years ago.
Crews picked through mountains of debris and waded into swollen rivers Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding that killed almost 90 people over the weekend in Texas.Â
The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas rose to 70 after searchers found more bodies.
Scores of rescuers searched Saturday for children from a girls' camp and many others who were still missing after a powerful storm that killed at least 27 people, officials said.
The order came after Duke Energy asked customers in North and South Carolina on Monday to use less electricity to reduce stress on the power grid and help prevent power outages.Â
One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary rivers.
More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database, since its launch in 1980, has tracked the economic impacts of extreme weather events, including property damage and costs from hurricanes, floods, wildfires and more, nationwide.