While the powerful, destructive wind speeds of an approaching hurricane are used to estimate the storm's category, storm surge is often the greatest threat to both lives and property. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

People in the Florida Big Bend region and much of the eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Streets were underwater and people had to slosh through sunken sidewalks as coastal flooding inundated parts of the Northeast since Thursday, and it's not over yet. Also, an estimated 40,000 bees were found in the walls of a Maine farmhouse. They were removed safely and relocated Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

People in the Florida Panhandle, Big Bend region and much of the central and eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive by Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

AccuWeather hurricane experts continue to sound the alarm on a high risk of tropical development in the Caribbean and Gulf, which will likely lead to dangerous conditions along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Many people consider the September equinox to be the official start of autumn, but for meteorologists, the new season kicks off weeks before the astronomical event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

What exactly is a "zombie storm" and how do they form during the Atlantic hurricane season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

The next major threat for landfall in the United States may come from a storm that forms next week in the zone from the western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico. An area close to Central America, Cuba and Florida is likely to give birth to the next significant tropical threat to the southeastern United States before the end of September. Learn more …

Outside tornado alley, the Empire State does not experience frequent tornado activity like, say, Texas, Iowa or Oklahoma. But this is not a typical year; also, in Southport, North Carolina, the realities of a historic storm played out in real time during AccuWeather's live broadcast when veteran storm chaser Aaron Jayjack witnessed a man's SUV sink…

Roads and cars disappeared underwater as a tropical rainstorm brought nonstop rain to parts of southeast North Carolina Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Dramatic changes are coming to the southwestern United States over the next few days that will be marked by localized flash flooding, gusty winds and even snow as much cooler air moves in and ends the monsoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Rapidly intensifying tropical storms and hurricanes are especially dangerous because they can give the public less time to prepare and catch people off guard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Rain will hold off for a week or more in much of the Midwest and Northeast, but tropical moisture may say otherwise for some locations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

As showers and thunderstorms gather along the Carolina coast this weekend a tropical storm may evolve on the heels of Francine and newly formed Tropical Depression Seven in the eastern Atlantic. And here's essential info for Francine: https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-francine-essential-information/1690608 Learn more about your ad …

Francine will gain strength as it spins northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico with its sights set on blasting ashore in Louisiana with a significant risk to lives and property from flooding and high winds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

As a stretch of a dry weather and summer-like warmth grips the Central states over the upcoming week, AccuWeather forecasters warn that there may be ramifications downstream as the lack of rain continues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

The Atlantic hurricane season is showing fresh signs on activity, with a strengthening tropical rainstorm in the Gulf of Mexico posing a risk to the southern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Umbrellas and raincoats will be needed across the Northeast as the weekend kicks off, and may put a damper on football games and outdoor plans before the next batch of fall-like air settles across the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

The best areas to see vivid fall foliage this year will be outside of the traditionally popular tourist destinations due to the weather across the United States leading up to peak leaf-peeping season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Residents from Minnesota to Ohio enjoyed another round of striking rainbows last week. Here's why the Midwest seen such a flurry of rainbows recently. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

A couple was left stranded in rough ocean waters off the coast of Australia and rescue efforts were delayed due to the conditions. They were sort of just at the mercy of the elements. They would have been moving around quite uncomfortably. It would have been particularly windy, noisy, probably quite wet as well; and a group of 15 co-workers on an o…

This Labor Day holiday is turning out to be one of the rare occasions that there is not a named storm in the Atlantic basin. In the upcoming week, however, forecasters say that tropical activity may begin to ramp up. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch…

AccuWeather meteorologists say it will be a soggy unofficial end of summer and beyond as downpours frequent the region. Some of the torrential rain will be enhanced by a tropical rainstorm. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Saturn will be one of the highlights in the night sky throughout September, but the main event will unfold a few nights before the autumnal equinox heralds the arrival of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather

Autumn air will arrive in the Midwest and Northeast just as the calendar flips to September, replacing the recent spell of hot and humid conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices由AccuWeather