The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Severe storms to whack America’s heartland again
Start your day with the latest weather news – After a derecho tore across the Midwest on Thursday, more severe weather is expected across the nation’s midsection Friday.
Relentless rounds of severe storms continue into Friday, Saturday
The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring the risk for storms on Friday that could travel over some of the same communities impacted by a derecho event just 24 hours before.
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Derecho-damaged Midwest faces another day of severe storms
A powerful complex of storms called a derecho left a path of destruction across the Midwest on Thursday and hundreds of thousands without power. Many of the same areas battered by Mother Nature during that event again face a risk of severe weather Friday. Wind and hail are the primary worries with any severe storms that develop.
Things to know
- What is a derecho?
- Watch vs. Warning: What’s the difference?
- What is a ‘ring of fire’ weather pattern?
Smoky skies remain across Northeast
A thick plume of smoke from the wildfires raging in Canada continues to work its way across the northern tier of the country. On Thursday, hazy skies returned to New York City, but it was nothing like the orange skies seen during a plume earlier this month. The forecast calls for the smoke to eventually thin a bit later Friday, but until then, it's red- and orange-level air quality expected for much of the Northeast.
A man and woman stand in the foreground, as a hazy, wildfire smoke-covered New York city sits in the background. June 29, 2023. (Fatih Aktas / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
At least 11 deaths blamed on heat wave in South
The fatalities attributed to the excessive heat that has baked the southern U.S. for more than two weeks continue to mount, with the death toll growing to 11 on Thursday. The good news is that Texas is finally being released from the grips of the heat wave. The bad news is that extreme temperatures are spreading to other parts of the country.
Hurricane HQ: 2 storms roam Pacific while Atlantic remains quiet
Hurricane Adrian and Tropical Storm Beatriz are churning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Adrian is moving away from Mexico, but Beatriz looks to cause trouble along the country’s Pacific Coast.
The Atlantic remains tame, with only one disturbance being watched.
Bonus reads
Before you go, here are a few stories you might want to read.
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