• Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms from Louisiana through Mississippi into Alabama on May 6

    ByRishav Kothari

    An Enhanced Risk (Level 3/5) of severe thunderstorms has been issued for parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley on May 6, 2026, as forecasters warned that storms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are expected to develop from the Southern Plains into the Southeast. Heavy rainfall rates of 25 to 50 mm (1 to 2 inches) per hour may also accompany stronger storms across the region.

  • Severe thunderstorms leave four dead and nine injured across northern Vietnam

    ByReet Kaur

    Severe thunderstorms accompanied by hail, strong winds, lightning, and isolated tornadoes affected northern Vietnam on March 29–30, 2026, leaving four people dead and nine injured. Fatalities were reported in Tuyen Quang, Son La, and Quang Ninh, while widespread structural and agricultural damage was recorded across multiple provinces.

  • Winter weather impacts Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic while severe storm risk expands across parts of Oklahoma and Kansas

    ByRishav Kothari

    A lifting frontal boundary draped from the southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic is producing a swath of mixed winter precipitation across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on March 2, 2026, while setting the stage for isolated severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma and Kansas on March 3. Winter weather advisories are in effect from Indiana to Pennsylvania, with ice accretion possible across the higher terrain of the Appalachians, according to the Weather Prediction Center.

  • Close call with a rare positive lightning strike in Florida

    ByTW

    A Florida woman looked out her window at just the right time, capturing the moment when so-called continuous current, or positive lightning, struck right outside her apartment. The event happened in Coral Gables on May 5, 2019. After seeing the video, NWS Miami…