While Saharan dust and wind shear suppress tropical development in the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific has come alive, one of two active tropical cyclones becoming a hurricane.

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More smoke and dust are ahead for the northern, eastern and southern states into mid-June, as AccuWeather meteorologists continue to track Canadian wildfires and dust sweeping in from Africa.

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As a major tornado approached Lubbock, Texas, meteorologists and storm chasers were amazed by what they saw on a radar screen. Also, twice a year, areas in the tropics experience an eerie phenomenon that makes photographs look unnatural, but a few clouds at the wrong time can spoil the unique solar event.

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Severe weather may show no mercy for parts of the central United States with a daily risk in some locations. Storms will also reach into parts of the East as well. AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking tropical downpours in the Carolinas and an area of stormy weather that can develop in the western Caribbean before mid-June. At least one will directly affect the United States.

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Oarfish sightings in India and Australia have reignited fascination with the deep-sea creatures long linked to natural disaster legends.

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AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring two areas in the southwestern Atlantic basin for tropical development for the first two weeks of June. At least one will directly affect the United States.

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Showers and thunderstorms began in the Southwest to end the weekend, but AccuWeather meteorologists say that more areas in the region will get wet throughout much of the week.

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The new research comes after a decade of exploration by NASA's MAVEN mission shows evidence of an escape process known as "sputtering," during which atoms are knocked out of the atmosphere by what are known as "charge particles.”

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After a quiet stretch during much of 2024, wildfire smoke from Canada is once again drifting into the United States. This time, AccuWeather meteorologists say that smoke will drift through parts of the Midwest over several days and can be thick enough in some areas to raise health and travel concerns. Also, AccuWeather meteorologists are homing in on potential tropical development in the Atlantic during the second week of June in waters from the Caribbean to the Gulf.

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Tropical Storm Alvin continues to move northward over the eastern Pacific and is expected to bring downpours to northwestern Mexico on Saturday. Also, a massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under rocks, mud and water. At least one person is missing.

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