Richmond news and weather update for Sunday, June 5

Richmond news and weather update for Sunday, June 5

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    It’s rare for storms in the Atlantic Ocean to take such an unusual track.

  • How did Tropical Storm Colin sneak up on national weather forecasters in the Carolinas?

    The only hint that any tropical weather might appear came Friday afternoon, when the National Hurricane Center noticed a low pressure system near Savannah, Georgia. Twelve hours later, Colin appeared.

  • Could Tropical Storm Bonnie bring rain to South Texas? Here's the forecast for the July 4th weekend

    Tropical Storm Bonnie has formed over the Caribbean Sea. Here's what to expect in South Texas over the July 4th weekend.

  • Tropical Storm Colin, 3rd named storm of season, forms along Southeast coast

    A satellite image showing Tropical Storm Colin not long after it formed early on Saturday, July 2, 2022. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for parts of the South Carolina and North Carolina coastlines during the early-morning hours on Saturday after a rapidly-developing low-pressure system along the Southeast coast of the United States strengthened into Tropical Storm Colin, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. As of approximately 5 p.m. EDT Saturday

  • Another — yes, another — earthquake hits Elgin on Saturday

    It’s the fourth in the past week. Whew.

  • Crew rescued from sinking ship as storm hits HK

    STORY: The Hong Kong Government Flying Service released dramatic video of their staff winching crew members from the stricken ship and into a helicopter. Authorities said 30 people were on board and three had been rescued so far.Search operations were underway for the other crew members as tropical storm Chaba passes through the area some 200 miles southwest of the city.Chaba skirted the global financial hub, bringing heavy rain and wind, restricting public transport and forcing many businesses to close. The city’s weather forecaster lowered the storm warning to signal No 3 on Saturday afternoon as Chaba was set to make landfall near Zhanjiang in China's Guangdong province.

  • How did a boat belonging to a missing Carolina Beach man cross the Atlantic Ocean?

    A University of North Carolina Wilmington professor weighs in on the path a missing man's boat likely took from Carolina Beach to the Azores.

  • Residents of most Arizona counties should wear face masks indoors, new CDC guidance says

    Residents in nine of Arizona's 15 counties should be wearing face masks in indoor public places due to COVID-19, updated federal guidance says.

  • Scattered showers and rainy conditions continue across Central Florida

    Saturday is going to be hot and steamy with storms continuing as we head into the afternoon.

  • Bonnie set to leap into the Pacific as Colin targets the Carolinas

    As Bonnie takes an unusual trip across the Atlantic Ocean into Pacific waters, Tropical Storm Colin will soak the Carolinas after coming to life early Saturday morning along the southeastern U.S. coast.

  • Strong storms headed to Northeast for July 4 weekend

    Strong storms are moving through the Great Lakes into the Northeast, bringing potential heavy rains and frequent lightning. Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Bruin has the forecast for the July 4 holiday weekend.

  • Can Phoenix, the hottest city in America, survive climate change?

    On the downtown streets in America’s hottest city the temperature has hit 109 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon in late June and the sidewalks are mostly empty, but an elderly woman carrying an umbrella passes by walking her terrier, the dog’s tiny feet fitted with leather moccasins to protect them from the scorching concrete.

  • Explosive weather setup could ignite derecho as holiday winds down

    A change in the jet stream pattern will favor long-tracking severe thunderstorm complexes beginning late in the Independence Day weekend and ongoing through next week from the northern Plains to the central and southern Appalachians, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. There's the potential for one or more intense complexes to develop that could have widespread damaging consequences. A large northward bulge will develop in the jet stream over the Great Plains next week and set up a bit of a chain r

  • Today's tropical weather forecast

    Tropical Storm Colin spun up off the coast of the Carolina's overnight and Tropical Storm Bonnie continues to make its way across Central America, threatening to dump heavy rains on Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Meteorologist Tony Sadiku shows us what to expect with these two storms and another system off to the southeast in the Atlantic.

  • Tropical Storm Colin

    Tropical Storm Colin

  • Why Texas could get more tunnels to fight flooding

    It's a soggy, muggy morning in Houston, Texas. To prepare better for the future, officials say it may be time to expand underground.

  • Satellite Captures Formation of Tropical Storm Bonnie

    The National Hurricane Center (NHC) confirmed a potential tropical cyclone had formed into a tropical storm on Friday morning, July 1, possibly bringing life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides to Central America.The NHC forecast the storm would make landfall in southern Nicaragua and Costa Rica after passing over the Colombian island of San Andres in the Caribbean Sea.Satellite imagery shows the formation of the tropical storm on July 1. Credit: NOAA via Storyful

  • Hotter-than-a-firecracker weather expected for Fourth of July weekend in Fort Smith

    Temperatures will be near 100 degrees on the Fourth of July in Fort Smith, and plenty of drinking water may be needed for the muggy conditions.

  • ‘Rather unexpected’ Tropical Storm Colin forms off South Carolina

    Residents of the Carolinas work up to a surprise Saturday morning: Tropical Storm Colin had formed overnight. According the National Hurricane Center, an area of low pressure formed just offshore from Savannah, Ga., on Friday but became better organized overnight. “As a result, and rather unexpectedly, Tropical Storm Colin has formed near the South Carolina coast, centered just inland a bit to ...

  • Wildfire map: Track where fires are burning in Arizona in 2022

    Arizona’s wildfire season, which got off to an early start this year, could be even more catastrophic in 2022 than in previous years.