Severe Weather

Well-above-average temperatures are expected from the central Rockies across the Plains and into the lower and mid-Mississippi, Tennessee and lower Ohio valleys.

Tropical Storm Alex will continue to move away from the coast with no impact to the US.

As of Friday afternoon, this developing system located less than 400 miles southwest of Fort Myers, Florida, was producing clusters of showers and thunderstorms.

Hurricane name lists in the Atlantic are reused every six years — but there is one caveat.

Ominous grey skies and blowing sand cleared beaches in the popular destinations of Puerto Escondido, Puerto Angel and Huatulco.

Red flag warnings of critical fire conditions were issued by the National Weather Service in eight states.

To give an idea of how rare it is to have Heat Advisories issued in May in the Northeast, the only NWS office in the region to issue this alert in May since 2006 is Philadelphia/Mt. Holly -- and that was more than 10 years ago

Munson Healthcare spokesman Brian Lawson said Friday that he had no details about the person who was killed or the conditions of those who were hurt by the tornado that rushed through Gaylord, a city of about 4,200 roughly 230 miles northwest of Detroit at around 3:45 p.m.

“We are always saddened at a loss like this, but realize that events like this happen in nature,“ an Alabama farmer said.

“The fan was destroyed and the toilet bowl was severely damaged,” Okmulgee’s Fire Chief Dewayne Hurt told FOX TV Stations.