LAKE CHARLES, La. – A 22-story skyscraper that stood over southwest Louisiana for four years after being damaged during Hurricane Laura finally came down Saturday with the help of controlled explosives.The Capital One Tower in downtown Lake Charles had been largely vacant since sustaining severe damage from Hurricane Laura, a...

Scientists have noted that a year-round phenomenon above each of the globe’s poles have shown recent signs of shifting and even disruption, leading to potentially significant impacts on climate patterns.The polar vortex is generally an area of low pressure above the Earth’s poles that contains the coldest air.The vortex is...

MIAMI — A disturbance swirling around Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula this weekend is becoming a growing threat to eventually become at least a tropical depression as it’s forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico next week.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has now designated the system as Invest 91L, which allows...

Updated Saturday 9:30 a.m. ETOur main area of interest is in the Gulf of Mexico. A combination of systems has a good chance of coming together and developing into a tropical depression or tropical storm. The National Hurricane Center has increased the odds of development into the medium range beginning...

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CLEVELAND – Weather watchers along the Great Lakes will have their best chance of the year so far to spot a waterspout as an autumnal air mass overtakes the warm bodies of water.The International Centre for Waterspout Research warns that conditions will be most favorable over Lakes Huron and Erie,...

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MIAMI — After monitoring four different disturbances for potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, attention is now focusing on a tropical disturbance that has eyes on the southern Gulf of Mexico just as the hurricane season reaches its climatological peak on Sept. 10.The disturbance has spent more than a...

NORMAN, Okla. – Two toddlers were found lifeless inside a parked car in Oklahoma as temperatures soared to 90 degrees, according to authorities.The 2-year-old toddlers were found by family members who had been searching for them around 3 p.m. Thursday in Norman. Initial investigations suggest that the children were accidentally...

Updated Friday Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ETEven though the potential development areas are all yellow, which means the National Hurricane Center's odds are in the low category, some of the systems are still producing significant weather.In the Gulf of Mexico, a nearly stationary non-tropical low-pressure system offshore of southern...

HAINAN, China – Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, made landfall on the coast of China's Hainan province on Friday. The typhoon's destructive force has doubled since it devastated the Philippines earlier this week, claiming the lives of more than a dozen people. The storm's...

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Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.Two tropical disturbances...

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