Even as Hurricane Hilary was battering the southwestern United States on Sunday, storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean heated up with the official formation of Tropical Storm Emily.
As the second half of August commences, AccuWeather meteorologists say that they are monitoring three main areas of interest across the Atlantic basin for potential tropical development. Clusters of showers and thunderstorms along several tropical waves are on track to move westward across the basin in the coming days. Two zones located in the Eastern Atlantic waters currently stand the best chances for developing into noteworthy tropical systems from late week through this weekend. Through the
A wildfire devastated the historic Maui community of Lahaina on Wednesday in an event locals are calling 'apocalyptic.' There is a constellation of causes, and climate change likely played a role.
Major Hurricane Dora will continue to impact Hawaii into Wednesday and Wednesday night, bringing rough surf and strong winds to the islands despite passing hundreds of miles to the south in the open Pacific Ocean, according to AccuWeather forecasters. The strong winds were contributing to the rapid growth and spread of wildfires on Hawaii's Big Island and Maui that have destroyed structures, led to evacuations and forced some people to escape the flames by jumping into the ocean. Major Hurricane