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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying 29 Starlink satellites produced a rare noctilucent, jellyfish-shaped cloud visible along the East Coast for a brief time before it dissipated.
A developing storm system brings a slight risk of severe thunderstorms across the Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast on Tuesday, with damaging winds and a small tornado threat, and could trigger significant rainfall/flooding from the Hudson Valley to the NYC area through Thursday.
Tropical Storm Bertha is weakening but a broad plume of tropical moisture linked to the system will fuel heavy rain and a multi-day flood threat from the Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast through Thursday and into Friday. The storm’s center is expected to move along the Louisiana and upper Texas coasts before dissipating in Texas, while rain totals in the region reach 2–4 inches (locally 6 inches) along the Texas Gulf Coast; further east, rainfall could be heavy enough to cause flash and urban flooding, with some areas facing a potential month’s worth of rain in a few days. Forecasters have placed a Level 3 of 4 flood risk on parts of the Virginia–North Carolina border Thursday into Friday, and Level 2 of 4 from coastal North Carolina through South Carolina and into northern Georgia and northeast Alabama on Friday, with upgrades possible as forecasts firm up. This flood threat compounds ongoing rainfall concerns from a separate West Virginia flooding event earlier in the week.
A weeklong East Coast heat wave has killed at least 25 people, with most deaths in New Jersey (22), as 40 million people are under heat alerts and 18 July Fourth record highs were set from Washington to Baltimore. Heat indices are expected to reach 100–105°F, while weekend storms bring damaging winds and flash flood risks; millions are without power and 2–8 inches of rain are forecast through Monday. Temperatures are expected to ease later this week.
A dangerous heat wave tightens its grip on the East Coast just as the July Fourth weekend begins, with Washington, DC, and cities from NYC to Boston forecast to reach the upper 90s to low 100s and humidity pushing heat indices to 110F or higher. The National Weather Service says more than 160 million people are under major-to-extreme heat risk through the week, driven by persistent heat domes and climate warming. Cities are expanding cooling centers, shortening parade routes, and deploying hydration and medical resources as holiday crowds gather; energy regulators have ordered increased power generation to prevent outages on the PJM grid. Nights will be humid with little relief, and several cities could break temperature records, though some Midwest relief is possible later in the weekend, while the South remains hotter than normal into next week.
A dangerous heat dome will intensify over the Eastern United States this week, driving triple-digit temperatures across the Midwest and East with little overnight relief and the potential for hundreds of records to fall.
A heat dome is forecast to fuel a multi-day heat wave across the central U.S. with 90s to near-100s and overnight lows above 80°F, accompanied by high humidity that raises heat indices to about 110°F and threatens heat-related illness, including for Fourth of July visitors in DC and New York. The East could stay hot through the weekend, while Southwest wildfire conditions persist and a late-week jet-stream shift is expected to bring cooler air to the region.
A new study traces more than three centuries of mysterious booms along the U.S. East Coast to a single natural source, ending a long-standing mystery.
ULA’s Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, carrying the next batch of Amazon’s Leo satellites, is set to lift off at 8:52 p.m. ET on Monday, April 27, 2026. Weather and clouds willing, the brightness could be visible from most of Florida up the East Coast to New England, with sightings reported or projected for states including New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee and Alabama on ULA’s visibility map. Florida Today will provide 90 minutes of prelaunch coverage at floridatoday.com/space, and viewers can watch via the Florida Today app or NASA+. Past Cape Canaveral launches have been seen well beyond Florida, highlighting the potential sky show for East Coast observers.
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles from the eastern Sinpo area toward the sea off its east coast, marking the seventh missile test this year. South Korea and Japan tracked the launches, with Seoul saying missiles likely fell beyond Japan’s EEZ and coordinating closely with the United States and Tokyo. The launches violate UN Security Council resolutions that Pyongyang rejects as infringements on its self-defence rights, and they come as the US and China prepare for a mid-May summit where North Korea is expected to feature in discussions. Kim Jong Un has asserted the irreversible path to a larger nuclear deterrent.
A historic March heat wave has shattered temperature records from California to the Eastern United States, with numerous cities posting all-time or monthly highs and more records anticipated as the week progresses.
Storms along the eastern half of the United States, compounded by disruptions from a partial government shutdown that left TSA screeners unpaid, led to more than 12,500 flights canceled or delayed as security lines stretched and major hubs ordered ground stops.
A powerful storm system brings heavy snow to Minnesota and Wisconsin as part of a broader severe-weather outbreak from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast Sunday into Monday, with travel disruptions and potential power outages. Sunday features a line of storms with a tornado risk in Memphis, Nashville, Indianapolis and Louisville (some areas like Memphis area and Columbus, GA facing about a 10% tornado risk), while Monday shifts the greatest threat further east toward Washington, D.C. Forecasters warn of damaging winds over 80 mph and large hail and urge preparedness with multiple warning methods as the system moves offshore.
CBS will broadcast The Late Show with Stephen Colbert live at 11:35 p.m. ET on February 24 to react to President Trump's State of the Union address, with East and Central time zones getting the live feed while West Coast viewers receive a taped broadcast (and clips may surface online).
A powerful winter storm has triggered blizzard warnings along the U.S. East Coast, bringing heavy snowfall, low visibility, and travel disruptions from New York to New Jersey as crews deploy plows and monitor for potential outages.