Hundreds of dead horseshoe crabs have collected in a dead-end Ocean City canal off 94th Street, creating a stench and prompting cleanups and a state and university response.

Sticky morning in Baltimore with highs near 86°F and only isolated showers. Heat spikes toward 100°F by Wednesday.

Afternoon storms likely 2–8 p.m. Saturday in Baltimore; a few could pack damaging winds and flash flooding. Heat surges back midweek with highs in the 90s.