Mostly sunny and mid-70s Wednesday. Boaters: Small Craft Advisory through 8 PM.

Patchy fog and a few early showers in Baltimore; highs near 85°F today. Storm chances increase Thursday–Friday with heavier rain and gusts possible.

Patchy fog will slow Wednesday's commute in Columbus, then give way to highs near 90–91°F. Showers and a localized flood risk return Thursday night into Friday.

Mid-90s and steamy Wednesday in Tampa with heat index around 105–106°F. Isolated afternoon storms possible; cooling stations are available for relief.

Mid‑90s and muggy in Charlotte on Wednesday, July 8, 2026; heat index may reach the low 100s. Small chance of isolated late‑day storms and county cooling centers are open.

Muggy today with highs near 87°F. NWS warns of strong storms and flash flooding late Thursday into the weekend.

Heat Advisory from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. EDT on July 8; heat index could top 105°F. Cooling centers are available across the city.

A $39M, 49‑site parks upgrade with NORESCO won a 2026 Environment+Energy Leader Award after cutting electricity and water use and funding pool and beach improvements.

ADEQ revised the arsenic limit for a monitoring well at the Pinyon Plain uranium mine; tribal leaders and scientists warn the change puts regional groundwater at risk.

An 8-year-old in Serena died after a backyard lightning strike; a preliminary autopsy by the LaSalle County coroner found fatal injuries and the death remains under investigation.

Severe storms lashed northwest Minnesota Monday night, producing golf‑ball hail, damaging winds and a tornado confirmed near Rochert outside Detroit Lakes.

Mostly cloudy and muggy this morning with highs near 88°F and a slight late‑afternoon thunder chance. Hotter late week with a stronger storm risk Thursday into Friday.

A semi‑truck fire on northbound I‑5 near Templin Highway spread into brush and prompted an evacuation warning for Paradise Ranch Estates, with lane closures snarling traffic.