- Asheville's resilient lodges welcome back travelers after Hurricane Helene
- Austin leaders consider expanding wildfire protection plan
- Large hail, strong winds and tornado threat possible into Thursday evening
- Large hail, tornado threat possible Thursday evening
- 'Welcome to Aggieland Atlantis': Texas college town floods during finals week
Wildfire smoke blankets upper Midwest, forecast to head east

In Minnesota’s Twin Cities, the AQI was the worst it had been since the state began keeping records in 1980.