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Thunderstorms, rain, flash flooding, lightning, hail and possible tornadoes greeted Arizonans on the first day of fall. Heavy rain was already falling in areas, especially east of Phoenix, early in the morning Monday. RELATED: Crews rescue mother, child from floodwaters in Mesa Monday morning  After an active morning and afternoon caused flooding north and east of Phoenix, thunderstorms re-emerged out west and moved toward the Valley Monday evening—hitting Valley residents with a second round of…

The first day of fall brought thunderstorms, rain, and flash flood potential throughout the state. Heavy rain was already falling in areas, especially east of Phoenix, early in the morning Monday. RELATED: Crews rescue mother, child from floodwaters in Mesa Monday morning  After an active morning and afternoon caused flooding north and east of Phoenix, thunderstorms re-emerged out west and moved toward the Valley Monday evening.  The National Weather Service in Phoenix said strong gusty…

The first day of fall brought thunderstorms, rain, and flash flood potential throughout the state. Heavy rain was already falling in areas, especially east of Phoenix, early in the morning Monday. RELATED: Crews rescue mother, child from floodwaters in Mesa Monday morning  After an active morning and afternoon caused flooding north and east of Phoenix, thunderstorms re-emerged out west and moved toward the Valley Monday evening.  The National Weather Service in Phoenix said strong gusty…

The first day of fall brought thunderstorms, rain, and flash flood potential throughout the state. Heavy rain was already falling in areas, especially east of Phoenix, early in the morning Monday. RELATED: Crews rescue mother, child from floodwaters in Mesa Monday morning  After an active morning and afternoon caused flooding north and east of Phoenix, thunderstorms re-emerged out west and moved toward the Valley Monday evening.  The National Weather Service in Phoenix said strong gusty…

The first day of fall brought thunderstorms, rain, and flash flood potential throughout the state. Heavy rain was already falling in areas, especially east of Phoenix, early in the morning Monday. RELATED: Crews rescue mother, child from floodwaters in Mesa Monday morning  By 5:30 a.m. Monday, the National Weather Service Phoenix had already issued a flood advisory for an area of the far East Valley covering Apache Junction and Queen Creek. TRACK THE STORM: 12 News…

Outside of the town of Yabucoa, Fermín Pérez keeps his new refrigerator in a box and his new mattress in its packaging. He keeps them stored so they aren’t damaged by the water that still leaks from his roof when it rains, despite the aid that came to repair it after María had made landfall practically in his backyard. María made landfall as a strong Category 4 storm on Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, tearing into his…

From evacuating hundreds of thousands of people from the coast to live TV coverage in the shrieking wind and rain, 1989’s Hurricane Hugo might have been the first U.S. storm of the modern age. The storm caused widespread damage across the Carolinas and even hit Charlotte, more than 100 miles from the coast. When it slammed into South Carolina just minutes before midnight on Sept. 21, 1989, Hugo’s 135 mph winds made it the strongest storm to…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — September 22, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo making landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina.  The monster storm had formed over the eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands nearly two weeks earlier in September of 1989. Hugo was a Category 4 hurricane with wind speeds well over 130 mph when it hit Isle of Palms. The storm also devastated the Caribbean Islands of Guadeloupe, St. Croix, and Puerto…

The tropics are very active — we are tracking Humberto, Imelda, Jerry and two other tropical waves. HumbertoHumberto is now a post-tropical storm in the North Atlantic and will die a slow death over the colder waters. ImeldaBands of heavy rain have tapered off over southeastern Texas and western Louisiana.  Some areas southwest of Beaumont have had over 40 inches of rain this week. RELATED: Donations for Dorian: DC community members pack supplies for those…

SOUTH CAROLINA, USA — This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo.  The storm made landfall near Charleston as a Category 4 Hurricane, then moved through the state, passing between Columbia and Sumter during the early morning hours of September 22, 1989.  Damages from the storm cost upwards of six billion dollars and 35 people in the state were killed.  Many in Sumter County still have vivid memories of the night Hugo tore through…

ALERTS: View all current weather alerts LIST: High water locations on major roads in the Houston area CLOSURES: School closures, cancellations in Houston Area This Weekend: Big changes for the weekend.  On Saturday into early next week, the temps will increase back into the low-90s, and the rain chance drops to 20 percent as we finally start to dry out. khou Monday is the ‘Autumnal’ Equinox. It’s the official start to Fall. Problem is, it won’t feel…

A Flash Flood Watch is still in effect this Friday morning for Houston and most of Southeast Texas. ALERTS: View all current weather alerts LIST: High water locations on major roads in the Houston area CLOSURES: School closures, cancellations in Houston Area Remnants of Imelda brought heavy rain and storms with life-threatening flooding Thursday across Southeast Texas from Beaumont to Houston. Still expecting rain today Scattered showers and thunderstorms are popping up on radar this afternoon. Some…

Folks who lived in Charlotte on Sept. 22, 1989, will remember it as the night Hurricane Hugo barreled through town, its 80 mph winds snapping trees, exploding electrical transformers and … Click to Continue »