The National Hurricane Center is watching a cluster of showers and storms located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. This disturbance is expected to move northwest into the Bay of Campeche this weekend. If this area of low pressure can stay over water, then tropical development is possible, but chances are low. Regardless of development, heavy rain is possible across parts of Belize, Guatemala and southeast Mexico this weekend into next week.
A baby moose reunited with its mother following an ordeal in Homer, Alaska. The baby was trapped underneath a boardwalk, but crews were able to pull it out and release it back to the awaiting mother moose.
India’s monsoon season is well underway, but now it is starting in the northern region of the country with deadly impacts. Shocking video shows a vehicle being washed down a raging river near the town of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The floods have claimed several lives and at least a dozen people were reported missing. The flooding was blamed on a cloudburst, a sudden and intense rainfall that often triggers flooding.
A multiday severe weather threat will be in place across the northern tier Friday into the weekend. A few scattered storms are forecast to develop across the Dakotas late Friday afternoon into the evening. Wind gusts in excess of 75 mph, along with hail larger than the size of baseballs, will be the main threats, although a few tornadoes will still be possible. Cities most at risk include Bismarck, Aberdeen, Pierre and Valentine. Morning storms on Saturday will determine how much severe activity can fire up late Saturday into Saturday night across South Dakota and Minnesota. The severe weather threat shifts east into Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Sunday.