A massive wildfire fueled by drought and powerful winds is tearing through South Florida, sending thick smoke for miles across the Everglades and forcing evacuations.

It is more of the same. Severe storms will threaten the central U.S. with damaging winds and tornadoes this weekend.

It’s an earthy scent and essential oil that’s been around for centuries and it usually inspires a lot of love or a lot of hate. But this musky fragrance usually reserved for incense could be your new weapon against bites from the disease-carrying aedes aegypti mosquito during spring and summer. See what a new study uncovered in this video.

Wildfire season across the western U.S. is no longer confined to a few summer months. It’s stretching longer and growing more intense as rising temperatures, prolonged drought and earlier snowmelt dry out the landscape. Experts warn that with heat, wind and highly flammable vegetation aligning more often, even a single spark can quickly explode into a fast-moving, hard-to-control blaze.

Despite what’s climatologically normal, there are no severe storms in the forecast this week until the weekend. Meteorologist Sara Tonks explains what is going on and why an upper-level ridge has everything to do with it.