Its chances for tropical development are less, but rainfall flooding is a threat, regardless, in the lower Mississippi Valley. Here's our latest forecast.

Parts of southern Alaska felt light shaking, but a larger tsunami threat didn't materialize.

A monster fire vortex was seen spinning at the Deer Creek Fire in southeastern Utah. A fire truck was damaged by the storm, which happens when the vortex sucks up fire into the cloud above. Luckily, no injuries have been reported in relation to this event, but the Deer Creek Fire has grown substantially to roughly 20 square miles.

A Cub Scouts outing at an archery club in Jackson Township, New Jersey, ended in tragedy Wednesday night after lightning struck the group. One man was left dead and more than a dozen others suffered burns and other injuries.

After 12 years atop a readers' choice list compiled by Travel + Leisure, Charleston, South Carolina, is no longer the top travel destination in America. Find out where the new No. 1 and 2 destinations are.