The majority of the country is facing a warm and dry end to summer and beginning to fall, but hopefully the Gulf Coast is excited for a cooler and damper outlook.

More rain and flash flooding is ongoing throughout Central Texas, with life-threatening flash flood warnings in effect for many areas around the Hill Country, including hard-hit Kerr County. Search and rescue missions have been paused for Sunday, as many areas are seeing river levels rise quickly. Areas upstream the Guadalupe river are beginning to evacuate as storms could bring as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain.

A sudden clap of thunder at Vystar Ballpark caused minor league baseball pitcher Roansy Contreras to flinch — earning a rare “thunder balk” call and sending a Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp runner home. The Norfolk Tides eventually weathered the storm, grabbing a win in the game that proved even Mother Nature can mess with your windup.

Florida lifeguards rescued a deer that wandered into the Atlantic Ocean over the July Fourth holiday weekend. The problem? Sharks also took an interest in the animal as the lifeguards were paddling out to sea. Luckily, the two men were able to get the deer back to shore without coming into contact with the sharks.

The latest eruption from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava 1,200 feet high into the sky and went on for 9 hours. But it was something else, happening in the distance, that’s getting a lot of the attention. Was it a tornado, a whirlwind, a dust devil? Check it out for yourself and learn what was behind the uncommon phenomenon.