Today's Weather & Forecast Updates

Relentless, life-threatening flash flooding is ongoing across parts of Texas' Hill Country as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a series of warnings from before dawn through Thursday morning about "large and deadly flood waves" moving down major rivers in the region, including the Guadalupe.

The 51st eruption of the Mount Kilauea Volcano is underway in Hawaii as it produces large plumes of smoke and gushing lava. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), episode 51 of lava fountaining began at 8:30 a.m. HST on Wednesday.

Scientists say strategically brightening marine clouds over the Pacific could weaken major El Niño events in climate simulations. The study explores a controversial form of solar geoengineering but says it's far from real-world use.

The non-tropical system that's expected to slowly form in the northeastern Gulf tomorrow will bring some heavy rain to the west coast of Florida beginning today and continuing into next week. It will also generally increase the chance of thunderstorms across the state and surrounding areas.

The National Hurricane Center is painting two Areas to Watch for possible (but unlikely) tropical development. Even without tropical development, however, the yellow zone that spans Florida from the Gulf to the ocean waters off the Southeast coast has the potential to disrupt weekend plans.

Thick plumes of Canadian wildfire smoke have settled across parts of the Upper Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, bringing orange-tinged, hazy skies and unhealthy air quality conditions to more than 124 million people.