Castform's Weather Report
From Yosemite Wildfire, one of 34 photos. A firefighter uses a hose to douse flames of the Rim Fire on a hillside, on August 24, 2013 near Groveland, California. The Rim Fire continues to burn out of control and threatens 4,500 homes outside of Yosemite National Park. Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the blaze that has entered a section of Yosemite National Park and is currently 7 percent contained. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A heat wave in the Plains and parts of the Midwest will affect millions of people through this week and into the beginning of the Labor Day weekend.
View photos submitted by AccuWeather fans of the Perseids meteor shower, and see where skies will be clear for viewing tonight.
A storm will move closer to the Great Lakes on Monday, bringing a chance for severe weather from southern Canada through Missouri.
With summer’s worst heat wave upon the I-95 region, thousands are flocking to their local beaches in an attempt to beat the summer heat. However, the intensity of recent rainfall and flash flooding that dumped close to 5 inches on Washington, D.C., last week will increase health risks of beach-goers as they try to cool off.
Continuing heat waves add to concerns for child and pet safety following the deaths of 20 children left in cars.
As Chantal tracks west-northwestward across the Caribbean, the greatest threat from the tropical system will be from flash flooding this week with the biggest problem of the same over Hispaniola part of Cuba into Thursday.
