The heat wave in the central United States will occur around the time of the year when the sun is highest in the sky and can make for sweltering to dangerous conditions.

Neighborhoods will be abuzz with lawnmowers as downpours continue while golfers dodge lightning bolts in the coming days, but some big heat has eyes for the east before the end of June.

Through the weekend, the most common hazards within the strongest thunderstorms will be large hail and powerful wind gusts which can snap trees and down power lines.

While most severe thunderstorms over the Great Plains will tend to be spotty in nature through the Father's Day weekend, some of the storms can be dangerous with high winds, hail and even a tornado.

A pattern more reminiscent of the middle of spring rather than the middle of June will result in frequent showers, thunderstorms and fluctuating temperatures across the Northeast into next week.

Miles of beaches were littered with garbage and debris following a SpaceX Starship explosion, occurring just before an endangered species of sea turtles began to hatch.

Heavy rain is coming to Texas and some surrounding states into the end of the week and at least one consequence could be dangerous flash flooding.

While Saharan dust and wind shear suppress tropical development in the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific has come alive, one of two active tropical cyclones becoming a hurricane.

An Air India passenger plane with 242 people on board has crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

Thunderstorms will be a daily occurrence across parts of the central United States into Father's Day weekend, bringing the threat of lightning, hail, strong winds and a few tornadoes.