Rain Providing Some Relief to Drought-Stricken Southern U.S.

A storm tracking across the southern U.S. will continue to bring areas of heavy thunderstorms with risks for severe weather and excessive rainfall from Texas to Florida through this weekend. While much of this rainfall will be beneficial to the drought, excessive rainfall may bring areas of flash and urban flooding. Read More >

Today's Weather Trivia

Today's Date is Saturday May 2, 2026...\n ON... May 2, 1920 Peggs Oklahoma was completely destroyed by a tornado. Seventy-one people were killed which was 30 percent of the town's population. IN 1929...Virginia's worst tornado disaster occurred. Six tornadoes, two west of the Blue Mountains, killed 22 people. Twelve children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove, in Scott county. Four schools were destroyed by the storms.

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