A heat dome is set to expand across much of the central United States, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees from Dallas to North Dakota. About 70 million people will face heat advisories. Forecasters say the heat will stretch from the desert southwest to the Gulf Coast and into the Midwest and Great Plains. Some areas, like the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, won't be hit by such severe weather. The elderly and children are especially at risk of heat-related illnesses. People are advised to seek air conditioning and stay hydrated. Relief might come to the central U.S. toward next weekend.

A tropical depression has officially organized off the west coast of Florida, prompting forecasters to issue a tropical storm watch for a significant portion of the Florida Panhandle.

Rounds of heavy rain will impact parts of Central and North Florida due to a potential tropical system. Mixed signals on where it could go and intensity.

An area of low pressure could develop near Florida within the next 7 days. Could it impact Florida?

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory effective from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday for portions of southwest and west-central Florida.

Storm forecasters have further downgraded predictions a little more than a month into the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which has so far produced a single named tropical system.

There were no recorded weather observations in Florida on July 4, 1776, but historical climate records can give historians a sense on what was going on.

Revelers asked to use caution with fireworks because the rainy season hasn't fully kicked in.

Lee County encourages community to monitor conditions amid high heat.

The majority of brushy wildfires that burst into flames across Southwest Florida since last weekend have either been contained or close to it.