The stretch of dry and hot weather will be put on pause this week in the Northeast as disruptive thunderstorms drench the region on Wednesday.

The last time a hurricane was named Erin, it was poised off the coast of New York City on the same morning as the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The devastating flooding that swept through Texas Hill Country in early July, killing at least 135 people, unearthed a prehistoric discovery in Travis County, experts say.

Multiple rounds of heavy rain and severe storms are expected to bring dangerous flash flooding, large hail, and damaging winds across the Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend.