The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Strong storms likely across Southeast
Start your day with the latest weather news. A weeklong stretch of severe weather across the U.S. looks to be coming to an end after one more day of strong storms.
Weather in America: April 19, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Friday, April 19, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Friday, April 19, 2024, and North Dakota Day. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.
Severe storms possible across Southeast
Wave after wave of severe weather that has hammered the U.S. this week is coming to an end, but not before another day of powerful storms across the Southeast. While Friday’s threat is lower than others this week, strong storms are expected in a swath that stretches from Virginia to Alabama.
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Tornadoes spotted spinning across Midwest
FOX Weather storm trackers recorded video of tornadoes spinning across parts of Illinois on Thursday. One of the storms produced what appeared to be twin twisters as it moved across a field near the town of Greenfield.
Twisters spin through Illinois as storms tear across Midwest
FOX Weather Storm Tracker Brandon Copic caught video of a tornadoes spinning through a field in Illinois.
Father-daughter fossil find could be largest prehistoric marine reptile
An 11-year-old girl and her father were on a fossil hunt when they uncovered a 202-million-year-old chunk of jawbone believed to belong to a previously unknown titan of the prehistoric ocean.
Part of the research team in 2020 examining the initial finds (at the back) of the new discovery made by Ruby and Justin Reynolds. Additional sections of the bone were subsequently discovered. From left to right, Dr Dean Lomax, Ruby Reynolds, Justin Reynolds and Paul de la Salle. (Photo credit: Dr Dean Lomax)
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Two men in Virginia narrowly avoided being crushed by a tree when it came crashing down while they were making s’mores for their kids.
'We almost died,' Virginia dads narrowly dodge falling backyard tree
Two dads making smores in the backyard for their kids heard a crack and a 40-foot tree came down on the firepit. Instincts took over and the men were able to jump out of the way in time. They join FOX Weather.
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