Weekend weather update from FOX Weather: Mario remnants trigger deadly flash flooding in Southern California
Top weather news for Sept. 20, 2025. The remnants of Tropical Storm Mario left a deadly swath of damage as it dumped torrential rains on southern California, leaving a toddler dead.
Tropical moisture sweeps southern California, leading to mudslides, flooding
The remnants of Tropical Storm Mario have brought rounds of heavy rain to southern California, causing flooding and mudslides to occur. A 2-year-old boy died in the flooding after his family's car was swept away.
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Tropical Storm Mario remnants trigger deadly flash flooding in Southern California
The remnants of Tropical Storm Mario left a deadly swath of damage as it dumped torrential rains in Southern California.
A toddler was found dead after he was swept away with his father as they tried to cross a flooded street in Barstow.
While in Oak Glen, flash flooding sent a wall of mud and water through town. One man even dangerously tried to save his pickup truck from the oncoming torrent, but was too late.
Man races to save truck from oncoming wall of water, mud during California flash flood
A man scrambled to save his pickup truck from a torrent of water and mud as flash flooding slammed Oak Glen, California Thursday, but instead got caught in a river of mud.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle expected to become 2nd Atlantic hurricane of the season by Sunday
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to strengthen into the second hurricane of the Atlantic season by Sunday as it encounters more favorable conditions for development within the next three days, according to a Saturday morning advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The NHC said the storm is expected to pass somewhere to the east of Bermuda Sunday night into Monday, but it's too soon to know what Gabrielle's exact impacts will be on the island.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle as seen from GOES-19 West satellite on Saturday morning. (CIRA CSU / NOAA)
Elusive shipwreck found on bottom of Lake Michigan after 139 years
After more than a century at the bottom of Lake Michigan, an elusive shipwreck has been found, according to the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association.
The boat, named the F.J. King, was thought to have been lost during a powerful storm in September 1886, but it was only recently located near the Wisconsin-Michigan border with the help of sonar and remotely operated vehicles.
According to the association, the 144-foot wooden vessel sailed for 19 years before breaking apart, with pieces of debris spotted by lighthouse keepers and fishermen in the days and weeks after the sinking.
Photo of the F.J. King on the floor of Lake Michigan. (Wisconsin Historical Society / FOX Weather)
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