Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Wildfire explodes in California as tropics heat up in Atlantic, Pacific
Top weather news for Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025: A massive wildfire raging within a historic California Gold Rush community has forced residents to evacuate. Meanwhile, a pair of Pacific hurricanes could threaten land as an Atlantic disturbance becomes increasingly likely to develop into the next tropical depression or storm.
Weather in America: September 3, 2025
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Massive 6-5 Wildfire rages within historic California Gold Rush community
A massive wildfire raging within a historic California Gold Rush community has forced residents to flee their homes and seek safety as flames devour the landscape and structures.
According to the latest information from CAL FIRE, the 6-5 Wildfire in Tuolumne County grew rapidly and remains extremely active with no containment.
![The 6-5 Wildfire in California is seen raging on Sept. 2, 2025.]()
Image 1 of 4The 6-5 Wildfire in California is seen raging on Sept. 2, 2025. (Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services/Facebook)
![An airplane is seen dropping fire retardant on the 6-5 Wildfire in California on Sept. 2, 2025.]()
Image 2 of 4An airplane is seen dropping fire retardant on the 6-5 Wildfire in California on Sept. 2, 2025. (Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services/Facebook)
![Structures are seen burning as the 6-5 Wildfire rages in California on Sept. 2, 2025.]()
Image 3 of 4Structures are seen burning as the 6-5 Wildfire rages in California on Sept. 2, 2025. (Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services/Facebook)
![This image shows the 6-5 Wildfire burning in California on Sept. 2, 2025.]()
Image 4 of 4This image shows the 6-5 Wildfire burning in California on Sept. 2, 2025. (Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services/Facebook)
Conditions remain conducive for Atlantic disturbance to become Tropical Depression 7
The National Hurricane Center is continuing to monitor a tropical disturbance that emerged off the coast of Africa last weekend, and forecasters are saying it will likely become Tropical Depression Seven or Tropical Storm Gabrielle later this week or over the weekend.
The disturbance is currently located in the eastern tropical Atlantic to the southwest of the Cabo Verde islands and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, but it is moving into an area where environmental conditions remain conducive for gradual development.
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Lorena becomes a hurricane in Pacific and could impact Baja California, Southwest US
Lorena became a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Wednesday morning and is expected to track parallel to the Baja California coast of Mexico before approaching land late this week or over the weekend.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, some of the tropical moisture from Lorena could enhance the seasonal monsoon weather pattern across the Southwest U.S., with heavy rain beginning late Thursday or early Friday.
Farther west in the Pacific, Hurricane Kiko is expected to head in the general direction of Hawaii by early next week.
(FOX Weather)
Watch this: Video reveals first known evidence of dusky sharks preying on seals off Nantucket
A new study has revealed something shark conservationists have never achieved: direct observations of dusky sharks hunting and preying on gray seals.
Aerial video taken by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) in July 2023 showed a seal being attacked and eaten by preying dusky sharks off the coast of Nantucket.
Video shows dusky sharks preying on seal off Nantucket, Massachusetts
A new study from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy reveals video from July 2023 in what is believed to be the first direct observation of dusky sharks preying on seals.
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