Viral video shows surfboarder's wild ride on flooded Arkansas interstate

For Cabot, Arkansas, resident Blane Waggoner and his friends, a flooded I-57 in Jacksonville offered an unforgettable, albeit unconventional, way to enjoy the water in their home state.

Arkansas floods provide entertainment for enthusiastic surfboarder
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Blane Waggoner's impressive surfboarding skills were on display in footage taken Sunday in Jacksonville, Arkansas, where he rode the wake behind a jet ski along I-57. (Credit: Blane Waggoner via FOX Weather)

Driver escapes after massive tree falls onto SUV in Chester County

Video captured a massive ash tree crashing down onto a Chester County roadway, crushing a car and shocking fellow drivers.

Dangerous tornado strikes Mississippi
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FOX Weather meteorologist Kiyana Lewis joins LiveNOW from FOX from Mississippi. Lewis reports an EF-3 tornado slammed the area, causing severe damage.

At least 16 dead as tornadoes, flooding ravage several states in central US

Life-threatening flooding and dangerous severe weather pummeled large swaths of the nation's heartland again Friday night for the third night in a row.

Boy dies after being swept away by floodwaters while walking to bus stop, police say

Since Wednesday, more than a foot of rain has now fallen in parts of Kentucky. A 9-year-old boy was tragically caught in a rushing flood Friday while walking to school.

More severe weather expected amid deadly outbreak
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More severe weather is expected across the South and Midwest after the deadly storm outbreak. At least seven people are known to have died, five in Tennessee, one in Indiana and one in Missouri and 13 have been injured as severe weather caused devastation across a huge swath of the country from the Midwest to the mid-South. Krissy Hurley, the Meteorologist-In-Charge with the National Weather Service in Nashville joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to break down what happens next.

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices critically understaffed, report warns

A new AP investigation reveals that nearly half of National Weather Service offices are facing critical staffing shortages, with experts warning the gaps could put lives at risk during severe weather season.

Several killed after tornado outbreak
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In the past 24 hours, a deadly tornado outbreak has killed at least seven people across the South and Midwest, with multiple states, including Tennessee, Missouri, and Indiana experiencing severe damage and flooding. FOX Weather's Kiyana Lewis joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall with an update on the conditions in Memphis.

Metro Detroit experiencing widespread flooding
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People across metro Detroit are waking up to flooded streets and water in their basements. The storms brought record rain to our region, overwhelming the drainage systems. FOX 2 Detroit's Camille Amiri is has the latest from a flooded neighborhood.

Tornadoes, severe storms slam America's heartland
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A tornado outbreak is unfolding Wednesday for parts of the lower Mississippi Valley into the mid-South and lower Ohio Valley, including the threat of multiple long-track EF-3 or stronger tornadoes. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) upgraded portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi to a rare Level 5 out of 5 "high risk" of severe weather. A massive tornado was spotted by FOX Weather Storm Tracker Brandon Copic as it roared near Lake City, Arkansas. Authorities issued a Tornado Emergency ? the most dire of tornado alerts ? for towns in the path of the storm, such as Leachville and Monette. Copic urged people in the warning area to get to safety.

What does a 100-year flood actually mean?

Weather forecasters often use terms like "100-year" or "500-year" floods. Here’s what those terms really mean and why these extreme events are happening more frequently.

Beryl, Helene, Milton removed from Atlantic hurricane list after historic impact

About 100 names of tropical storms and hurricanes have been retired from future use in the Atlantic Ocean, and now Beryl, Helene and Milton join them.

How to protect your vehicle from a hailstorm

The National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates every year there are around a quarter of a million insurance claims for damage to vehicles from hail.

2 dead in central U.S. as severe storms head east
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At least two people were killed Sunday after severe weather battered the central U.S. as FOX Weather continues to track the threat of more destructive storms on Monday. The powerful storms stretched from Lower Michigan down to eastern Texas and northern Louisiana, unleashing damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes.

Thailand and Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 1,600: What to know

More than 1,600 people have died in Myanmar and 10 in Thailand after a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Friday.