FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Hurricane Erick made landfall on southern coast of Mexico as monster Category 3 storm
Hurricane Erick reached Category 4 strength as the extremely dangerous storm made landfall as a strong Category 3 hurricane on the southern coast of Mexico in an area popular with travelers.
Residents and visitors in coastal communities like Puerto Escondido and Acapulco were urged to hunker down as Erick approached with winds of 140 mph and torrential rain that is expected to produce flash flooding and mudslides that will likely create life-threatening conditions along the country’s southwestern coast.
This graphic shows the expected rainfall from Hurricane Erick through Friday, June 20, 2025.
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Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City face destructive thunderstorms as 134M+ targeted by severe weather
Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and other heavily populated areas across the Interstate 95 corridor in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast are expected to see potentially damaging severe weather Thursday, part of a sprawling threat that covers more than 134 million people.
Warm temperatures and high humidity across the region will set the stage for thunderstorms set to fire Thursday afternoon, threatening the evening commute with damaging wind gusts of 60 mph being the primary threat.
This graphic shows the severe weather threat for Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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Tornadoes, damaging wind gusts knock out power across Midwest and Ohio Valley
More than 93,000 power outages were reported in Indiana, and more than 73,000 were reported in Ohio on Thursday morning, the impact of the severe weather system headed towards the East Coast.
Severe storms produced reports of tornadoes in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa on Wednesday. A 71-mph wind gust that brought down powerlines was recorded in Owen, Indiana and an 80 mph gust was clocked in Cleveland Wednesday night.
Watch: Video shows moment bear, dog go nose-to-nose inside California home
A small but mighty pup courageously tried to scare off a bear who broke into a home in Southern California over the weekend.
The incident was caught on home security video, as a black bear approached a home in Monrovia just before midnight Saturday.
Video from Saturday showed a black bear bravely entering a home in southern California as a dog defends its space from the intruder.
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