Severe Weather

A meeting was held to address the land movement crisis that left residents without power or gas.

FOX 11 is tracking a powerful storm system set to intensify rapidly in the Pacific Ocean this week, impacting the West Coast, including Southern California.

The atmospheric river will be weaker by the time it shifts toward Southern California. However, for now, weekend rain looks like a pretty good possibility.

Each year, dozens of atmospheric rivers make landfall on America's West Coast, unleashing heavy rain and intense snow. The Northwest looking at an extremely active 7-plus days ahead with the potential for an impactful atmospheric river during the middle to end of the week.

According to the National Weather Service, this incoming storm could be one of the first big systems of the season.

Starting Tuesday afternoon, winds will shift northeast, the NWS said, bringing weak Santa Ana winds through Wednesday morning.

Strong and "particularly dangerous" Santa Ana winds are expected to return Wednesday, leading to more critical fire threat warnings.

The storms and flooding in Missouri have left multiple people dead, including two poll workers.

Southern California grapples with the return of the Santa Ana winds, prompting red flag warnings due to heightened wildfire risks.

Reasonable tracks for the end of the week range from west toward Mexico or Texas to north toward the Florida Panhandle.

Chances for rain and thunderstorms are also back in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service.

The next storm to receive a name in the Atlantic Basin – which includes the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico – will be called Patty.

Hurricane Oscar maintained Category 1 strength as the small hurricane made a second landfall in Cuba Sunday evening.

The Craig family has lived in a North Carolina community, dubbed 'Craigtown' by locals, for 80 years.