A severe weather threat is in effect from the Ohio Valley through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

The Canadian military was preparing on ⁠Saturday ⁠to evacuate a remote community of ⁠600 people threatened by forest wildfires that have spread, choking smoke ​across a broad swath of the United State...

Wildfires are burning in the Ontario area of Canada as well as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, which U.S. officials have closed as they fight to put out the blazes.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Canadian wildfire smoke has thinned out, but Northeast Ohio isn’t in the clear just yet. Rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to race through the region Saturday afternoon and evening,

At 12:58 p.m. on Sunday, the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released a severe thunderstorm watch valid between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. in effect until 8 p.m.

"Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects."