The Seattle Times

April, May and June are always hot in most parts of India before monsoon rains bring cooler temperatures. But extreme heat is fast becoming a public health crisis in India.

While more than 243,000 people in Texas remain without power following severe storms this week, another round of severe weather is forecast.

Friday is the day to enjoy outside. On Saturday, light rains and gray clouds will likely settle in. Sunday to Tuesday, the rain will be significant.

For weeks now, temperatures in several states in northern India have been well over 110, and hospitals have been reporting a rise in heatstroke.

Weather-weary Texas has been hammered again by powerful storms that left one person dead, collapsed homes under construction and uprooted trees.

An unusual weather phenomenon called a “gustnado” brought some dramatic moments to a western Michigan lake over the weekend.

Destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky, and heat was setting records from south Texas to Florida.

A series of powerful storms in the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend has killed at least 21 people as they left a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages.

Though clouds will hang over the Seattle area for Memorial Day, conditions will be drier and warmer than they have been lately, with temperatures rising into the upper 60s.

The warmest and driest day will be Monday, while a chance of showers remains for the rest of the holiday weekend around Seattle and Western Washington.

Residents of Greenfield, Iowa, are working to clean up days after a tornado ripped apart more than 100 homes and killed 4 people. More storms could be on the way.

Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions sweltering and strained energy grids.

Authorities in Iowa were continuing their search and rescue efforts, a day after a tornado slammed the state.