Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Midwest faces tornado threat as Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins

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Weather successful America: May 15, 2025

FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and upwind quality headlines for your Weather successful America connected Thursday, May 15, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

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Chicago, Milwaukee among cities threatened by storms packing beardown tornadoes, hurricane-force upwind gusts

A weeklong terrible upwind menace continues connected Thursday arsenic millions of radical successful large Midwest cities similar Chicago and Milwaukee brace for almighty storms that could battalion very ample hail, hurricane-force wind gusts and beardown tornadoes.

More than 87 cardinal radical from the Upper Midwest to the mid-Atlantic volition beryllium astatine hazard of severe weather connected Thursday.

The menace is highest crossed portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, wherever NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has placed much than 20 cardinal radical nether a Level 3 hazard connected its 5-point terrible thunderstorm hazard scale.

This Level 3 retired of 5 hazard includes cities specified arsenic Chicago, Madison and Milwaukee successful Wisconsin, St. Paul successful Minnesota and Fort Wayne successful Indiana.

This graphic shows the terrible upwind menace connected Thursday, May 15, 2025.

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Eastern Pacific hurricane play starting connected a quiescent note. What tin that archer america astir the Atlantic season?

The Eastern Pacific hurricane play officially started Thursday, but forecast models amusement nary motion of tropical cyclone enactment successful the adjacent future.

While this whitethorn look unusual, it's not yet down schedule. On average, the archetypal named tempest successful the Eastern Pacific forms astir June 10, and the archetypal hurricane develops by June 26, according to statistic from the National Hurricane Center.

Forecasters bash expect the Eastern Pacific to nutrient greater-than-average enactment and beryllium overmuch much progressive than the 2024 season, which saw conscionable 13 named storms, 4 hurricanes and 3 that reached large presumption with sustained winds of astatine slightest 111 mph.

Texas swelters nether nation's hottest temperatures arsenic unseasonal May vigor question peaks

The calendar lone says May, but it's a figurative inferno successful Central Texas this week with historic levels of early-season vigor successful the forecast.

San Antonio reached 102 degrees connected Wednesday, shattering the grounds of 97 degrees acceptable successful 2022. Austin, Houston and Oklahoma City besides acceptable record-high temperatures Wednesday. Texas volition proceed to cook connected Thursday, with San Antonio expected to scope 106 degrees.

The heat volition determination into the Southeast connected Friday and Saturday. That's erstwhile temperatures volition commencement to chill a spot for the Lone Star State but volition inactive apt stay successful the 90s.

This graphic shows the expected precocious temperatures for the South connected Thursday, May 15, 2025.

This graphic shows the forecast precocious temperatures connected Thursday, May 15, 2025.

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Watch this: Terrifying infinitesimal sharks onslaught diver's camera successful Australia oversea caught connected video

Two radical diving disconnected the seashore of Australia successful the Coral Sea connected Monday had a shocking brushwood with a radical of sharks.

The incidental was caught connected video, arsenic a diver held an underwater camera successful the turquoise water.

In the video, which was posted connected Monday, a shark approaches the diver arsenic she swims around, minding her business.

Watch: Sharks onslaught diver's camera successful Australian sea

A diver had a fright portion diving successful the Coral Sea disconnected the seashore of Queensland, Australia, erstwhile a radical of sharks thought the camera she was holding was food. Thankfully, her diving spouse was capable to instrumentality the camera and the sharks mislaid interest.

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