New wildfires in Florida have sent residents fleeing their homes and closed roadways to traffic.

Anchorage residents have been not only buying protective equipment for themselves, but also for their pets. These items include respirators, booties and goggles for their dogs.

As temperatures on the trail soared to 100 degrees, the early spring heat may have caught many hikers off guard along the Arizona Hot Spring Trail, according to officials with the Lake Mead National Park Service.

The trio became stuck in a rip current while swimming at a beach in Florida over the weekend.

Cities across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are under a heightened risk for severe weather from Monday into early Tuesday.

The potential for heavy rain prompted NOAA's Weather Prediction Center to issue a Level 1 out of 4 flash flood threat from North Carolina to Delaware from Friday into early Saturday morning, covering some 14 million people.

Portions of the Midwest and Southeast recently slammed by a deadly barrage of powerful storms and flooding are continuing recovery efforts in the wake of the disaster.

Officials say the pup got a much closer look at the canyon than she anticipated when she fell off a ledge after darting from the car.