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6 days ago | foxweather.com | Hayley Vawter

NEW YORK– An expansive that has already set dozens of high-temperature records Friday has its sights set on baking over 30 states with potentially life-threatening heat through the first week of . The sprawling area of high pressure began scorching the Plains Thursday and Friday, breaking several heat records in Colorado, Rapid City, South Dakota and parts of Nebraska. Denver tied its record high of 99 degrees Friday while Pueblo reached 103. HUMID HEAT OR DRY HEAT: WHAT IS WORSE?

1 week ago | foxweather.com | Angeli Gabriel

INDIANAPOLIS – Residents of an Indianapolis neighborhood came upon a rather sizable spherical object that flew into their neighborhood Wednesday evening, when thunderstorms rolled through Indiana. At about the size of a small shed, the object was found sitting on the side of a road with part of its flat bottom parked onto the curb. The object turned out to be a radome – a large orb-like enclosure that is used to protect radar antennas.

1 week ago | foxweather.com | Hayley Vawter

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A man in his 20s was injured by a lightning strike while standing in the ocean off New Smyrna Beach on Friday afternoon. The lightning bolt struck the water near the man, but with water being a conductor of electricity, the man still suffered an electrical shock from the blast, according to the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department. New Smyrna Fire, Volusia County Fire and Edmonton EMS responded to the scene, where they found the man unconscious and in cardiac arrest.

1 week ago | foxweather.com | Angeli Gabriel |Steven Yablonski

SAN MARCOS, Mexico – A 1-year-old baby boy is the first confirmed death from Hurricane Erick, after the Category 3 hurricane made landfall on the southwestern coast of Mexico Thursday morning. The child drowned in a swollen river near the city of San Marcos, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a news conference on Friday.

1 week ago | foxweather.com | Hayley Vawter

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo.– Three rivers in Yellowstone National Park are temporarily closing for fishing early in the day due to warm water temperatures and low water flow. Madison, Firehole and Gibbon Rivers would all close at 2 p.m. until sunrise on the next day over the coming days, the national park said in a news release Thursday. The Madison and Fire Rivers will be closed in their entirety, while Gibbon River will be closed downstream of Norris Campground.