Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering but not be record-shattering.

The deadly flooding in Valencia Spain is just the latest in a spate of climate extremes that seem to have shifted into overdrive, especially in rain-weary Europe.

Although the Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, scientists say there is still the possibility for more named storms this year.

Scientists say human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton’s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%.

The extreme weather seen in places across the United States shows it doesn’t take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage.

The Debby storm system could cause historic rainfall and flooding in parts of the Southeast, including Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening.

Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead.

Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter.

Winter has started out weird in the United States.

Officials are investigating one possible heat-related death in Oregon from a Pacific Northwest heat wave.

SAN ANTONIO – A fire on the city’s West Side Monday morning destroyed a travel trailer, taking with it most of what Joe Ariaga and his girlfriend owned. Ariaga said he was asleep when the fire broke out shortly after 7:30 a.m. in the 600 block of North San Eduardo Avenue. “I’m telling you, when I say it went up, it went up real quick,” Ariaga said. Firefighters say the trailer was engulfed in flames when they arrived. Paramedics checked Ariaga out at the scene to make sure he was OK.“The flames just started at the back, started right up in the back.

And for most of America itll stay on through the rest of the month and maybe longer, meteorologists say. Its not a record-breaking heat wave, but it is notable for its persistence.This is a dangerous type of heat where people need to be careful about heat stroke, stay indoors and drink plenty of water, meteorologists said. The National Weather Service warned of excessive heat on Tuesday for 18 million people, but thats nothing compared to whats coming up. And it will likely feel even hotter in the South. Without extensive statistical and scientific analysis, meteorologists cant say for sure that the heat is due to global warming, Rosencrans said.