A severe weather outbreak, including long-lasting and intense tornadoes, is affecting a swath of the South on Saturday into Saturday night.
Threat level: The Storm Prediction Center has issued a rare "moderate risk" outlook, or level 4 out of 5 on the threat scale, for portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, indicating confidence in a potentially significant outbreak.
2024 will be the second straight "hottest year" on record. But it wasn't supposed to be as hot as it was, coming in far ahead of 2023's alarming global temperature spike.
Threat level: For reasons climate scientists don't yet fully understand, 2024 is likely to temporarily eclipse the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C temperature target, when compared to preindustrial levels.
