Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like watermelon, eggplant and tomatoes — eventually transplanting them from his greenhouse into rich Vermont soil, hoping for a bountiful fall harvest. Within a few hours last week, those hopes were washed away when flood waters inundated the small farm, destroying a harvest with...

This photo provided by the Georgia Peanut Commission shows Cole Sercer of Sercer Machine & Fabrication, standing beside the Big Peanut that he and his employees designed and built near Interstate 75 in Ashburn, Georgia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (Joy Crosby/Georgia Peanut Commission via AP) Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Georgia’s Big Peanut is back. The roadside landmark along Interstate 75 in south Georgia was rededicated Thursday,...

An 18-year-old who was wading in knee-deep water at an Oregon beach on May 12 was knocked down by a wave and pulled out into the Pacific Ocean by a rip current. His body was never found. The tragedy highlights just how dangerous rip currents can be. Here’s what you need to know about how they form and how to safely escape. ...