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The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season is officially in full swing and our FOX 5 weather team is forecasting a potentially active season. The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

The Rapidan Dam in south central Minnesota suffered a partial failure on Monday, June 24. The white house on the edge of the Blue Earth River has since fallen into the river. And officials say they are now concerned about a nearby bridge after erosion has worsened. Here are the latest updates and videos from the dam site.

After a slight dip in the heat and humidity to end the workweek, hot and humid temperatures – as well as storm chances – are expected to return to the Washington, D.C. region this weekend.

Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches were issued for several parts of the DMV as a cold front approached the region. 

The Washington, D.C. area is in for another scorching day as temperatures soar and the threat of severe weather returns.

Heat, humidity, and the possibility of severe weather are expected in the Washington, D.C. region on Wednesday.

Some UPS drivers are still waiting for air-conditioned trucks as some areas around the country face sweltering heat just days into the official summer season.

A wax statue of President Abraham Lincoln outside a D.C. school is not enjoying the heat wave.

Summer is upon us, and while the hot and humid summers are just a way of life in the D.C. region - some summers are worse than others. So, will this be more of an average summer, or a summer to remember? 

As warmer weather arrives, you can never predict when temperatures will rise into the 90s or higher, with humidity creating unhealthy and hazardous conditions. 

Models indicate a large amount of Saharan dust will traverse across the Atlantic this week and head towards the Gulf of Mexico and Florida by next weekend.

FOX 5 learned over the weekend, a Bowie, Maryland couple who left earlier this month to embark on an Islamic pilgrimage died due to the extreme heat, according to the couple’s daughter.