The Atlantic is beginning to awaken with a disturbance approaching the Caribbean over the next week. It will have to fight dry air and possibly some terrain in order to develop further.

Storms are expected across portions of the Northern Plains, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic through the end of the week. Hail, damaging winds and a tornado or two are possible.

A cold front could bring stormy weather to the eastern United States for Labor Day weekend, but cooler temperatures behind the front and more on the West Coast will make for a comfortable holiday.

Typhoon Shanshan is slowly moving toward Japan but its heavy rain has already triggered a devastating landslide. Watch this video for the full story and what’s to come with this cyclone.

The statistics and recent history of this most active month of the Atlantic hurricane season.