A soaked and scared baby raccoon captured hearts this week after being rescued from a doorstep in Belchertown, Massachusetts.

Multiple solar flares have erupted on the sun, but despite the frenzy of activity on the sun, this could be the hardest week of the entire year to see the northern lights in the United States.

A 30-year-old man fell from a cliff while trying to get a closer look at the Kīlauea volcano eruption and nearly fell into the caldera. He was rescued with minor injuries.

Multiple rounds of severe weather will stretch across portions of the United States, which can put some communities at risk during this third week of June.

Significant flooding in northern West Virginia has claimed the lives of at least six people, including a 3-year-old. Crews continued the search for those missing on Monday morning.

The eagerly awaited Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was canceled for the weekend, with severe weather impacting the area as the cause.

Neighborhoods will be abuzz with lawnmowers as downpours continue while golfers dodge lightning bolts in the coming days, but some big heat has eyes for the east before the end of June.

The heat wave in the central United States will occur around the time of the year when the sun is highest in the sky and can make for sweltering to dangerous conditions.

Through the weekend, the most common hazards within the strongest thunderstorms will be large hail and powerful wind gusts which can snap trees and down power lines.

While most severe thunderstorms over the Great Plains will tend to be spotty in nature through the Father's Day weekend, some of the storms can be dangerous with high winds, hail and even a tornado.