Name: Colorado supertanker headed to battle fires burning in Amazon rainforest
Uploaded: 8/24/2019 12:58:01 AM
Duration: 38
Description: The supertanker is helping fight the fires in what's known as "Earth's lung."

Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires

Some 44,000 troops will be available for 'unprecedented' operations to put out the fires.

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Get ready for a weekend warm up

Weekend temperatures will increase to slightly above average with an increase in humidity.

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Get ready for a weekend warm up

Weekend temperatures will increase to slightly above average with an increase in humidity.

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MicroClimate Forecast, Friday, August 23, 2019 (Night)

MicroClimate Forecast, Friday, August 23, 2019 (Night)

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You definitely don't want to get hit with one of these hailstones

Devastating hail slammed into Strasburg and Byers, Colorado, that reached sizes larger than golf balls. Reed Timmer witnessed the storm, which occurred on Aug. 23, and explained how these massive hailstones form.

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Roaring wildfire blazes across northern Texas

On Aug. 16, a wildfire broke out in Hardeman County, Texas. By Aug. 23, the fire had consumed at least 7,000 acres, but had not resulted in any injuries.

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City looks like a water park after powerful downpours

The streets of San Angelo, Texas, became incredibly inundated on Aug. 23, following rainstorms that drenched the city.

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Hopefully your car can turn into a boat

Pelham, Alabama, suffered devastating flooding on Aug. 23, that left the streets of the town looking like rivers.

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Spinning windmills and dust devils

Watch as this massive dust devil spins in Sterling City, Texas, kicking up substantial amounts of dirt, on Aug. 21.

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What's that forming in the sky?

Reed Timmer was tracking a storm in Byers, Colorado, on Aug. 23, when something started to form in the grey clouds above him.

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Beautiful Day in Kalamazoo, MI

With a considerable drop in heat and humidity over the next few days, people turned out in droves to take up the weekly food trucks in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Friday afternoon.

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Toxic algae blooming around Garden State

Many of New Jersey's largest lakes and reservoirs are shut down to swimmers due to massive toxic algae blooms. Heavy rains and hot days are fueling the rapid growth along with the fertilizers we use to keep our lawns green.

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Multiple tropical systems getting better organized in the Atlantic

AccuWeather Chief Video Meteorologist Bernie explains where conditions are favorable for development in the Atlantic.

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An early taste of Fall-like weather for the East this weekend

Early Fall-like weather for the Midwest and East. Evan Myers has detail

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MicroClimate Forecast Friday August 23, 2019 (Morning)

Temperatures will keep dropping Friday throughout San Diego County. Conditions will warm slightly over the weekend!

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The sky is the limit for painter who focuses on weather phenomena

An artist has managed to combine both realism and the abstract on a single canvas, and weather figures heavily into his work.

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