A very hot week ahead
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm after raking Hawaii without making landfall, its heavy rains and winds strong enough to sweep around 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island, officials said.
Recent rainfall brought some improvement to drought conditions in central NC.
The Perseid Meteor Shower's peak tonight coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade.
More than 900,000 utility customers were without power on Wednesday morning.