Thursday will feature heat index values reaching 105° and up, making it a WRAL Weather Alert Day. A heat advisory will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Raleigh and areas to the south and east.

Tropical Storm Lala is strengthening and is now forecast to become a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday, August 15, according to the National Hurricane Center. A hurricane ...