Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Jacksonville’s Morning News for July 9, 2025. Here is a rundown of what we’re covering:
FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Hot and humid with and isolated storm. The morning hours will be mainly dry with isolated afternoon thunderstorms moving southwest to northeast across north Florida late this afternoon. Storms developing after 4 pm and will be capable of heavy rain and lightning. Heat continues this week with highs each day into the 90s and a daily chance for some afternoon thunderstorms. Feels like temperatures will be 100+.
Some perspective on the deadly Texas floods from Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh: The world is watching & mourning as Texas reels from catastrophic flooding over the July 4th weekend. As of Tue., July 8th, the death toll is 109 & will undoubtedly go higher as dozens are missing. To put this in some perspective, there have been 765 flooding deaths in the U.S. since 1980. So the Texas death toll from a single flash flood event is a staggering 14%(+) of all the deaths attributed to flooding in the United States since 1980…