Thousands are without power on the U.S. Northeast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities. The events Friday night signaled the first major signs of a powerful nor’easter expected to create dangerous conditions through the weekend. Tens of millions of people are in the path of the storm that is already beginning to lash the region with strong winds and rain. The National Weather Service says dangerous flooding is expected along the Mid-Atlantic coast, particularly near New Jersey and Delaware. Concerts have been canceled, along with dozens of flights going into airports in Boston, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard on Friday and Saturday.

Five cheetah cubs at the Prague zoo are doing well after surviving a weather scare and their mother's illness. The zoo said Friday that the four males and one female born on June 18 faced challenges from the start. Their mother Daenerys gave birth outdoors on June 18 with a period of storms hitting Prague soon after. She showed exemplary care for the five despite her inexperience by protecting them from rain by licking water from their fur. Daenerys later suffered an intestinal infection in August. Curator Pavel Brandl said that the cubs are fine and healthy now. Scientists say every cub is critical to saving the species which faces extinction in the wild.

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This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the Atlantic Ocean, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (NOAA via AP)