A preliminary report by NTSB revealed that the hot air balloon which crashed on Jan. 14 near Eloy, Arizona, had deflated before it hit the ground.

A hot air balloon carrying nine passengers crash landed into the backyard of a home in Gilbert on Tuesday afternoon after hitting a possible microburst in the atmosphere.

LOWELL — Three passengers were injured Sunday night and taken to various hospitals after their hot air balloon apparently came in contact with power lines and crashed into a bean field ...

Though the Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon Regatta first launched in 2015 and was intended to be annual event, it’s actually only happened four times.

While an isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible, most of the day will be sunny and dry. Mostly clear skies Wednesday evening become mostly cloudy by Thursday morning as our next cold front ...

ALERT DAY Monday for dangerous heat July 28, 2025 @ 12:11 am A heat advisory remains in effect until 7pm Monday. How hot we'll get and how hot it will feel on Monday here. Read more.

Muggy air is with us overnight as temperatures only fall into the mid to upper 70s by Saturday morning.

Details here on storm chances and when ALERT DAY heat index values could top 100 again.

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Remember, heat is less dense than cold air so the warm air will rise. This rising motion creates a natural vacuum lowering the air pressure at the Earth’s surface. Think of a hot air balloon.

Ozone could again hit unhealthy levels with near record highs in the triple digits Wednesday, but more scattered storms are predicted Thursday to clear up the air and cool off temps.