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July 16, 2008
I look outside my office window, and I see …
… rotating clouds. (Photos by our Erica Dakins.) Things are starting to look suspiciously similar to June 12, when, you’ll recall, some areas received a couple of months of rain in one afternoon.
Thursday 11:45 a.m. update: A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago counties through Friday morning, and for Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette and Sheboygan counties through Saturday evening. The quote from the latter warning: “Another very dangerous flooding situation may be developing for southern Wisconsin. It has many similarities to the weather pattern and subsequent flooding experienced back in early June.”
Another advisory has this news: “Several inches of rain are likely in some areas by Sunday night.”


Winds gusting up to 110 kilometres per hour closed Highway 19 this morning and plunged parts of several North Island communities into darkness.
According to the Port McNeill RCMP office, winds knocked down trees near Orca Sand and Gravel between Port Hardy and Port McNeill blocking the highway and taking power lines down with them.
BC Hydro says the outage impacted about 250 Port McNeill and area residences and some businesses.
In Port Hardy, power was knocked out in Quatsino Sound impacting 62 residences as well as Coal Harbour Road impacting about five residence.
Zeballos was also impacted with 43 people losing power.
Winds are expected to diminish early this afternoon as the low moves inland and weakens.


From Hancock County, Maine, Emergency Management Agency:
Hurricane Lee Local Statement Advisory Number 40
National Weather Service Caribou ME AL132023
523 AM EDT Fri Sep 15 2023
This product covers EASTERN AND NORTHERN MAINE
**Tropical Storm Warning continues for Downeast Maine as Lee
* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
– The Hurricane Watch has been cancelled for Coastal Hancock
– A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for Southern
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
– A Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch are in effect for
– A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Central Penobscot,
Central Washington, Coastal Hancock, Interior Hancock, Northern
Washington, Southern Penobscot, and Southern Piscataquis
* STORM INFORMATION:
– About 690 miles south of Petit Manan ME or about 730 miles
south of Eastport ME
– 34.4N 67.5W
– Storm Intensity 85 mph
– Movement North or 10 degrees at 16 mph
– Forecast confidence continues to increase that Lee will make
landfall along the coast of New Brunswick late Saturday night/early
– Lee is a large storm and impacts are expected well away from the center
– Tropical storm force winds and heavy rainfall are expected from Bangor
Region through Interior Downeast and southward. The Downeast Coast
will feel the most impact from Lee, including moderate coastal
flooding and erosion.
– Power outages and localized flooding from rainfall could be enhanced
by rainfall earlier this week
Protect against dangerous wind having possible significant impacts
across Downeast Maine. Potential impacts in this area include:
– Some damage to roofing and siding materials, along with damage
to porches, awnings, carports, and sheds. A few buildings
experiencing window, door, and garage door failures. Mobile
homes damaged, especially if unanchored. Unsecured lightweight
objects become dangerous projectiles.
– Several large trees snapped or uprooted, but with greater
numbers in places where trees are shallow rooted. Several
fences and roadway signs blown over.
– Some roads impassable from large debris, and more within urban
or heavily wooded places. A few bridges, causeways, and access
– Scattered power and communications outages, but more prevalent
in areas with above ground lines.
Also, protect against hazardous wind having possible limited impacts
across Northern Maine.
Protect against locally hazardous surge having possible limited
impacts across coastal Downeast Maine. Potential impacts in this area
– Localized inundation with storm surge flooding mainly along
immediate shorelines and in low-lying spots.
– Sections of near-shore roads and parking lots become overspread
with surge water and rocks and debris. Driving conditions
dangerous in places where surge water or rocks and debris
covers the road.
– Moderate beach erosion. Heavy surf also breaching dunes, mainly
in usually vulnerable locations. Strong rip currents.
– Minor to locally moderate damage to marinas, docks, boardwalks,
and piers. A few small craft broken away from moorings.
* FLOODING RAIN:
Protect against dangerous rainfall flooding having possible
significant impacts across Eastern and Downeast Maine. Potential
– Moderate rainfall flooding may prompt several evacuations and
– Rivers and tributaries may quickly become swollen with swifter
currents and overspill their banks in a few places, especially
in usually vulnerable spots. Small streams, creeks, canals,
arroyos, and ditches overflow.
– Flood waters can enter some structures or weaken foundations.
Several places may experience expanded areas of rapid inundation
at underpasses, low-lying spots, and poor drainage areas. Some
streets and parking lots take on moving water as storm drains and
retention ponds overflow. Driving conditions become hazardous.
Some road and bridge closures.
Little to no impacts are anticipated at this time across EASTERN AND
Listen to local official for recommended preparedness actions,
including possible evacuation. If ordered to evacuate, do so
* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
Now is the time to complete all preparations to protect life and
property in accordance with your emergency plan. Ensure you are in a
safe location before the onset of strong winds or possible flooding.
If you are relocating to safe shelter, leave as early as possible.
Allow extra time to reach your destination. Roads and bridges will be
closed once strong winds arrive. Check the latest weather forecast
before departing and drive with caution.
If heading to a community shelter, become familiar with the shelter
rules before arrival, especially if you have special needs or have
pets. Take essential items with you from your Emergency Supplies Kit.
Failure to adequately shelter may result in serious injury or loss of
life. Always heed the advice of local officials and comply with any
orders that are issued. Remember, during the storm 9 1 1 Emergency
Services may not be able to immediately respond if conditions are
unsafe. This should be a big factor in your decision making.
Keep cell phones well charged. Cell phone chargers for automobiles
can be helpful, but be aware of your risk for deadly carbon monoxide
poisoning if your car is left idling in a garage or other poorly
It is important to remain calm, informed, and focused during an
emergency. Be patient and helpful with those you encounter.
If you are a visitor, be sure to know the name of the city or town in
which you are staying and the name of the county in which it resides.
Listen for these locations in local news updates. Pay attention for
instructions from local authorities.
Rapidly rising flood waters are deadly. If you are in a flood-prone
area, consider moving to higher ground. Never drive through a flooded
roadway. Remember, turn around don’t drown!
Closely monitor weather.gov
, NOAA Weather radio or local news outlets
for official storm information. Be ready to adapt to possible changes
to the forecast. Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
– For information on appropriate preparations see ready.gov
– For additional disaster preparedness information see redcross.org


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By Gus Saltonstall
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a State of Emergency for New York City Friday morning amid torrential rain and flash flood warnings.
A total of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell across New York and New Jersey by Friday evening, with more than eight inches of rainfall in parts of Queens. The rain is expected to continue through Friday night in the five boroughs, but not at the same rate — before clearing up by Saturday afternoon.
The MTA tweeted out at 10:30 a.m. that there is “only extremely limited subway service available because of heavy flooding. Service is suspended at many stations. Please stay home if you don’t need to travel.” Train service across the city has remained suspended or heavily delayed through Friday evening.
Trains remained suspended or delayed into Friday night.
The Department of Transportation also announced that Alternate Side Parking Regulations were suspended on Friday due to the heavy rainfall. Additionally, the suspension will continue through the end of Saturday for the Jewish holiday of the Sukkot.
Here’s what the flooding looked like Friday morning in Brooklyn.
NYC experienced major flooding this morning pic.twitter.com/kMvz2c4OHM
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) September 29, 2023
More than five inches of rain fell in Central Park by Friday evening, including a period of more than two inches in one hour. The total makes it the second-wettest hour in Central Park in the last 80 years, according to CNN.
Elsewhere in Central Park on Friday, a sea lion at the Central Park Zoo was able to swim out of her pool due to the flooding and “explored the area before returning to familiar surroundings,” confirmed a spokesperson from the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The park’s Bethesda Fountain Plaza also flooded with water.
To the west, Riverside Park wasn’t able to escape the flooding either. Photos and videos show water rushing into Dinosaur Playground near West 97th Street, and long stretches of walkway within the park completely underwater.
By Friday evening there had been nearly eight inches of rain at John F. Kennedy International Airport, making it the wettest day at the airport since precipitation records first began getting tracked in 1948. The city is on track for the most rain ever in a single day, according to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.
A flash flood warning for Manhattan and the Bronx was in effect until 4 p.m., with an additional two to four inches of rain possible by the end of the day, according to the city’s emergency management system. Elected officials are also urging any New Yorkers in a basement apartment to get to higher ground.
For those who had larger travel plans, LaGuardia’s Terminal A remains closed since Friday morning and a long list of flights are disrupted and delayed. JFK and Newark are also reporting widespread delays.
“If you’re at home, stay home,” Mayor Eric Adams said during a press briefing about 11:30 a.m. on Friday. “If you are at work or school, shelter in place for now.”
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|Editorial. Hurricane season: It only takes one|
|News - St Augustine Area & St Johns County|
Federal hurricane forecasters are calling for another year of slower-than-normal activity upcoming. That’s after the same prediction last year — which actually turned out slower than its mediocre billing.
In fact, it has been eight years since a hurricane described as “major” by these forecasters made landfall in the United States.
Read entire article: Editorial. Hurricane season: It only takes one


Fun surf developing for the South Coast
South Australian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday March 11th)
Best Days: South Coast for the keen tomorrow morning but more so Sunday, South Coast Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, Mid Coast next weekend onwards
Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)
- Easing mid-period SW swell tomorrow with light E/NE tending S/SE winds
- New S/SW groundswell Sun AM with N/NE tending weak E/SE winds, easing Mon with NE tending stronger SE winds
- Reinforcing mid-period S/SW swell Tue with N/NE tending S/SE winds, easing Wed with similar winds
- New, mid-period W/SW swell building late next Fri, peaking Sat with morning SE winds
A slight improvement in conditions across the South Coast yesterday and this morning with a shift in winds to the east and a mix of windswell and mid-period swell in the 2-3ft range across Middleton. The Mid has been tiny and only suitable for beginners.
This weekend and next week (Mar 12 - 18)
A temporary low point in swell is due tomorrow along with a further improvement in local winds, shifting light E/NE through the morning ahead of afternoon sea breezes.
Middleton will likely be a peaky 2ft with bigger sets at the more exposed beaches, tiny to flat on the Mid Coast.
Come Sunday our new S/SW groundswell should be in the water, generated by a strong polar low that's formed under the country yesterday and is tracking south-west of Tasmania today. A fetch of gale to severe-gale W/SW winds are being generated and this should provide a good 3-4ft of S/SW groundswell across Middleton Sunday morning, easing into the afternoon and down from 2-3ft on Monday morning. The Mid will remain tiny to flat owing to the swell's southerly direction.
Conditions should be great Sunday morning with a light N/NE offshore ahead of weak E/SE sea breezes, NE Monday morning ahead of stronger sea breezes.
A small pulse of reinforcing S/SW swell is due Tuesday from a weaker, trailing fetch of W/SW winds behind the strong low, keeping Middleton around 2-3ft under a great N/NE offshore breeze through the morning.
We'll see the surf fading through Wednesday and bottoming out Thursday with morning NE winds on the former and a weak change Thursday as a trough moves in. This trough will be followed by a high, swinging winds around to the south-east through next weekend and early next week along with some new W/SW swell energy.
We'll see a strong progression of Southern Ocean storms developing south-west of Western Australia, firing up towards that state and through our western swell window mid-late next week, generating swell from next weekend. More details on this in Monday's update. Have a great weekend!


Kolkata: Five persons died in lightning strikes and one drowned as heavy monsoon showers left various areas of the metropolis and the southern Bengal districts waterlogged on Monday, with the weatherman warning of "heavy to very heavy rainfall" in the northern part of the state over the next five days.
The met office also predicted widespread rainfall in the southern districts over the next three days.
Two persons died and eight others were injured in North 24 Parganas district, while two persons were killed in South 24 Parganas district, when they were struck by lightning, an official said.
A boy was killed in Purulia district due to lightning strike, the official said, adding that a youth drowned in Sutunga river in Mekhliganj in Cooch Behar district during the rain.
The downpour affected services of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway, as speed of trains had to be curtailed following waterlogging on tracks.
In Kolkata, important areas like the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Behala, Khidirpur, Ultadanga and Patipukur underpass saw accumulation of water as the skies opened up from the early hours.
Traffic moved at snail's pace, office-goers and school children were inconvenienced, and taxis fleeced commuters - all familiar scenes in rain-hit Kolkata.
To combat the water logging problem, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation opened a control room, and said they were constantly monitoring. A helpline-2286-1212/2286-1313/2286-1414 was opened for reporting water logging in the metropolis.
"In the EM Bypass area there was a drainage system which has got choked due to which the area has become waterlogged. I have visited the area along with other officers. We are working on a Detailed Project Report for coming up with a new drainage system and we will arrive at a solution soon," said KMC Mayor-in-Council, drainage, Tarak Singh.
A Met department bulletin warned of "heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm)" in most places of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts from June 25 June 29, "caused by an upper air cyclonic circulation over West Assam and sub-Himalayan West Bengal".
It said several south Bengal districts would also be affected by incessant rainfall over the next three days and issued an alert for North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts.
"Rainfall in most places likely over south Bengal districts due to a cyclonic circulation that lies over northwest Bay of Bengal," the bulletin added.
The maximum rainfall received till 10:30 a.m. Monday is 33.4 mm with relative humidity at 92 per cent.


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Nearly 150,000 people have been moved from their homes in the Indian state of Gujarat to safety while authorities closed ports and a main airport as the most intense cyclone in more than two decades roared up the west coast.
Cyclone Tauktae has killed at least 12 people and left a trail of destruction as it brushed past the coastal states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra, authorities said.
It is set to make landfall in Gujarat late on Monday.
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"This will be the most severe cyclone to hit Gujarat in at least 20 years. This can be compared with the 1998 cyclone that hit Kandla and inflicted heavy damage," state revenue secretary Pankaj Kumar told Reuters.
The cyclone increases pressure on local administrations already struggling with a high caseload of COVID-19 infections.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) categorised the storm, which formed in the Arabian Sea, as an "extremely severe" storm, upgrading it from the "very severe" category.
The financial hub of Mumbai was lashed with heavy rain and strong winds as Cyclone Tauktae headed north. Strong winds forced authorities to suspend operations at Mumbai's airport, and close some main roads.
The cyclone, with sustained surface wind speeds of 180-190km/h and gusts up to 210km/h that would put it on par with a Category 3 hurricane, is rated one level below the IMD's super cyclone category.
As well as the 12 deaths reported in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, 28 fishing boats were missing, a coastguard official told Reuters.
Gujarat's state administration moved nearly 150,000 people from coastal communities and deployed more than 50 disaster response teams.
The Gujarat Maritime Board, the state's port regulator, directed hoisting of signals VIII to X, indicating great danger, at ports in the state.
India's largest private port at Mundra suspended operations for the day, an official there told Reuters.
The 1998 cyclone that ravaged Gujarat killed at least 4000 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, media reported at the time.
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The Environment Agency has issued three flood warnings as heavy rain is set to batter the county over the next few days.
River levels for the Lower River Soar and the River Sence are expected to rise well above normal levels, leading to flooding of roads and farmland.
River levels are expected to rise at the Pilling Lock river gauge on the Soar and at the South Wigston river gauge on the Sence.
There is also a risk of flooding in the Soar tributaries in Cossington, as well as Sence tributaries from Billesdon to the Soar in Glen Parva.
The places most likely to flood due to the Soar are farmland and roads including the notorious Slash Lane and the road from Mountsorrel to Sileby.
Areas most at risk of flooding from the Sence are low-lying agricultural land and roads including the farmland in Great Glen, Kilby Bridge, South Wigston and Blaby as well as the road at Crow Mills.
As well as the rivers, there is also warning in place for Loughborough.
'Urban watercourses', including Black Brook, Wood Brook, Burleigh Brook, Grace Dieu Brook and Grammar School Brook are also at risk of overflowing and flooding the surrounding area.
The roads most at risk of flooding are Kingfisher Way, Forest Road and Monarch Road.
Further rainfall is expected over the next 24 hours and drivers are being told to plan driving routes carefully to avoid low lying roads near rivers.
A yellow weather warning for rain is also in place for Leicester on Monday and Tuesday this week, with non-stop rain predicted from 3pm on Monday until 7pm on Tuesday.


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Rajanna Sircilla: A portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in Vemulawada town of Rajanna Siricilla district here on Saturday. It appears that the bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the region. No casualty has been reported so far.
Earlier in the day, the India Metrological Department (IMD) had predicted heavy downpour in the state. Further details in this regard are awaited.


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Partly cloudy skies. Low 53F. Winds light and variable.
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For today, Environment Canada is calling for a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers early this morning. Otherwise sunny. High 28. Humidex 32. UV index 8 or very high. Overnight, clear. Low 12 except 6 in low lying areas.
For more weather information and updates throughout the day click here to visit Environment Canada.
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Residents and businesses along St. Claude Ave. may experience low water pressure on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, according to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board.
A low water pressure advisory has been issued on St. Claude Ave. from Pauger Street to Elysian Fields Ave. The area will experience low pressure overnight on Wednesday beginning at 10 p.m. until Thursday morning at 6 a.m.
The advisory comes as contractors tie an 8-inch water line in the area. The work is for the RTA streetcar project.


TOKYO (majirox news) — Typhoon No. 12 continued its rampage across central and western Japan over the weekend, leaving at least 27 dead and 54 missing while dumping record rainfalls.
Landslides and flooding in Wakayama and Nara prefectures accounted for the majority of casualties recorded across nine prefectures, but the full extent of damage caused by the typhoon remains unknown.
Kamikitayama, a village in Nara prefecture, suffered a deluge that exceeded 1,800 millimeters (70 inches) of rain from the time it started falling on Aug. 30.
The government established a disaster task force to deal with the effects of the typhoon on Sept. 4.
Self-Defense Forces have been dispatched to Wakayama, Nara and Mie prefectures to aid with handling the damage the typhoon has caused.


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- 25 departments in France have now been placed on Orange alert after heavy snow caused chaos across the the centre of the country. Various roads are reported to be blocked including the A47 towards St Etienne. (see below)
— Sébastien Bendotti (@itelerhonealpes) November 20, 2013
- Around 220,000 homes have reportedly been hit with power cuts in central France after heavy snowfalls hit the region. Residents in the Rhone Alpes, Burgundy and Auvergne regions have been affected by the black-outs. Electricity provider ERDF has mobilized 640 technicians to restore power to affected areas.
- Roads have also been blocked in the city of St Etienne, which has alsmost come to a stand still with local bus and tram services reportedly unable to operate.
- The city of Paris is set to bring forward by over a week its annual cold-weather masterplan ("plan grand froid"), in anticipation of continued low temperatures, says TF1. The plan contains provisions for shelter for homeless people in the capital.
Twenty five departments across France were put on "Orange alert" by the country’s meteorological service Meteo France on Wednesday after heavy snow fell across the centre of the country. The warnings in some areas are set to stay in place until Friday.
As shown in the map below, the 25 departments where severe weather warnings are in place are: Ain, Isère, Haute-Loire, Rhône et la Loire, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Ardèche, Ardennes, Cantal, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or, Doubs, Drôme, Jura, Haute-Marne, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Haute-Savoie and Lorraine.
Earlier in the day Meteo France says snow falls can be expected anywhere above 200 metres in altitude.
Lyon is also expected to see the first snow falls of the winter and in the east of the Haute Loire department Meteo France are predicting up to 40cm of the snow.
Motorists in Ain and Isere departments have been warned about the knock-on effects of the icy spell on the roads, where the winter weather is expected to cause disruption. The city of St Etienne in central France was given a healthy covering of wno of Wednesday as seen in this image below.
— Philippe LOUAT (@PhilippeLOUAT) November 20, 2013
Residents in St Etienne have been advised to stay at home and to avoid making unnecessary car journeys.
Train services in the region have been severely hit by the weather with delays reported on lines in and out and both St Etienne and Lyon towards Grenoble and Chambery.
Meanwhile temperatures across France hovered around zero for much of the morning and were not expected to rise above 7°C during the day.
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Over the weekend, Beta wreaked havoc in Nicaragua and the offshore islands of Providencia and San Andres. At 06Z on Saturday, Beta was upgraded to the 13th hurricane of the season, then at 06Z on Sunday, became the 7th major hurricane of the season just 50 miles off the Nicaragua coast. The combined effects of very slow motion and intensification to a major hurricane caused tremendous rain to fall, and of course, flash floods. Miraculously, no deaths have been reported yet, and only a few dozen injuries (this is preliminary). Two big reasons are that the eyewall was very tiny, and more importantly, the citizens were warned and evacuated the coasts before the storm hit. This is a welcome change of pace, after Katrina killed nearly 1100 people, Stan killed over 1600, Wilma killed 38, and the list goes on with Dennis, Emily, Rita, etc. Overall, a very costly and deadly few months. From Arlene through Beta, the season's NTC is now a staggering 249%, obliterating the past records for entire seasons. There is exactly one month remaining in this hurricane season, and any further activity will just clinch the record even more firmly.
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The Leonids meteor shower will be the night of November 17/18, especially visible during the morning.
North American observers should especially try to view the morning of Tuesday, November 17 in case of unusual activity leading up to this peak. The moon will be completely out of the picture and will not cause any problems. Just keep radiant elevation in mind wherever you’re observing from. The radiant rises between 10pm and midnight for the bulk of the Northern Hemisphere. Leonid activity will be nonexistent before this time, and relatively very low for a couple of hours thereafter. Morning hours tend to produce the best rates, although the few earth grazing Leonids seen around radiant-rise can be very impressive.SHARE


Stevens County in a Tornado Watch until 1 a.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a TORNADO WATCH for Stevens County until 1 a.m. Sunday, August 8
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Weather: Hurricanes vs. Tornadoes. Paired nonfiction reading with a Venn Diagram to compare tornadoes and hurricanes. Students read about hurricanes and tornadoes, then compare and contrast the characteristics of hurricanes and tornadoes on this basic Venn diagram activity sheet. Includes a vocabulary glossary, a T chart for additional research, and a comparison contrast writing paper. Add to your weather unit and have students research facts about storms. Also a good supplemental resource to use when reading books that have hurricanes or tornadoes in them, such as The Cay by Theodore Taylor or Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley.
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With heavy rain falling in the area, the National Weather service issued flood watches for much of New York and in several New Jersey counties.
A flood watch is in effect from Thursday morning to Friday afternoon for Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties where officials are predicting between two and three inches of rain.
Most of the New Jersey is under a flood watch, and some rivers, including parts of the Passaic, are expected to flood. Spokeswoman Mary Geopfert reminded Garden State residents they may be asked to evacuate before they see water on the ground.
"The reason for that is because the water can come swiftly and rapidly, and we don't want them to be in a situation where they are stuck in their homes or if they're evacuating at night," she said.
According to the National Weather Service, the Passaic River at Little Falls and Pine Brook is experiencing minor flooding. The Rockaway River and Boonton and the Passaic River at Chatham are near the flood stage.
Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency on Wednesday night, which allows him to mobilize National Guard troops, if needed, to support emergency efforts. The order also allows agencies to undertake evacuations.
Parts of New Jersey could see between two and four inches of rain by Saturday. The heaviest is expected tonight into early Friday morning.
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Arctic air smacks state after two-day snowfall
APPLETON - Subzero temperatures and brisk winds combined to create dangerous conditions Sunday across much of Wisconsin, but warmer air is on the way for the days leading to Christmas.
Wind chills plunged to 35 below zero in Marshfield on Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay. Wind chill readings that low can produce frostbite on exposed skin within 20 minutes.
Wind chills were 28 below in Wisconsin Rapids, 26 below in Stevens Point and Wausau, 20 below in Appleton and Oshkosh, 19 below in Green Bay and 12 below in Sturgeon Bay.
A wind chill advisory was in effect until 10 a.m. Monday.
Highways and streets were plowed and salted after a winter storm blanketed the state with 6 to 10 inches of snow Friday and Saturday. Interstate and state highways in central Wisconsin were in good driving condition, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Roads in east-central Wisconsin had slippery stretches.
"With the temperatures as low as they are, oftentimes the melting agents don't work as well as we'd like," Appleton police Lt. Steve Elliott told USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. "With this wind now, you're going to see drifting snow in the outlying areas."
Elliott offered advice that has become commonplace during winter storms.
"If you don't have to travel, then don't," he said. "If you have a breakdown in this weather and you're not prepared for it, as far as clothing or someone to pick you up immediately, you're at significant risk of becoming hypothermic and being in grave danger. It's best just to stay home if you can."
Lt. Justin Englund of the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office reported 35 weather-related traffic crashes from 2 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday. None resulted in significant injury. Sgt. Paul Rottscholl of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office reported 15 run-off-road crashes.
A tow ban for Interstate 41 and State 441 in Outagamie County was lifted Sunday. Most communities ended their snow emergencies, which prohibited street parking so crews could clear snow. Parking restrictions in Stevens Point, though, remained in effect until 6 a.m. Monday.
The wintry weather didn't stop Green Bay Packers fans from traveling to Chicago for Sunday's game against the Bears at Soldier Field.
Sayer Koeller of Wausau made the trip with friends on Saturday and stayed overnight. The temperature at kickoff was 9 degrees, and the wind chill was 3 below. Winds were expected to increase as the game progressed.
"Cold weather has never steered me away from a home game," Koeller said before the game, "and it's not going to steer us away from a Green Bay win in Chicago."
Kaukauna firefighters spent two hours in the bitter cold early Sunday to put out a fire in a paper machine at Expera Specialty Solutions, 600 Thilmany Road.
Assistant Fire Chief Travis Teesch said three crews rotated to complete two tasks.
"Two groups were out doing the work, and one group was getting warm," Teesch said. "When a group would come back, the one that was warming up would go out."
Firefighters must take extra care in the winter to ensure valves, pumps, hoses and nozzles don't freeze up.
Temperatures were expected to dip to 10 below zero Sunday night, producing wind chills of 30 below, according to the National Weather Service.
The forecast calls for blustery conditions Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures rising to the middle teens on Monday and the upper 20s on Tuesday.
Wednesday will be even warmer, with high temperatures in the lower 30s. An accumulating snow is expected during the day and night, with several inches possible.
Daytime temperatures on Thursday, Friday and Christmas Eve will be near 30.


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March came roaring in like a lion across the south-central United States on Thursday and Friday as a heavy-hitting, severe weather system ushered in fierce winds, damaging tornadoes and flash flooding, killing at least 13 people and injuring several others.
The fatalities occurred in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky over the course of the two days as the storms trekked east. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency confirmed with AccuWeather that the first fatality had happened when a tree fell onto a vehicle in Yazoo County, located in the west-central part of the state.
The second fatality occurred in Arkansas's Scott County after a man's truck was likely swept from the roadway and into the Poteau River by flash flooding, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Department. At least 7 inches of rainfall fell over Waldron, Arkansas, where the man had been found.
Three deaths in Kentucky were confirmed Friday evening by Gov. Andy Beshear, who had declared a state of emergency ahead of the severe weather.
"I am sad to report we have one weather-related death today in Simpson County," the governor said over Twitter. The second death, this one in Edmonson County, was reported a little over half an hour later. The third death was confirmed in Logan County on Friday night. No further details were provided on the fatality, though the state wasn't spared by the vicious winds that had raked across the south-central U.S. the previous day.
A fourth Kentucky death was also reported Friday, with the Fayette County coroner's office telling CNN that a 41-year-old woman died in Lexington after a tree fell onto a vehicle. Beshear confirmed a fifth Kentucky death on Saturday morning.
The Kentucky State Police reported several incidents over social media where semi-trailer trucks had been blown off the road and, in some cases, overturned. "This is an example of just how dangerous the winds are today across Kentucky," Beshear said over Twitter, sharing one of the images from the police. "In some areas, thunderstorms are producing winds of 80 mph -- strong enough to blow tractor trailers off the road."
Similar circumstances led to three fatalities in Alabama. In Talladega County, a man was killed when a tree fell onto his parked car. Information regarding the two additional deaths, in Lauderdale and Madison counties, was not immediately available.
"Earlier today, a strong storm system made its way through our state and tragically claimed the lives of three Alabamians. Please join me in uplifting their families and communities in prayer during this heartbreaking time," Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced on Twitter.
Two deaths in Tennessee were both related to falling trees, including the death of an elderly woman in the city of Hendersonville after a tree fell on her while out walking. In Humphreys County, a man died after a tree fell on the vehicle he was riding in, county officials told CNN.
The winds were just as brutal on Thursday as the storms began to ramp up in Texas. Severe thunderstorm watches were issued for portions of North Texas, and a tornado watch issued shortly before 3 p.m. CST covered the Dallas-Fort Worth area and over 9.8 million residents. The punishing winds tearing across the flat landscape prompted a severe thunderstorm warning for Fort Worth and later Dallas, the National Weather Service warning it was a "life-threatening" situation as the "destructive storm" would contain wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour.
The warnings were issued around the evening rush hour, and at least 21 motor vehicle crashes occurred during the severe weather event in the Fort Worth area, MedStar Mobile Healthcare Chief Transformation Officer told AccuWeather National Reporter Bill Wadell. Among the crashes were three rollovers, including one involving an 18-wheeler. At least four people were transported to a local hospital.
At 6 p.m. CST, the Office of Emergency Management activated sirens for the city of Dallas due to damaging winds, officials warning residents to seek shelter immediately.
Wind gusts at North Fort Worth gusted up to 80 mph Thursday evening, and Comstock, located in the southwestern Texas county of Val Verde, reported a gust of up to 81 mph. One of the highest wind gusts from Thursday didn't occur in Texas, however, but in Caddo, Oklahoma, where a wind gust reached 100 mph.
One of the top wind reports in Kentucky on Friday was in Hardinsburg, a little over 50 miles southwest of Louisville, where a gust was reported at 75 mph. One of the highest wind gusts reported was in Wears Valley, Tennessee, at 98 mph.
Power outages across the U.S. surged into the hundreds of thousands by Friday evening amid the vicious winds that tore at power lines and downed trees. The highest number of customers without power was in Kentucky where over 470,000 customers were left in the dark by Friday evening, according to PowerOutage.US. The state was followed by Tennessee, which had over 332,000 customers without power.
Of those who lost power due to the storms on Friday, many were still left in the dark Sunday morning. In Kentucky, roughly 245,000 customers remain without power, along with over 42,000 in Tennessee.
Air travel was snarled as well, especially in Texas on Thursday when 382 flights were canceled and another 537 delayed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to FlightAware. Another 98 flights were canceled and 124 were delayed at Dallas Love Field Airport. In Kentucky, Lexington's Blue Grass Airport lost power during the day on Friday, forcing the cancellation or diversion of the day's remaining flights. Power to the airport was not restored until early Saturday morning.
While strong winds were one of the bigger threats throughout the event, a few tornadoes also spawned as the storms darkened the sky.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center recorded six preliminary tornado reports in Texas and Louisiana on Friday and an additional two in Kentucky on Friday. In addition to these reports, a survey team from the NWS office in Little Rock determined the damage in Kirby, Arkansas, from Thursday was consistent with a strong EF2 tornado.
NWS survey teams assessed damage in Pickton, Texas, located in Hopkins County, and confirmed an EF1 tornado with estimated max wind gusts of 110 mph had torn through the area. Other surveys have yet to be completed.
Additional reporting by AccuWeather National Reporter Bill Wadell.
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Smog A Heart Attack Threat: Study
Important to heed pollution warnings, doctor says
June 12, 2001
The thick smog that smothers many Canadian cities in summer can trigger heart attacks within two hours, according to new research.
A U.S. study found that patients who were already susceptible to heart attacks, such as diabetics, people with heart disease or seniors, experienced a 48% rise in their risk of a heart attack in the two hours after being exposed to severe air pollution containing particulates. The risk increased to 62% in 24 hours.
Particulates — invisible pollutants that are less than 2.5 micrometres (2.5/100ths of a millimetre) in diameter — are predominantly released into the atmosphere through automobile emissions, power plants and fireplaces.
The results stress the importance of heeding smog warnings for those at high risk for a heart attack, said Dr. Murray Mittleman, an assistant professor at Harvard University’s medical school, who led the study.
“Try and spend more time indoors, preferably with the air conditioning on,” he said. “These particles are so small they do penetrate into indoor air and air conditioning will filter them out.”
The study did not address precisely how the particles can bring on heart attacks.
Past research, however, has shown that the pollutants are so small they can slip past the body’s normal defence mechanisms and cause inflammation in the alveoli, the tiny air sacs of the lungs, causing inflammation and clotting. Such symptoms can increase the likelihood of a heart attack by blocking blood flowing to the heart.
Health Canada recently studied the effects of smog and air pollution on 11 Canadian cities and concluded that air pollution causes 5,000 premature deaths annually.
For the study, researchers interviewed 722 people who were admitted to Boston hospitals approximately four days after they suffered heart attacks.
The study, which appears in today’s edition of Circulation, a research journal of the American Heart Association, is believed to be the first to examine whether air pollution has an immediate effect on the risk of heart attack.


PIctures of the historic flooding taking place in South Carolina following a week of steady rain.
Heavy rain kept falling into the early hours Monday around the Carolinas from the storm that began swamping the Southeast late last week, part of an unprecedented low pressure system.
The monster storm continues to hammer the Bahamas with heavy rains. Check the radar to see the possible paths it could take as it moves northward.
With already-saturated soils and flooded roads, East Coast states were bracing for another day of dreary and possibly dangerous weather Friday as forecasters predicted more downpours and a possible added punch from powerful Hurricane Joaquin.
Hurricane Joaquin roared through lightly populated islands of the eastern Bahamas, and forecasters said it could grow still more intense before following a path that would near the U.S. East Coast.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Governors up and down the East Coast are warning residents to prepare for drenching storms as flooding killed one person … More »
The Bahamas was bracing Wednesday for a brush with Hurricane Joaquin, which was on a projected track that would take it near the East Coast of the U.S. early next week.
Mars appears to be flowing with rivulets of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that boosts the odds of life on the red planet.
It’s unclear how many Latter-day Saints buy the theory, but Mormon leaders were worried enough that they took the rare step this week of issuing a public statement cautioning the faithful not to get carried away with visions of the apocalypse.
The nation’s top environmental regulator reiterated the words of Pope Francis, saying Friday the time to act on global climate change is now and everyone has a moral responsibility to take action.
Officials from the National Weather Service planned to walk through the neighborhood on Johns Island about a dozen miles west of Charleston to determine if the damage was from a tornado.
A total lunar eclipse will share the stage with a so-called supermoon Sunday night or early Monday, depending where you are. That combination hasn’t been seen since 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033.
Vacant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate the landscape in the tiny town of Cameron. Residents travel 30 miles away for the nearest grocery store.
Crews made gains overnight on one of the worst wildfires in California history, mopping up hot spots and strengthening control lines after it and two other blazes in the northern part of the state have combined to kill several people and destroy nearly 1,600 homes.
The storm’s maximum sustained winds Monday morning increased to near 50 mph (80 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says additional strengthening is forecast during the next day or so followed by slight weakening on Wednesday.
The men and women from California and Nevada posed with their arms around each other before trying to climb and swim through the popular sandstone gorge. Days later, rescuers searching for their bodies found the camera, revealing the final image of the group before they died.
Thousands of residents of this small city in northern Chile were sleeping outside Thursday after a powerful earthquake destroyed their homes, forced more than 1 million to evacuate
A powerful storm that swamped roadways and jammed traffic on Tuesday dumped a record 2.39 inches of rain in downtown Los Angeles, making it the wettest day of the year in Southern California.
Contractors began to clear the site at the Towpath Trail head last week, but Tuesday they started building the berm.
A wall of water swept away two vehicles carrying women and children in a Utah-Arizona border town Monday, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing.


Chennai: At least nine people in coastal Kerala and Tamil Nadu lost their lives following Cyclone Ockhi which moving closer to Lakshadweep. As of this morning, Cyclone Ockhi is hovering 160 km east of Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea.
According to the Met office, the worst seems to be over on the mainland and that the cyclone has moved away from Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram. But the forecasters have warned of heavy rain in south Kerala for the next 24 hours and south Tamil Nadu for the next 12 hours.
Schools in the coastal districts in the two states have been closed. Over 80 fishermen from Kerala remain missing and are suspected to be stranded at sea.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh spoke to DG NDRF and reviewed the areas affected by Cyclone Ockhi. NDRF teams have been moved to the affected areas with several more on standby in case of further emergencies.
24 people stranded at sea sighted by IN assets. Efforts underway to rescue all 24:-
07 picked up by MV ENERGY ORPHEUS,04 being rescued by INS JAMUNA ,03 rescued by trawler in area,02 rescued by ALH (progressing further rescue of 06 more),02 under Rescue by MV KUN LUN SHAN
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) December 1, 2017


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(CBS/AP) A bone-numbing Arctic blast drove temperatures down Friday to 11 below in parts of the Midwest and Northeast, closing schools to spare children from freezing at bus stops and prompting police to keep a watchful eye out for the homeless.
Forecasters said temperatures in the upper Midwest could turn into the coldest in years as frigid air keeps spilling south from Canada. The cold snap has claimed at least five lives and contributed to dozens of traffic accidents as vehicles slipped and slid on icy roads.
Scores of schools in Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois and upstate New York canceled classes for Friday as officials feared it would be dangerous for students to walk to school or wait for buses.
"They're waiting 30 minutes at a bus stop; there's the fear of frostbite and hypothermia," said Champaign Assistant Superintendent Beth Shepperd. "We also have more children walking to school without adequate outerwear."
At 5:30 a.m. Friday it was minus 10 in Cleveland, minus 6 in Detroit and minus 11 in Chicago.
In parts of Maine, temperatures dropped to minus 7 - the coldest many longtime residents have ever seen.
"We're just amazed at how cold it is," Justin Dubois of Ft. Kent, Maine told CBS Radio News. "We've had people that have been around for a while that have never seen temperatures drop this low without wind chill."
In upstate New York, meteorologist Dave Sage said areas near Lake Erie were walloped by snow, with some receiving up to 2 inches per hour Friday morning.
The cold kept many from venturing outdoors. Those who did kept their trips short.
Quentin Masters, who was at the post office mailing a gift in downtown Syracuse, said he had on two coats and long underwear Friday morning.
"It was almost too cold to come down here today but it's a birthday present for my sister in Buffalo," said Masters, 28. "It's on Monday and I don't want it to be late."
Although the temperature in Syracuse was 5 above just after dawn, wind gusts of up to 25 mph chilled the air to subzero temperatures.
Syracuse police were searching for a missing 44-year-old man who walked out of University Hospital on Thursday night. James Delpha recently suffered a severe brain injury and is not able to properly appreciate the risk of exposure to the cold and snow, police said. He was wearing only black sweat pants, a long sleeved zipper-up fleece, slippers and a red and black baseball cap when he walked out of the hospital.
The National Weather Service predicted the frigid temperatures would persist into the weekend. Wind chill warnings were in effect over much of five states advising the cold and strong winds could lead to hypothermia, frost bite and death.
"When you have these cold temperatures, it doesn't take very long for skin to freeze," National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Donavon said.
Having to venture out one time was enough for Gail Wordman, 44, of Tully, N.Y., as she picked up lunch at a restaurant just after 10 a.m.
"I had a doctor's appointment and was on my way back to the office. I figured I'd get a sandwich now so I don't have to come back out in this. ... my office is toasty warm," she said.
Ricky Blocker was grateful for his heated booth as he parked cars at a lot in downtown Syracuse. "Most of them are regulars. They have permits so I can just wave them in," he said.
Forecasters called for temperatures Saturday to climb into the low teens.
A wind chill advisory for most of central New York, including Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oswego and Oneida counties, remained in effect through noon Saturday. Wind chill temperatures of 10 degrees below zero to 20 degrees below zero were expected.
The frostiest conditions were to the north, but the cold stretched as far south as Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
Meanwhile, lake effect snow advisories were in effect for northern Cayuga County and the eastern Lake Ontario region of Oswego and Lewis counties. Forecasters said the squalls could dump up to an inch of snow each hour and leave behind 12 to 18 inches before they are through.
In Philadelphia, an alert issued Tuesday remained in effect Friday, calling on residents to report sightings of homeless people. City crews worked to repair a number of water main breaks after pipes ruptured due to the cold.
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, wind chills as low as 25 below were reported in the greater Pittsburgh area. Forecasters expected 25-below wind chills in parts of northern Pennsylvania through Saturday morning.
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DECEMBER 13 2016 – 6:02PM
A meteor shower expected to burst across Perth skies on Tuesday night would normally provide stargazers with a spectacular celestial show.
But that pesky supermoon is back to steal the limelight.
The Geminids meteor shower can be seen on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with 120 meteors lighting up our skies per hour, if the heavens remain clear.
But the peak of the meteor show coincides with the third supermoon of 2016.
Last month, the biggest and brightest moon since 1948 hit Perth, sending astronomy nerds into an astronomical frenzy.
The Perth Observatory’s Matt Woods said the brightest meteors would be hidden by the return of the supermoon.
“Usually when we don’t have a moon in the sky you get 100 to 120 meteors an hour but we will get a reduced amount of about 30 to 40, which is still pretty good for most meteor showers,” he told Radio 6PR.
“Because of the light pollution that comes off the moon, you probably won’t be able to see some of the fainter ones.
Mr Woods said the best part of the meteor shower is you don’t have to get up at some “god awful” hour to view the show.
He even offered up a few handy spots to check out the shooting stars.
“It’s best to find a dark area at a local park, the beaches…maybe even Mundaring Weir is great,” he said.
“We had one last year, which unfortunately started above our heads but exploded behind the trees so everything just lit up
“What is happening is the earth is moving through the tale of an asteroid and pretends to be a bit of a comet and it has a bit of a tail and it produces jets.
“It’s a bit like driving through a rain storm and you get hit by rain on the windscreen.”
Astronomical Society of Victoria vice-president Perry Vlahos told Fairfax Media the meteor shower would probably peak early Wednesday morning and could even extend into Thursday morning.
“This year, because of the moon, it’s [the meteor shower is] not going to be as spectacular as other years. It’s a little bit like natural light pollution,” he said.
“I wouldn’t bother going out into the country or anything like that to get away from the city lights. With the full moon, it’s going to be the same everywhere, whether you observe from the suburbs or in the country.”
Source : WA Today


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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The ageing UAC, still trying to survive, is now moving further Northwards towards Delhi. As a result, it is as yet able to attract SW winds and moisture, causing, or about to bring, good rains in Rajasthan and Delhi.
The UAC in the southern peninsula, is moving fast towards the west, and should emerge as a pulse in the Arabian Sea tonite.
Good rainfall expected in Mah. Friday/Saturday.
Posted Sunday 27th Afternoon: The South West Monsoon withdrawal has started with the formation of an Anticyclone at 850 hpa levels. As the w...


The heavy rain that crossed central Victoria overnight has finally eased.
Rainfall totals of up to 70 millimetres were recorded, including 58 millimetres at Doncaster, in the eastern suburbs, 70 in the Latrobe Valley and 47 in Melbourne.
Melbourne recorded its wettest 24 hours in April for 34 years, with more than 47 millimetres.
Senior forecaster, Terry Ryan, says the front is in Gippsland, in eastern Victoria, and is weakening. But there is more rain to come.
"Another one looks like taking its place tomorrow as another low comes in from the east," he said.
"We're expecting still to get some fairly widespread showers through West and South Gippsland maybe, and East Gippsland tonight and tomorrow."
The State Emergency Service (SES) had to rescue motorists trapped in flood water at Syndal overnight.
Rail services were also disrupted on the Sandringham and Alamein lines. Flood waters covered the tracks at Windsor rail station.
The heavy rainfall also prompted a warning from Melbourne Water.
Diluted sewage was released into the Merri, Moonee Ponds and Gardiners Creeks, after the system was filled with stormwater.


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 8, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — At least 17 more flights have been cancelled at Salt Lake City International Airport Monday morning due to dense fog.
Airport public relations and marketing director Nancy Volmer told Gephardt Daily ticket-holders are being asked to check with their airline before setting out for the airport, as there may be more cancellations and delays. She added that many flights are departing on time, and later this morning as the fog lifts, most departures and arrivals are likely to be back on schedule.
The dense fog across Northern Utah also delayed and diverted flights to and from Salt Lake City Sunday evening.
About 20 incoming flights bound for Salt Lake City were diverted to Provo and seven departing flights were cancelled Sunday, Volmer said, and officials at Provo Airport told Gephardt Daily they were extremely busy coordinating air traffic, as well as buses, to get travelers where they want to go.
The National Weather Service also issued a Dense Fog Advisory for parts of Northern Utah Sunday evening into Monday morning.
The warning, which was effect until 8 a.m. Monday, was for the Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, including Brigham City, Ogden, Bountiful, Salt Lake City and Tooele.
Though that warning is now lifted, drivers are still being urged to used caution.
“Foggy conditions that developed yesterday afternoon are still present and expanding across the Wastach Front and Tooele Valley, and should continue through late morning,” the website says. “Low visibilities are expected for the Monday morning commute so use caution when driving.”
For the latest weather conditions and advisories check the NWS website.


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Hurricane Ian appears headed for South Carolina as of Thursday, after already dealing untold damage as it cut a path across Florida Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. During its landfall in Florida, it was a Category 4 hurricane. It weakened while on land, but on Thursday afternoon it was upgraded from a topical storm to a Category 1 hurricane once again.
In the lead up to its onslaught on Florida, webcams were a valuable resource, allowing the public to witness the terrible effects from afar. Intrepid internet users even used webcam recordings to create a time-lapse view of the frighteningly quick and devastating storm surge that Ian brought about.
Today, thousands of eyes will turn to webcams around South Carolina, as well as in northern Georgia.
Hilton Head webcam shows the coastal effects of Hurricane Ian before its South Carolina landfall
This webcam is located at the Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina. As the storm strengthens and draws near, viewers can watch the weather as it starts to impact Quarterdeck, a lighthouse-themed seafood restaurant, which normally serves resort attendees.
Webcam in North Charleston, South Carolina shows a normally peaceful birdhouse amid Hurricane Ian
An anonymous YouTube user in North Charleston, South Carolina set up a webcam to show the view of a forested area, including a roadway, and view of what must normally be a peaceful birdhouse.
NOTE: This webcam was no longer live as of 6:00p.m. ET. We'll update if it goes live again.
Webcam in Savannah Georgia shows Ian's effects on an Osprey habitat
Cornell Lab of Ornithology operates a webcam that follows the developments of a family of Ospreys in Savannah Georgia, which is near the coast and close to the border with South Carolina, putting the camera, and the birds, in the potential path of Ian, particularly if it strengthens into a hurricane once again.
How is Hurricane Ian related to climate change?
Climate change is impacting hurricanes. Some of these impacts are clear, particularly more serious rainfall and historic flooding, along with higher storm surges. Other impacts, like how the relentless warming oceans are affecting how strong these storms grow, are an intensive and ongoing area of research.


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Harvey again makes landfall, this time as a tropical storm, in western Louisiana – Washington Post
HOUSTON — The devastating storm once known as Hurricane Harvey, already the biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States, made landfall again Wednesday morning, bringing a new wave of punishing bands of rain into Texas and Louisiana.
Five days after roaring onto the Texas coast, leaving behind disastrous flooding and a mounting death toll that had reached at least 22 people, Harvey made landfall early Wednesday morning near tiny Cameron, La.
Now a tropical storm and expected to weaken now that it has crossed the coastline, Harvey’s immediate impact is not expected to be similar to what happened when it slammed into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane last week and dropped feet of rainfall.
But forecasters said the danger was far from over. The National Weather Service said Wednesday that “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding will continue in and around Houston eastward into southwest Louisiana for the rest of the week.” The service also warned that “expected heavy rains spreading northeastward from Louisiana into western Kentucky may also lead to flash flooding” across those areas, imperiling a new swath of the population.
As Harvey approached, storm-battered Louisiana — where memories of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in the state 12 years ago this week, are still fresh — hunkered down, evacuating hundreds of people and deploying the Louisiana National Guard.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D), in a news conference Tuesday, urged people to “prepare and pray.” Flash flood warnings were issued across eastern Texas and western Louisiana, areas facing mounting rainfall totals as Harvey continued its onslaught.
Beaumont, Tex., about 80 miles east of Houston, had seen more than 32 inches of rain by Wednesday morning, according to reports released by the National Weather Service. Parts of Interstate-10 near Beaumont were left swallowed by floodwaters — with road signs poking above the wind-driven chop.
About 60 miles to the east, Lake Charles, La., had seen more than a foot of rain, and forecasts say the rain is expected to continue. A storm surge warning was posted across the coast of southern Louisiana, from Holly Beach to Morgan City.
In Houston, Harvey’s movements up the coast meant a respite from the heavy rains that have pelted the city since the weekend, even as the storm’s true toll remained ineffably unknown. More than 50 inches of rain over four days had turned the country’s fourth-largest city into a sea of muddy brown water, as boats skimmed along what had been neighborhood streets in search of survivors.
The impact in the Houston area was staggering. Between 25 and 30 percent of Harris County — home to 4.5 million people in Houston and its near suburbs — was flooded as of Tuesday afternoon, according to Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist with the county flood control district. That is an area potentially as large as New York City and Chicago combined.
Even though the heavy rain had departed and glimmers of hope — along with glimpses of the sun — had returned to Houston, officials were still struggling to define the enormity of what had happened.
At least 22 deaths were blamed on the storm, a number expected to rise as authorities are able to enter flooded homes and cars. The toll includes Sgt. Steve Perez with the Houston Police Department. The 60-year-old veteran officer’s body was found early Tuesday morning, officials said, after he drowned while driving in to work early Sunday morning during the storm’s peak.
“He laid down his life,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said during an emotional news briefing Tuesday.
Other stories of loss, grief and agony had begun to emerge. Six family members were apparently swept away while trying to escape the storm. Police in Beaumont, Tex., said Tuesday that a woman and her young child had gotten out of their car on a flooded road and were swept into a canal. When authorities found them, the young girl was clinging to her mother and about to go under a trestle, where they would have been lost for good, police said. The mother died, while the young girl is in stable condition.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner imposed a curfew in the city starting Tuesday from midnight to 5 a.m. local time to deter looting of abandoned homes.
“There are some who might want to take advantage of this situation, so even before it gets a foothold in the city, we just need to hold things in check,” Turner said at a news conference.
It was still too early to assess the total number of homes and other buildings damaged, in part because rescue crews were still having trouble even reaching some areas because of flooded or flood-damaged roads, said Francisco Sanchez, spokesman for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
“We’re still in the middle of the response,” he said.
A close-up view of the flooding in Houston View Graphic


ESKOM, the South African power utility, said it had put contingency plans in place to prepare for excessive rainfall across Mpumalanga province which was expected to be hit by tropical storm Eloise as early as this weekend.
Mpumalanga province is where most of Eskom’s coal mines and some of its power stations are located, but it also has transmission lines that import approximately 1,000MW of power into South Africa from Cahorra Bassa in Mozambique that might also be hit by the storm.
The main risk of heavy rainfall is damage to coal supplies which retards the coal burn. Rain of more than four days would pose a risk, the utility said.
“Several plans are in place in anticipation of the storm, and Eskom is also covering a wider area than what is predicted by the weather specialists to ensure we are not caught off guard,” the utility said.
Eskom said there were also some power stations in the Mpumalanga area that have been experiencing ash dam constraints. “Continuous heavy rainfall over these power stations could hamper operations and recovery efforts already underway,” it said.
“We have placed extra staff to attend to faults as quickly as humanly possible, and we ask consumers to exercise patience when they have outages as the safety of our staff is paramount,” it said.


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The 24/7 streaming weather news service Fox Weather has announced its launch date: Monday, Oct. 25.
In addition to the official launch date, the service is also announcing that WABC Channel 7 meteorologist Amy Freeze is jumping to Fox Weather as an anchor. Our sister blog TVSpy reported late last week that Freeze was leaving America’s most-watched local station, and now we know where she has landed.
“We have been working towards this moment for the last nine months and are thrilled to debut Fox Weather with our talented and innovative team, including Amy Freeze whose versatility and decades of experience are a great addition,” Fox Weather president Sharri Berg said in a statement.
Fox Weather is a free service that will be available at foxweather.com and through the Fox Weather app for iOS and Android. Fox Weather will also available be on internet-connected TVs via Fox Now, the Fox News app and Tubi.
Utilizing Fox News’ newsgathering units along with Fox TV Stations’ team of 120 meteorologists across the country, Fox Weather will offer users a suite of weather products featuring local, regional and national reporting, in addition to live programming.
Armed with an ideal last name for a meteorologist, Freeze joins Fox Weather from the ABC O&O in New York. Since 2011, she has been part of the station’s Eyewitness News Weather Team, where she also hosted the Eyewitness News Saturday and Sunday morning shows. Previously, Freeze was the first female chief meteorologist in Chicago, while working at the local Fox owned and operated station WFLD. She previously worked at WCAU in Philadelphia, Denver’s KMGH and KPTV’s Good Day Oregon morning news program in Portland, Ore.


Some schools in East Devon have announced they will be closed on Monday as a result of the snow on Sunday.
Schools to remain closed for a second day due to heavy snow across the area
With heavy snow expected across East Devon, school closures have been announced in the area
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Chase Discussion for April 23, 2007.
Chase Condition: Level 3
Probability of Going: 30%
Departure Time: 14:00 CDT
00z NAM continues the array of model surprises. The setup for Monday appears very conditional right now. There are two primary issues 1) extensive cloud cover and 2) weakness at 500mb flow. Part 1 is noted by almost 100% RH from 550mb up to 400mb. This will greatly limit daytime heating and resultant instability across the threat area. Said clouds were noted on IR and visible imagery earlier tonight. The true affects of this activity will be monitored during the day tomorrow.
The issue with the 500mb winds could be a model thing or it has locked onto something. I'll have to go over the 00z GFS in the morning, but this weakness would cause issues with updrafts and splitting supercells. Much to look at regarding a chase on Monday, especially with Tuesday on my mind. At this point I'm not so inclined to go.
00z NAM slowed the dryline down for Tuesday, but it is still over driving it. It brings the dryline to I-35 around 00z, I seriously doubt that will happen. There will be impressive jet dynamics, but gonna be tough to remove 150 mb of 10C + moisture out of the region. Now, the NAM veers 850mb flow and this is a model bias, at least I've seen it before. So, I'm gonna stay middle of the road right now on Tuesday.
I think SPC will continue the moderate risk pending cloud cover, it may get dropped at 16:30z. I'm quite confident they'll continue the moderate for Tuesday and may even go to a high or hint at a high risk.
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As overnight flooding is not expected, the Flash Flood Watch for the Wiregrass area has been cancelled.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee have cancelled the Flash Flood Watch that was in effect for the area for much of Tuesday.
No flooding is expected overnight.
"In addition," the forecasters say, "it appears as though rain rates this afternoon will be less than required to warrant a Flash Flood Watch."
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Image description: Two moose inspect a car in the snow at Rocky Mountain National Park.
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There’s nothing quite like a fresh snowfall in Yosemite National Park.
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Image description: This panda can’t believe its eyes. Snow at the National Zoo in late March?
Parts of the Washington, D.C. area received anywhere from 1-4 inches of snow on Monday.
Photo from the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Image description: Thursday’s snow depth across the United States is displayed in this graphic from the National Snow Analysis. Approximately 40% of the United States was covered in snow on December 8.
Photo by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).