23ABC Weather for Friday, Aug. 5, 2022
Today's Bakersfield and Kern County weather for Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, brought to you by 23ABC's Ava Kershner.
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USA TODAYExperts warn California of a disaster 'larger than any in world history.' It's not an earthquake.
A study says that as the Earth warms, a California flood that would swamp Los Angeles, displace millions and cause historic damage gets more likely.
- AccuWeather
Heavy rain hammers Las Vegas, turning famed strip into a river
Pockets of heavy rain and thunderstorms swept across the Southwest on Thursday night, prompting flash flood warnings in southern Nevada, far southeastern California and Arizona. The gusty storms knocked out power to many Las Vegas residents and flooded numerous roadways, including the famous Las Vegas Strip. Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas recorded 0.58 of an inch of rainfall from thunderstorms in just an hour, nearly double what the site typically observes for August. Surrounding
- NBC News
'What a storm': Las Vegas hit with fresh flash floods as rain pours into casino
Las Vegas was hit with fresh flash floods Thursday night just two weeks after casinos and hotels in the tourist hotspot were flooded with water during monsoonal rains.
- Miami Herald
A disturbance is developing in the Gulf of Mexico. What the forecast shows
A disturbance began to develop Friday just offshore of southeastern Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said.
- Business Insider
Videos show Las Vegas casinos underwater again following flash floods, the latest in a string of extreme weather events
One clip from inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino showed card tables being soaked as water fell from the ceiling.
- Miami Herald
Centuries-old warnings emerge from riverbed as Europe faces historic drought
The drought in Europe is on track to be the worst one in 500 years, experts say.
- Idaho Statesman
In dead of summer, Farmers’ Almanac says to get ready for a ‘brisk’ winter, Idaho
Having been around for two centuries, the publication boasts an accuracy rate of around 80-85% for its winter weather forecasts.
- TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers
Saharan dust clouds blanket Florida and the Atlantic coast. How does it affect weather?
Saharan Air Layer dust clouds can travel and impact locations around the globe, thousands of miles away from its African origins.
- AccuWeather
Budding Gulf storm to eye South Texas with heavy rain, flooding
A slowly brewing area of low pressure over the western Gulf of Mexico not only has the potential to evolve into a tropical depression and storm -- potentially becoming the fourth of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season -- as it drifts toward the Texas coast, but it is also likely to bring both much-needed rain and the risk of flash flooding as it pushes inland later this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The same disturbance may go on to bring a new round of flash flooding to the southwest
- Redding Record Searchlight
UPDATE: McKinney Fire doesn't grow; Lightning Complex at zero containment
Friday's objectives are to continue monitoring the McKinney Fire, mop up deeper into the fire's interior and protect cultural and natural resources.
- MarketWatch
Europe’s worst drought in possibly 500 years devastates rivers, killing fish, crops
Climate change is exacerbating conditions in Europe where hotter temperatures are speeding up evaporation.
- Redding Record Searchlight
Perseid meteor shower 2022: How, where to watch this weekend's fire in the sky
The Perseid meteor shower is at its most dazzling on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Here's how to watch in Siskiyou and Shasta counties.
- CBS News
Thousands flee homes as raging wildfire chars France's wine country
With record heat turning brush and farmland into a tinderbox across much of Europe, wildfires are tearing across France, Spain and Portugal.
- Reuters Videos
Disoriented bear cub rescued in Turkey after eating 'mad honey'
STORY: Footage showed the bear wobbling and whining as she sat belly-up in the back of a pick-up truck, after people rescued the visibly-debilitated animal from the forest.Mad honey, or "deli bal" in Turkish, is a type of rhododendron honey that can have hallucinogenic effects.The bear was brought to a vet, where she was receiving treatment and would likely be released into the wild in the coming days, local authorities said, adding that she was in good condition.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Invasive critters that can lay 1,000 eggs at a time are found in Texas. What to know
They were found in an apartment complex pond, officials said.
- Christian Science Monitor
On a Montana mountaintop, this lookout watches for fire – and hope
As climate change engulfs the American West, a veteran Montana fire lookout finds hope in the vast wilderness area she stewards.
- AccuWeather
Flash flooding pours off of Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs
Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer captured video on Aug. 12 as dangerous flooding came in waves from storms along the Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona.
- NBC News
Wildland firefighter killed battling blaze in Oregon
A wildland firefighter battling an Oregon blaze died after he was struck by a tree, authorities said Thursday.
- Miami Herald
What’s keeping an Atlantic disturbance from developing? What the forecast says
A disturbance in the Atlantic won’t disturb anyone as development chances dim to near 0%, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said Thursday morning.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Saudi firm has pumped Arizona groundwater for years without paying. Time to pony up
Arizona's State Land Department unlawfully allowed Fondomonte to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater at no cost. That must stop.