4 p.m. Weather Forecast - 7/20/22

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    Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have lowered the development chances on the disturbance they have been monitoring the last few days in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic.

  • Record Death Valley flooding ‘a once-in-1,000-year event’

    Hundreds were marooned in the downpour as the climate crisis increases the likelihood of extreme weather

  • What is a monsoon? Here’s the definition as phenomenon hits California

    Monsoon is a season when summer rain is more prevalent, usually from mid-June to September. Here's what causes the drenching storms.

  • Flash flood closes Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for a week as monsoons slam California deserts

    The tramway, which ferries passengers from the floor of the Coachella Valley to near the top of San Jacinto Peak, will be closed for extended cleanup.

  • Drying out overnight ; Cooling off through the rest of the week

    Drying out over night with temperatures will be cooling off to the upper 60s overnight.

  • Tropical Atlantic may soon stir from its weeks-long slumber

    This image was taken on Wednesday morning, Aug. 10, 2022, and shows tropical waves (dashed lines). A robust tropical wave was located over the middle of the Atlantic (right of center). After spawning three early season storms, the Atlantic hurricane season screeched to a halt six weeks ago, but AccuWeather forecasters say there are signs of life as they monitor a couple of areas in the basin for potential tropical development. A batch of thunderstorms moving westward over the tropical Atlantic w

  • Tourist boats marooned, farm land parched as drought lowers Europe's rivers

    VILLERS-LE-LAC, France (Reuters) - Business for Francoise Droz-Bartholet has reduced to a trickle, just like stretches of the Doubs River straddling the French-Swiss border that her cruise boats usually ply. Water levels in rivers, lakes and reservoirs across western Europe are running low, or even dry, amid the severest drought in decades which is putting stress on drinking water supplies, hampering river freight and tourism and threatening crop yields. She now has to bus clients along the gorge to a starting point further upstream to a point in the river where there is enough water for her cruise boats to navigate.

  • After a hot summer, experts predict a warm fall this year

    Story at a glance AccuWeather meteorologists are predicting a warm fall this year. Many parts of the country will not get cooler temperatures until well into September. The prolonged warm weather also raises the risk of extreme weather events into the fall. As the season’s turn approaches next month, many Americans may not feel much…

  • California's first 'inland port' to be built in Kern County

    The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved the project in Mojave which will support the movement of goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

  • As we enter ‘baby copperhead season,’ what to know about the juvenile snakes

    We revisit the topic of baby copperheads and whether or not their bites are more potent than those of an adult snake.

  • Temperatures Rise as Another Heat Wave Blankets Europe

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  • Rhine River Withers to Crisis Level as Europe Craves Energy

    (Bloomberg) -- The Rhine River is set to become virtually impassable at a key waypoint in Germany, as shallow water chokes off shipments of energy products and other industrial commodities along one of Europe’s most important waterways.Most Read from BloombergMusk Sells Another $6.9 Billion of Tesla Ahead of Twitter TrialDozens in China Infected With New ‘Langya’ Virus Carried by ShrewsUS Inflation Runs Cooler Than Forecast, Easing Pressure on FedRussia Is Scouring the Globe for Weapons to Use A

  • Latest earthquake hits a different part of the Columbia area

    More than 60 earthquakes have hit the Midlands in 2022.

  • A ‘brilliant light show’ will be in the sky above Idaho this week. Here’s how to watch it

    Around 50 to 75 meteors will be in the night sky during the Perseid meteor shower’s peak on Thursday night into early Friday morning.

  • Massive landspout filmed as it whirls across field

    As scattered storms moved across the Panhandle of Texas on Monday evening, an awe-striking video captured a massive landspout that picked up dust and swept across a field in Dumas, just north of Amarillo. "Look at that," Ruben Ortega could be heard saying as he captured the video, which shows cars and other onlookers in the foreground and the whirlwind of dust can be seen spinning off in the distance. "Look at that tail," he continued before the camera spans upward to show the rope-like structur

  • Watch sneaky alligator conceal itself in seconds at Texas refuge. ‘Scarily beautiful’

    Why did that floating log just blink?

  • Wildfire in southwestern France: 8,000 people evacuated

    Firefighters were battling a wildfire in southwestern France on Wednesday in a region known for its pine forests that was ravaged by flames last month. Authorities in Spain´s northern Basque Country region said France has stopped freight trucks from crossing the border at Irun due to the fire. Photos released by firefighters showed flames raging through pine forests, sending clouds of dark gray smoke soaring into the sky.

  • Worst Seoul Storm in 80 Years Kills Eight, Floods Capital

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  • Hundreds still without power after morning thunderstorms across Puget Sound

    Wednesday morning’s rain showers and thunderstorms veered closer to coastal areas and coastal waters and brought multiple power outages to areas around the Puget Sound.

  • A popular meteor shower is passing by SC this week. Here’s when and how to see it

    For all the interested stargazers out there, a cosmic show over South Carolina skies is around the corner.