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AccuWeatherReed Timmer captures rare glimpse of how a powerful flash flood starts
From a trickle of water running between rocks in a dry, barren, mountainside landscape to a roaring river in a matter of mere minutes: Monsoon floods in the Southwest escalate quickly. Each summer, Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer, who may be best known for chasing tornadoes, goes on "flash flood chases" in which he aims to capture the moment that the rainwaters transform the parched landscape into a dangerous wall of water. A dramatic video recently captured by Timmer perfectly illustrated the
- Business Insider
Map shows 'extreme heat belt' projected to cover a quarter of the US in 30 years, where temperatures would breach 125 degrees Fahrenheit
An analysis of satellite data predicts about one-third of Americans will get temperatures above 125 degrees Fahrenheit in 2053. That's conservative.
- Lohud | The Journal News
Farmers' Almanac releases winter weather forecast, talks snow predictions
The Farmers' Almanac's 2022-2023 Extended Weather Forecast predicts an early start to winter, which should be cold and snowy.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Farmers' Almanac forecasts a cool fall, November snow for northern Arizona
The Farmers' Almanac used its 200-year-old formula to predict generally cool weather for the U.S. this fall, with November snow in northern Arizona.
- WHBQ
Heavy rain moves in overnight and sticks around through your morning commute
Rising rain chance tonight into tomorrow.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Flagstaff hit with more flash flooding; federal officials touring area had to flee raging waters
A county official was showing representatives of federal agencies the affected areas when they had to flee the rushing waters and seek higher ground.
- Associated Press
First drought, now downpours as storms slam France, England
After a summer of drought, heat waves and forest fires, violent storms are whipping France and neighboring countries and have flooded Paris subway stations, snarled traffic and disrupted the president’s agenda. Winds over 100 kph (60 mph) were recorded at the top of the Eiffel Tower during a flash flood Tuesday, and similar winds were forecast Wednesday in the southeast. Hail hammered Paris and other regions in Tuesday’s sudden storm.
- Naples Daily News
Tropical waves in Caribbean could merge before moving north into Gulf of Mexico
Whether the tropical wave in the Caribbean develops into a named storm depends on two things: how fast it moves and time over water.
- The Salinas Californian
Excessive heat watch warning issued in Monterey County as high temps soar to 105
A large swath of Monterey County and California’s interior will experience dangerously high temperatures. Here's how to stay safe.
- AccuWeather
Texas, Oklahoma could go from drought to deluge in a week's time
It's been a summer full of extreme heat and prolonged drought in Texas and much of Oklahoma, but a needed change in the weather pattern is on the way as temperatures are forecast to throttle back this week. While there is some good news that rain is forecast for parts of the region, too much rain is likely to cause flooding in some areas, AccuWeather meteorologists caution. "A strong bubble of high pressure at most levels of the atmosphere has kept rain away and caused heat to build much of this
- The Courier Journal
Why the Eastern Kentucky flood was no natural disaster. Let's call it what it is
Narratives around this disaster have run amuck with some going so far as to name the people dealing with it as the harbingers of their own destruction
- Redding Record Searchlight
Wildfire updates: Six Rivers Complex grows, new fire starts in Siskiyou County
Here's what's happening with fires burning in the North State on Wednesday.
- AccuWeather
'What a morning!' Huge waterspout churns offshore as lightning flashes
At 6 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Boo Freeman filmed a massive waterspout off the coast of Destin, Florida, about 50 miles east of Pensacola, before most people had their first cup of coffee. "What a morning! Wow!" Freeman posted on Instagram. Multiple videos and photos posted to social media showed the storm, Northwest Florida Daily News reported. Freeman told AccuWeather that the photogenic waterspout dissipated offshore. "I've seen many waterspouts; just last week we had another one pass by." AccuWeathe
- MarketWatch
Factories in southwest China shut down, rolling blackouts imposed as reservoirs run low
Unusually high temperatures and a prolonged drought are affecting large swaths of China, reducing crop yields and drinking water supplies.
- AccuWeather
Phoenix, Las Vegas face flooding storms from surging monsoon
An impressive monsoon season in the southwestern United States has brought many scenes of flash flooding, in particular to Las Vegas where floodwaters turned the famous Las Vegas Strip into a river last week. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that tropical moisture could bring more widespread downpours through the weekend. A surge of moisture from a tropical rainstorm that brought torrential rainfall to Texas this past weekend and Monday will continue to spread into the interior Southwest through
- Springfield News-Leader
Climate study predicts Missouri will see days of 125 degrees by 2053 as part of 'heat belt'
The model predicts only 50 U.S. counties next year to have temperatures exceeding 125 degrees. By 2053, that number rises to 1,023 counties.
- Miami Herald
A tropical wave is expected to move across Central America and into the Gulf. What next?
A disturbance over Nicaragua Tuesday afternoon is forecast to move across Central America and into the Gulf of Mexico this week.
- The Daily Beast
Scientists Strapped Cameras to Navy Dolphins and Captured Something Terrifying
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / GettyAt the risk of awarding the title prematurely, we think we’ve found the weirdest study published in 2022. Scientists strapped GoPro cameras to the bodies of six dolphins trained by the U.S. Navy, and recorded them hunting for food and consuming their prey in grisly detail. According to the study, there was a purpose behind this potential invasion of dolphin privacy; namely, to learn more about how the mammals hunted and ate.Scientists
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More flooding expected in Arizona with another monsoonal surge
Extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer reported from Arizona on Aug. 16 during a short break between flood risks in the state.
- CBS News
"Cannibal" solar ejection expected to hit Earth this week
The storm could hit as soon as Thursday, NOAA said.