First Alert Forecast: Sunday, July 17 - Early Evening
Meteorologist Alyssa Pejic is tracking rain and storms this evening before we turn drier and hotter in the First Alert Forecast.
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We revisit the topic of baby copperheads and whether or not their bites are more potent than those of an adult snake.
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Sharks now have company in the water off Cape Cod. Portuguese men-of-war have arrived
It’s been the summer of the shark off Cape Cod with hundreds of reported sightings, but a new venomous creature is making its presence known.
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Multiple cars disabled on I-70 in Denver
Just arrived at I-70, near the Brighton Blvd exit, in Denver. There are multiple cars disabled in floodwater. People are standing outside of their cars with nowhere to go because the water hasn’t receded. Traffic is at a standstill. @DenverChannel
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Tropics watch: Tropical wave over far eastern Atlantic could become a depression this week
An area of disturbed weather over the far eastern Atlantic ocean could become a tropical depression as it moves westward this week, forecasters say.
- Reuters
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.
- The State
This pest is destroying SC trees by the thousands. Now is the best time to fight back, USDA says
The invasive Asian longhorned beetle has plagued South Carolina trees in recent years, but residents can help eradicate it.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Severe thunderstorm warning, nickel-sized hail, 40-60 mph winds to hit many Phoenix-area cities
The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Peoria, Surprise and Sun City until 8 p.m. Sunday.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
‘Bitterly cold air.’ Farmers’ Almanac predicts another chilly Texas winter
Are you ready for winter?
- WFTV
Sunday evening forecast: Spotty storms to start the week
Spotty storms have developed and will be possible around sunset.
- WFXT
Emerald Tutu being developed to protect Boston neighborhoods from increased threat of flooding
Boston Harbor is one of the region’s greatest assets, but it could become its biggest liability.
- Idaho Statesman
A fourth Idaho water destination is under public health advisory. The cause is the same
Cyanobacterial algal blooms may have a foul order and look like mats, foam, spilled paint or surface scum.
- The Guardian
Landmark US climate bill will do more harm than good, groups say
Bill makes concessions to the fossil fuel industry as frontline community groups call on Biden to declare climate emergency
- Palm Beach Daily News
Tropics watch: Tropical wave weakens over Atlantic; chance of tropical depression down
A tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic ocean has weakened, the NHC said, but there's still a chance a tropical depression could form.
- KMGH - Denver Scripps
Eyewitness video shows children rescued during Denver flooding
Eyewitness video shows children rescued during Denver flooding. 📹 Felix Espinoza
- TODAY
Cincinnati Zoo Reveals Gender of Fiona the Hippo's New Sibling
The Cincinnati Zoo revealed on TODAY that they welcomed a new baby boy hippo to its family last week. The calf is the sibling of the zoo’s most famous hippo, 5-year-old Fiona.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
If states agree to Colorado River water cuts (which is iffy), they may not be big enough
Even if states agree to use 2 million acre-feet less water, the minimum suggested to prop up Lake Mead and Lake Powell, that won't fix things.
- The Courier Journal
Strip mining aided deadly Kentucky flooding, ex-regulators say. They want an investigation
In past flooding, hydrologists have calculated runoff 1,000 times greater than without mining. Scientists say climate change will intensify heavy rains.
- WTVT
Today's tropical weather forecast
FOX 13’s meteorologist Dave Osterberg says there is a tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa. It has the potential to develop. Even if it does become a named storm, it has to fight the Saharan dust layer. Otherwise, it is quiet in the tropics.
- American City Business Journals
Duke Energy carbon proposals boosted by Manchin deal to expedite Mountain Valley Pipeline
A side agreement to the proposed Inflation Reduction Act expedites approval for the Mountain Valley Pipeline and could, in turn, directly affect the N.C. Carbon Plan state regulators must adopt for Duke Energy Corp. by year’s end.
- Miami Herald
Will a disturbance in the Atlantic turn into a depression? What the forecast shows
Forecasters are monitoring a disturbance in the Atlantic that now has a slightly higher chance of turning into a depression over the next couple of days.