Tropical Weather Forecast - July 29, 2022
Things continue to stay quiet in the Atlantic Basin with no tropical development expected through the next week. Meanwhile, the Pacific continues to stay quite active with Frank and Georgette.
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First Street Foundation --- whose property-level climate-risk studies can be used by homebuyers --- adds a heat model to its tool for floods and wildfires.
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Megaflood could sink much of Bay Area under water, experts say
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'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
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Tropical wave in Caribbean has small chance for development as it moves toward Gulf of Mexico
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Upwelling causes major temperature shift in Lake Michigan waters
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Viral video captures elephants springing to action to save calf drowning in pool
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Damaging floods submerge West Virginia towns
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