Weather Webcast with Tom Wachs
The severe cell has moved east of Milwaukee which means mainly a quiet night for most. Can't rule out a stray strong storm this evening. Otherwise a Heat Advisory Tuesday & Wednesday.
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Out-of-control Electra fire threatens more than 1,000 structures and prompts multiple evacuation orders in Amador and Calaveras counties.
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The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for southeastern Wisconsin until 3 a.m.
- The Stockton Record
Electra Fire: Wildfire in Amador County strands 4th of July revelers, explodes to 3,034 acres
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- Bloomberg
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Lightning strike leaves man unresponsive near North Carolina coast, cops say
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Hurricane Bonnie off Mexico briefly season's 1st major storm
Hurricane Bonnie weakened a bit Tuesday night after several hours as the first major storm of the eastern Pacific season while off southern Mexico, though it wasn't a threat to land. Bonnie was beginning to move farther away from Mexico’s Pacific coast, three days after crossing Central America as a tropical storm from the Caribbean and dropping heavy rain, contributing to at least two deaths.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels. About 50,000 residents in New South Wales, most in Sydney's western suburbs, have been told to either evacuate or warned they might receive evacuation orders, up from Monday's 30,000, authorities said. "This event is far from over," New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet told reporters.
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A former spokesman at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California calls on state officials to make sacrifices now or risk drying out the state completely.
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Bonnie is now a major hurricane. The Atlantic has several tropical waves but nothing is expected to become a tropical cyclones for now.
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Officials rush to get tight, plastic container off cub’s head in Connecticut heat
“Given the warm weather and tight fit of the container, it was important to try and free the cub quickly.”
- Chicago Tribune
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