Important Takeaways:
- Hurricane, storm surge and tropical storm watches have been issued for parts of Florida
- Tropical Storm Helene could form later today, and it is forecast to strengthen into a large, major hurricane before it strikes Florida’s Gulf Coast Thursday.
- The hurricane could be both strong and large at landfall with life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rain.
- Locally strong winds and heavy rain will push well inland in parts of the South into Friday.
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Important Takeaways:
- Tropical Storm Francine is expected to become a hurricane Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and will threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast with flooding rain, a life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds.
- The current National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast calls for a dangerous Category 2 hurricane landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday evening. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for people in multiple parishes as state and local leaders have urged people to prepare for the storm’s fury.
- “Now is the time for Louisianans to prepare for impacts from Tropical Storm Francine, which is expected to become a hurricane … so get your game plan in place, monitor the news, and take advice from local officials,” said Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issuing a state of emergency allowing parishes statewide to have the resources needed to help protect the lives of residents.
- In Baton Rouge, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said she has been in constant contact with the National Weather Service, along with local and state officials, as preparations are made for Francine’s landfall.
- “This storm is expected to bring threats of heavy rain, gusty to damaging winds and possibly a few tornadoes,” she said. “I want to encourage everyone to make preparations now.”
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Important Takeaways:
- The nation’s disaster agency is being stretched to the limit by a spate of storms and wildfires so far in 2024, and the busiest time of year for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is just beginning.
- FEMA issued 100 disaster and emergency declarations — for 58 severe storms and flooding events and 42 fires — through the first week of August, according to the agency’s database. That is nearly as many as all of last year (114) and well past the 90 declarations of disasters and fire emergencies the agency issued in 2022.
- It is still short of the all-time high of 315 declarations issued by FEMA in 2020, but with the expected active hurricane season ahead and the threat of wildfires continuing in the West, that record isn’t out of reach.
- The flurry of emergency responses comes as FEMA shifts into what is known as “immediate needs funding” mode, in which new obligations not necessary for lifesaving and life-sustaining activities will be paused, the agency announced on Aug. 7.
- And last week the Department of Energy announced it will invest $2.2 billion in projects to make the electrical grid more resilient.
- Meantime, FEMA officials are anxiously waiting for Congress to return in September and consider providing additional disaster aid, including $9 billion for FEMA that was part of an administration request last October.
- FEMA has said the deficit in its disaster relief fund could reach $6 billion by Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
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Important Takeaways:
- Category 6 hurricanes would describe storms with wind speeds of at least 192 mph.
- Such a storm would be a “major disaster” if it made landfall over a populated area.
- The researchers recommend adding a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which currently ranks powerful tropical storms based on wind speed starting at Category 1 (74 to 95 mph) up to Category 5 (157 mph or higher).
- The “or higher” for Category 5 storms is where scientists take issue.
- To remedy this, authors Michael Wehner and James Kossin, propose adding another category. Category 6 would refer to hurricanes with sustained wind speeds of at least 192 mph — about the speed that NASCAR drivers go.
- A strong hurricane with 192 mph winds — which would qualify as a Category 6 — isn’t unheard of. In fact, since 2013, five storms have reached or surpassed that, including Hurricane Patricia, Typhoon Haiyan, and Typhoon Meranti, the researchers reported.
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Important Takeaways:
- Hurricane Lee was rapidly strengthening on Thursday as it churned towards Caribbean islands with “life-threatening” conditions expected to develop in the coming days.
- “Rapid intensification is expected to begin later today, and Lee is forecast to become a major hurricane by early Friday,” NHC reported.
- Current projections show Hurricane Lee will not make landfall but pass north of the British Virgin Islands, which is still recovering from hurricanes Maria and Irma in September 2017.
- Lee is the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
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Important Takeaways:
- Hurricane Lee forecast: Maps show where and when ‘extremely dangerous’ new storm is set to unleash devastation
- Tropical Storm Lee is expected to turn into an ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean by this weekend.
- Lee could become a major category 3 or stronger storm by Friday as it approaches the Caribbean, forecasters said.
- Last night, the storm was located some 1,230 miles east of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which include the Virgin Islands, Saint Martin, Antigua and Barbuda.
- But by Sunday evening, its winds could reach winds of 150 mph, the center added.
- It was forecast to strengthen into an ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane by Friday as it moves over very warm waters and passes just northeast of the Caribbean region, the center said.
- Preliminary forecasts are not predicting any landfall, although the center warned that ‘it is too early to determine exactly how close this system will be to the Leeward Islands.’
- Lee is the twelfth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Zero named storms in Atlantic basin during August for 1st time in 25 years
- Since the satellite era began in 1960, there have now been only three years — 1961, 1997 and 2022 — that there were no named systems during August.
- According to AccuWeather forecasters, atmospheric conditions were too hostile to support tropical development across the basin during August.
- Since there have only been three short-lived tropical storms, Alex, Bonnie and Colin, earlier this season, this season’s ACE was at a mere 2.8 by the time the calendar switched to September. But, almost as if right on cue, Tropical Storm Danielle formed in the north-central Atlantic on Sept. 1.
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Matt 24:7 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Florida faces flash, urban flooding as Hurricane Agatha remnants threaten to become Tropical Storm Alex
- The Hurricane Center warns that “considerable flash and urban flood is possible.”
- A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible somewhere within the watch area within 48 hours.
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Matt 24:7 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- The disturbance, which is the remnants of the Pacific Ocean’s Hurricane Agatha, has an 80% chance of reforming into a tropical depression or storm in the next two to five days
- May become Tropical Storm Alex and become the first named system of the Atlantic season
- On Monday, Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, ripping off roofs and washing out roads before fading Tuesday in southern Mexico.
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Matt 24:7 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven
Important Takeaways:
- Americans are at a far greater risk of a compromised power grid compounded by weather-related events such as hurricanes.
- The nation’s growing population needs more energy
- Refusal to unleash American energy potential as demand rises among homeowners electrifying their homes even more with new gadgets every year, is “a recipe for disaster.”
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