Important Takeaways:
- Red Flag fire warnings are expected to remain for the Malibu area along the Southern California coast into Wednesday afternoon after the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for 18,000 residents, including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and businesses.
- Tens of thousands have lost power, and schools have had to cancel classes.
- At its peak, the wildfire that ignited Monday expanded at an alarming rate, consuming an area larger than five football fields per minute and destroying at least seven structures
- Weather conditions: Gusty winds are expected to drop below 30 mph by Wednesday afternoon. Dry conditions persist, with relative humidity below 10%, prompting the weather service to issue Red Flag warnings until 2 p.m. Wednesday. A Red Flag warning means warm temperatures, very low humidities, and stronger winds are expected to combine to produce an increased risk of fire. The Storm Prediction Center has also rated the fire risk for Southern California at level 1 of 3 for Wednesday.
- Power outages: Nearly 60,000 customers across California experienced power outages, primarily concentrated in San Diego County, where utilities implemented preventative shutdowns. Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus lost power, with some buildings relying on generator power.
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- The Category 1 storm hit near Steinhatchee about 7 a.m. ET with winds estimated at 80 mph. After landfall, power outages skyrocketed to more than 300,000 utility customers in the Sunshine State, according to PowerOutage.us.
- By midweek, the storm is expected to dump extreme amounts of nearly 2 feet of rain on parts of Georgia and South Carolina.
- The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is forecasting “potentially historic rainfall” across southeastern Georgia and South Carolina through Friday, causing widespread flash flooding and life-threatening conditions.
- The governors of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have declared a state of emergency and are urging residents to prepare for the multiple impacts the storm will bring.
- “I think what’s going to make this much different than what we had with Idalia is it is going to move very slowly once it enters Florida – it’s going to be southern Georgia, northern Florida – and it is just going to drop an inordinate amount of water on the north-central Florida region,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told FOX Weather on Sunday.
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- Extreme weather and severe thunderstorms swept through Michigan overnight Tuesday, spawning reports early Wednesday of damage, power outages, and three tornadoes near Grand Blanc, Marshall and Lawton.
- The storms illustrated Mother Nature’s power and volatility, as sunny blue skies and record-warm temperatures in the low 70s quickly gave way to tempests that downed trees and power lines and damaged homes, businesses and automobiles.
- …about 15,000 customers were without electricity.
- In Grand Blanc, radar showed a tornado touched down, causing serious damage to neighborhoods and potentially a General Motors facility, according to social media posts. The extent of it will become clearer in the daylight.
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Important Takeaways:
- Deadly storm pummeling California with more than a foot of rain threatens to burst banks of LA River after killing three across state – as flash floods rip through Malibu and cause more than 120 mudslides – putting A-listers homes on red alert
- A deadly Pacific storm, the second ‘Pineapple Express’ weather system to pummel the West Coast in less than a week, dumped torrential rain over Southern California on Monday, leading to streets being flooded and triggering more than 120 mudslides.
- On Monday afternoon, LA Mayor Karen Bass issued a state of emergency declaration because of the flooding.
- President Joe Biden spoke to California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Bass, pledging to provide federal aid to areas hit hard.
- The deluge raised concerns for the region’s large population of homeless people, many of whom set up encampments along the river and on small dirt outcroppings and brush-covered islands.
- Winds gusting to 75 miles per hour on Sunday downed trees and utility lines across the San Francisco Bay Area and California’s Central Coast, knocking out power to roughly 875,000 homes at the storm’s peak in that region.
- About 215,000 people statewide were without power late on Monday night.
- The greatest flash-flooding threat on Monday centered on Southern California, the NWS said, as the system slowly pivoted and pushed farther into the interior of California, but forecasters said ‘catastrophic’ impacts were unlikely.
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Important Takeaways:
- Lot of Snow Even for Alaska: Anchorage Hit with More Than Two Feet, Declares Emergency
- Government offices will remain closed Monday and school will be conducted remotely in Anchorage as Alaska’s largest city gets hit by another storm while still digging out of a record snowstorm last week.
- Up to a foot of snow was expected in the city on Monday after more than two feet fell within 48 hours late last week. The National Weather Service says up to 1.5” of snow an hour was predicted with the latest storm.
- Areas of blowing snow reducing visibilities to a half mile or less were expected at times on Monday morning.
- A blizzard warning also was issued for Monday in Whittier and Thompson Passes outside of the city.
- A Snow Emergency remains in effect for the city until Friday, November 17.
- There were widespread power outages due to the previous storm but Chugach Electric said all service was believed to be restored by Sunday evening.
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Important Takeaways:
- Ophelia wreaks havoc, causes washout in mid-Atlantic and Northeast
- Despite losing wind intensity, Tropical Rainstorm Ophelia slowed its forward motion to a crawl, prolonging rainy weather, threats of flooding and coastal hazards in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
- In New York City, travel advisories were issued on Sunday due to the “long-duration rainfall event,” and people living in basement apartments in flood-prone areas were warned by officials to be prepared to move to higher ground.
- Strong winds cut power to tens of thousands of customers across North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey at the height of the storm over the weekend. Wind gusts as high as 80 miles per hour were measured in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
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Important Takeaways:
- The eye of Idalia roared ashore early Wednesday morning with the storm making landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, at 7:45 a.m. EDT. Maximum sustained winds were 125 mph at the time of landfall, making it a Category 3.
- Idalia lost some wind intensity on its final approach, with maximum sustained winds peaking at 130 mph late Tuesday night, the minimum wind speed required to be classified as a Category 4.
- The number of power outages is creeping upward with nearly 66,000 outages as of 6:25 a.m. EDT Wednesday, according to PowerOutage.us. This number is up from 44,000 from two hours prior, and outages are expected to climb throughout Wednesday as Idalia makes landfall and moves inland.
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Important Takeaways:
- Record San Francisco Storm Leaves Flood Risk, Thousands in Dark
- A historic storm that rattled San Francisco with hurricane-force gusts is winding down, leaving behind the threat of flooded streets and highways across the Bay Area.
- The center of the storm itself is still near San Francisco though has considerably weakened, he said. The worst impacts of rain and wind have shifted into Arizona, and the storm will drift east into Nevada through the day, leaving behind lingering showers.
- San Francisco International Airport reported flight delays early Wednesday. About 130,000 homes and businesses across the state remained without electricity
- The system intensified so fast it was classified as a bomb cyclone. The storm brought heavy rain and wind gusts as high as 80 miles (129 kilometers) per hour to the region
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Important Takeaways:
- Northeast is blanketed in nearly three feet of snow – causing at least 1,100 flights to be canceled and 240,000 to lose power as Nor’easter hits
- A powerful snowstorm affecting the US northeast has dropped nearly three feet of snow on some communities, leaving residents to brave frigid temperatures without power Wednesday morning.
- As of Wednesday morning, more than 240,000 customers across the region remain without electricity. The weather has also caused disruptions for air travelers, with more than 1,100 flights already canceled.
- Affected states include New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. The storm is the first nor’easter of the season, and has seen millions placed under winter storm warnings.
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Important Takeaways:
- Hundreds of thousands without power due to massive winter storm
- Michigan was one of the hardest-hit states with over 600,000 customers without power at one point Thursday morning. In the Northeast, shoveling snow was like shoveling “cement” in one part of the region.
- Ice, wind and snow have contributed to mounting power outages. According to PowerOutage.US, Indiana has more than 12,000 customers in the dark this morning, with over 40,000 in Wisconsin. The situation is worse in Illinois, with more than 100,000 customers without power. By far, the most affected state has been Michigan. As of 5 a.m. EST Thursday, a total of 640,000 customers are without power in the state.
- Flight cancellations, delays surpass 7,000 across US
- The highest snow report from the Rockies in the past several days comes in the tourist destination of Yellowstone, Wyoming, where 34 inches of snow have accumulated — about half the height of the famous bison that roam the national park
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