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A child was missing, homes were damaged and some roads were blocked in Southern California, after heavy rains swept over parched land on Thursday night, bringing mudslides and flooding, the authorities said.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to become the second hurricane of the Atlantic season this weekend, forecasters said, but its projected path should keep it well away from the East Coast of the United States.
Gabrielle could become a hurricane by early next week, but forecasters think that even as it strengthens it will turn away from the East Coast. It would be the second hurricane this year.
This is normally a dry period for California. But this morning, a weather balloon over San Diego recorded the same amount of moisture in the air as the one in Key West, Fla.
If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, according to new research.
Despite a few decidedly quiet periods in the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters say the conditions are still favorable for more hurricanes this year. The latest storm, Gabrielle, formed on Wednesday.
Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario is expected to bring an unusual set of risks to California this week, including heavy rain in the Los Angeles area and dry lightning to the north.
When Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed on Wednesday, it broke nearly three weeks of calm in the Atlantic at what is typically the height of the hurricane season.
After Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, killing nearly 1,400 people, art therapists from across the country descended on Louisiana. Bearing crayons, paint and sheets of white paper, they hoped that children would begin to draw what was too difficult to say aloud. trib.al/oFCGFxj
Gov. Bob Ferguson of Washington said on Thursday that his office was demanding an explanation from federal officials for the Border Patrol’s decision to arrest workers who were fighting a wildfire in the state. trib.al/zgMXaEO
Michael Brennan, the current director of the Hurricane Center, said that since Katrina, meteorologists and other emergency officials had learned crucial lessons not just about how to forecast hurricanes but about communicating the dangers they pose. trib.al/MoX7TbW
Immigration officials conducted an operation at the site of the largest wildfire in Washington State, fire officials said on Wednesday. The incident appeared to be a rare case of federal officials enforcing immigration laws at the site of an emergency. trib.al/TXu0qum
It was a gorgeous June Saturday on Lake Tahoe, but the day turned stormy in minutes when a torrent of winds whipped up choppy waters that terrified boaters. Eight people died. trib.al/NKckshD
Moisture-laden air spreading across the Southwest in recent days has brought much-needed rain to drought-ridden areas, while also unleashing thunderstorms, dust storms, strong winds and flooding. trib.al/pHeYUtE
Britain has endured at least four heat waves this summer, and scientists say that such periods are generally becoming hotter, more frequent and longer. Its residents need to learn to live in homes that were built to retain heat in what had usually been a rainy, more temperate zone. trib.al/8xMMvFN
When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives, a new film series at the Museum of Modern Art, aims to reclaim the memory of New Orleans and its people from sensationalized media coverage of the disaster. trib.al/mp3orYE
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees after those workers wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s ability to handle hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather disasters. trib.al/artHuEi
