Major drought has unveiled 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks. Major flooding across the US cancels 1,300 flights, and a disaster is declared in Dallas as at least one dead. More activity in the Atlantic, plus today’s weather alerts and news.
Today’s weather alerts
Here are Tuesday’s weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS).
Flood warning: southeastern Arizona; eastern New Mexico; southern Texas; northern and northeastern Louisiana.
Flood watch: eastern, southern, central, and northern New Mexico; central and eastern Texas; southern Arkansas; northern and central Louisiana; western and central Mississippi.
Excessive heat warning: southern and southwestern California.
Heat advisory: western Washington; southern California.
Major drought has unveiled 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks
A major drought has exposed a dried-out riverbed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas, which led to the discovery of dinosaur tracks from roughly 113 million years ago. The tracks belong to Acrocanthosaurus and Sauroposeidon (height: 60 feet, weight: 44 tons).
“Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus,” park spokesperson Stephanie Salinas Garcia told CNN. “This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and (weighed) close to seven tons.”
Major flooding across US, massive flight delays and cancellations
Thunderstorms along the southern corridor or the US are causing travel delays. Heavy rain is expected to bring the risk of flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi on Tuesday.
At least 1300 flights were canceled on Monday due to weather conditions, and the woes have continued into Tuesday, CNN reported. According to FlightAware, on Tuesday, by 10 AM CT, there were 1,486 delays into or out of the US, with 469 cancellations.
Disaster declared in Dallas, at least one dead
Officials in Texas have declared a state of disaster in Dallas. The heavy rain on Monday continued into Tuesday, causing widespread and devastating flooding that has killed at least one person, Fox reported. Rescuers saved 21 people in 10 dogs from fast-moving waters caused by overnight storms on Sunday and Monday, according to the Dallas fire department. Interstates and roadways are inundated with water.
New disturbance in Atlantic
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching two systems of disturbed weather in the Atlantic. Both bear watching as they could eventually move toward the US. The first is “Disturbance 1,” which now has been reduced to a 10% chance of cyclone formation within the next five days. The second is “Disturbance 2,” which is currently forecast to move off the West Coast of Africa in a couple of days and has a 20% chance of cyclone formation within the next five days.
