Millions are under flood threat in eight states in the Northeast. Heat in the West leads to an electric grid emergency for the 6th straight day. Hurricane, tropical storm, and two disturbed systems in the Atlantic. Weather alerts and news.
Millions under flood threat in mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
Thunderstorms will spread from Texas, across the South to the Southeast, and northward over parts of the mid-South, Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast.
Through the end of Tuesday, over 50 million people will be under some form of flood watch, advisory, or warning in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, CNN reported.
Heavy moisture will be concentrated on two fronts, the first encompassing parts of the mid-South over Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and southwestern Pennsylvania, while the second front will be over portions of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued flood warnings, advisories, and watches for portions of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
Flooding is also possible in portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Heat in the West leads to electric grid emergency for 6th straight day
Temperatures will be soaring in the West on Tuesday, with heat warnings, advisories, and watches, as well as red flag alerts, over multiple Western states and spilling into South Dakota.
Excessive heat warning for most of California; southern and northeastern Nevada; southern Utah; northern, western, central, and southwestern Arizona. Heat advisory for southwestern, central, and eastern Oregon; central and southern Idaho; northern and northeastern California; central and northern Nevada; western, central, and south-central Utah.
California anticipates record-high electricity demand on Tuesday
For five straight days, the California Independent System Operator (California ISO) declared a grid emergency. They forecast another high demand on Tuesday, predicting the likelihood of a 6th straight day and the possibility of “rotating outages,” Zero Hedge reported.
Last Thursday, Death Valley hit its hottest ever temperature for September, reaching 127 degrees, CBS reported.
Hurricane, tropical storm, and 2 disturbed systems in the Atlantic
There are currently four active systems in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Danielle, located about 835 miles west-northwest of The Azores, has maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. The storm is expected to weaken over the next several days and have no impact on the United States, WFLA reported.
Tropical Storm Earl is roughly 345 miles off St. Thomas, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, traveling north at 7 mph with storm-force winds extending outward up to 115 miles from the storm’s center. The storm could potentially move toward Bermuda.
“Disturbance 1” has a 60% chance of cyclone formation in the next five days, with a 40% chance over the next 48 hours. It’s currently projected to track toward the middle of the Atlantic.
“Disturbance 2,” located off the West-African coast, has a 20% chance of cyclone formation in the next five days, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
