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An aurora could be visible tonight for the northern tier of the United States as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) event peaks solar radiation! The best time to view the aurora will be 4 - 7 AM Central Time, but the earlier the better due to the dark conditions. Overnight will be a new moon so very little moonlight will detract from the aurora visibility.According to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast">Geophysical Institute</a> at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the aurora will be visible through Tuesday morning from "Helena [MT to] Minneapolis [MN to] Milwaukee [WI to] Bay City, Toronto [Canada to] Montpelier [Vermont]" The aurora may even be visible along the horizon for Boise, ID, Lincoln, NE, Indianapolis, IN and Annapolis, MD!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/tonights_static_viewline_forecast-1695054707785.png">The reason for the aurora is from a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that is expected on Tuesday. The "K-index" is used to "characterize the magnitude of geomagnetic storms" according to NOAA. Tuesday's K-index will be on the order of mid-levels. According to NOAA, "Kp is an excellent indicator of disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field and is used by [space weather prediction center] to decide whether geomagnetic alerts and warnings need to be issued for users who are affected by these disturbances".<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/estimated-planetary-k-in-1695054555994.png">For more on geomagnetic storms and potential impacts for the U.S., watch Meteorologist Alana Camera as she heads inside the Space Weather Prediction Center located in Boulder, CO!<div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=617034086665143" data-width="500" src="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=617034086665143" style="display: flex; justify-content: center"></div>

Aurora Likely Visible Early Tuesday Morning for the Northern U.S.

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NOAA has released their roundup from the 2023 Summer season, including intense heat and summer weather tragedies that contribute to NOAA's list of Billion Dollar Disasters. <h2>Summer 2023 Recap</h2>NOAA notes that August was HOT (we all know it, we lived it!) for the contiguous United States, running an average of 74.4°, about 2.3° above average. This made August 2023 the 9th warmest on record in the 129 years of record keeping. Some of the hottest states were the Deep South: Texas, Florida and Mississippi. Outside of the lower 48, Alaska had its second hottest August in its 99 years of record keeping, according to NOAA. While temperatures were above average, the amount of rain this summer nationwide was quite average. However, looking nationwide only gives us part of the storm. California and Nevada had their second wettest Augusts on record thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Hilary which also brought wet weather into the Northern Rockies. On the East Coast, the entire Northeast has been wet all summer, with New Hampshire and Vermont having their wettest June - August period ever! The rest of New England and New York all had one of the Top 10 wettest summers on record. Some of the driest states were also the hottest mentioned above: Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana all had abnormally dry Augusts, the driest on record for LA. <h2>Billion Dollar Disasters</h2>NOAA's report also included a quarterly update to the Billion Dollar Disasters. Billion dollar disasters are defined by weather events that result in over $1 in damages. According to NOAA this year's 23 is a record, and sets us above the previous highest year of 2020 which had 22 disasters. At last update in mid-June there were 13 Billion Dollar Disasters, meaning there were 10 new event during the summer. <blockquote><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">"These events caused 253&nbsp;direct and indirect&nbsp;fatalities and produced more than $57.6 billion&nbsp;in damages (Consumer Price Index (CPI)-adjusted). Other potential billion-dollar events from 2023 that are still under review include Tropical Storm Hilary that impacted southern California and the Southern/Midwestern drought."</a></blockquote>The New Disasters Are: <ol><li>Central and Southern Severe Weather June 15-18</li><li>Rockies Hail Storms, Central Severe Weather June 21-26</li><li>Central Severe Weather June 28-July 2</li><li>Northeast Flooding in July 9-15</li><li>Midwest Severe Weather July 19-21</li><li>Northern Plains Severe Weather July 28-29</li><li>East Coast/Midwest Severe Weather August 5-8</li><li>Hawaiian Fires of August 8</li><li>Minnesota Hail Storms August 11</li><li>Hurricane Idalia August 29-31</li></ol>Other events of note that have not been evaluated yet are: <ul><li>Hurricane Hilary Remnants Impacting California &amp; the Southwest</li><li>Extreme Heat Dome for the Plains, Midwest &amp; South</li></ul>It is important to note that the billion dollar disasters only encompass a price tag, and don't take into account where the climate hit (populated versus unpopulated area) and are not an indication of climate or trends in general. Billion Dollar Disasters are simply a way <img src="https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/AUGUST2023BILLIONDOLLARDISASTERS.png" alt="A map of the U.S. plotted with 23 weather and climate disasters each costing $1 billion or more that occurred between January and August, 2023." title="A map of the U.S. plotted with 23 weather and climate disasters each costing $1 billion or more that occurred between January and August, 2023. (Image credit: NOAA/NCEI)">

Recapping 2023 Summer: Hot for All & 10 New Billion Dollar Disasters

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Taban Sharifi grew up in Southern California between Los Angeles and San Diego. She is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) with the American Meteorological Society (AMS). She has a B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Environmental Systems and Society from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Go Bruins! While in school, Taban was a meteorology intern with NBC LA. There she helped forecast daily weather for the greater Los Angeles region and created a playbook to deploy weather sensors for NBC owned-and-operated stations across the country. Her first on-air job took her to San Angelo, Texas, where she was a morning meteorologist and co-anchor. Working in West Texas gave her knowledge and experience covering severe storms. From there, she moved to Palm Springs, California. People think forecasting in California is sunshine all the time, but with temperatures in the 120’s, wildfires, damaging winds, floodings, and earthquakes, the forecasting kept her very busy! She also worked there as a general assignment reporter and told community stories. Taban is excited for the challenge and opportunity to forecast nationally with WeatherNation. She also looks forward to exploring all that Colorado has to offer!

Taban Sharifi

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Researchers are working around the clock to sharpen forecasting high impact events, like when a tropical storm rapidly intensifies, brings catastrophic storm surge, and makes landfall as a hurricane. Dr. Luca Centurioni is the Director of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://gdp.ucsd.edu/ldl/">Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory</a> with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His team deploys drifter buoys, or drifters, to collect data to better understand atmospheric and oceanic interactions. "What we need to understand though is really how the ocean and the atmosphere are coupled. For example, see what is the effect of waves in, you know, modulating the exchanges of energy between the ocean and the atmosphere," said Centurioni.<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFKOT2iyfDU" start="0"></iframe></div>The data measured includes sea surface temperature, wind, and atmospheric pressure. This also helps bring a comparison to the satellite measurements with ground truth data. The data from drifters is transmitted in real-time to the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) that is maintained by the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://public.wmo.int/en">World Meteorological Organization (WMO)</a>.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/watermarked-air deployment-1694037085119.png">Above is a drifter getting deployed via plane. NOAA, the US Navy, and Hurricane Hunters have been a part of the drifters deployment process.The program is large, but there is a component of the program that addresses measurements specifically within hurricanes during the hurricane season. The Drifter Lab collected data with hurricane Idalia inside the storm and along the Florida coast. Centurioni explained, "With Idalia, we did something a little bit different. We restricted the measurements to ocean waves and sea surface temperature." He expressed the amount of drifters deployed were more than they typically send out. The goal of these drifters and isolating the measurements was to focus on understanding storm surge across the Florida panhandle. The storm surge with Idalia inundates miles of coastline. "We are trying to come up with new scientific advances that will eventually improve the intensity forecast of the storms," said Centurioni. Improving the intensity forecast can be a life-saving measure for folks in the impact zones for tropical systems.See real-time drifter data <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ldl.ucsd.edu/apps/projects/noaa/global-drifter-program.html">HERE</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/drifting-buoys-tracked-hurricane-michael-in-the-gulf-of-mexico">Drifting Buoys Tracked Hurricane Michael in the Gulf of Mexico</a>

Drifters Deployed into Hurricane Idalia to Sharpen Forecasting Intensity

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Location of comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) on September 10, 2023, 45 minutes before sunrise. Illustration by Eddie Irizarry using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://stellarium-web.org/">Stellarium</a> via <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://EarthSky.Org">EarthSky.Org</a>.A new comet has been discovered in the sky, known as Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) for the amateur astronomer that discovered it on August 11, 2023, Hideo Nishimura! Though discovered less than a month ago, it will pass its closest point to Earth, on September 13, 2023. The comet will be visible to the naked eye through September!<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oYN8k8w4wRc" start="0"></iframe></div>In addition to the comet, an aurora in the High Plains of the U.S.. W coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun is causing a low-end geomagnetic storm that will allow for the aurora to be visible along the horizon through the Rockies and Great Plains. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/Aurora -1694551284340.jpg">At its closest path, the comet will still be about 79 MILLION miles away from Earth! It is expected to be a magnitude 5 on the brightness scale, just barely visible to the naked eye (the scale is inverse, with the sun brightest registering at -27 and the point at which we loose visual is 6.9 magnitude). This means the comet will be roughly as bright as Uranus.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1699222961071263779" src="https://twitter.com/SeVoSpace/status/1699222961071263779"></div>The comet is currently in the constellation of Leo and will be in the constellation of Virgo on the 13th of September. C/2023 P1 will be most visible about one hour sunset. For best viewing in your location, visit the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://theskylive.com/planetarium?obj=c2023p1">SkyLive Planetarium</a>.So what is a comet? According to the International Astronomical Union, IAU, "A comet is a body made of rock and ice, typically a few kilometers in diameter, which orbits the Sun. Comets may pass by the Sun only once or go through the Solar System periodically. A comet’s tail is formed when the Sun’s heat warms the coma or nucleus, which releases vapors into space."Where does the name C/2023 P1 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/">come from</a>? The letter C stands for "non periodic comet" which passes through the solar system usually only once or take 200-thousands of years to orbit the sun. For the most famous comet, Halley's, it is marked as "P" for "periodic" as it orbits once every 75-79 years. For comets with an unknown orbit, they are marked "X"The year it was discovered it the next part of the name, this year 2023. The letter "P" following the year corresponds to the time of year that the comet was discovered and the number corresponds to the number comet that it was discovered during that period. For C/2023 P1, the comet was discovered in the first half of August, "P", and was the first comet discovered during that period "1".If you capture the comet, be sure to tag us @weathernation on social media!

Happening Tonight: Comet & Aurora in the Night Sky

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For more on the additional rain coming to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/more-rain-tornado-threat-in-the-northeast">Northeast through Thursday</a>, click here. For the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/hurricane-lees-impacts-to-new-england-the-northeast">Hurricane Lee</a> forecast, visit here. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/VO_091223_RNE_LEOMINSTER,MA_PRETTY BRUTAL DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING, MULTIPLE SHOTS_TW_@HENRYSWENSON_DO_E091223-1694525337731.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Over 8" of rain brought widespread flooding to the central Massachusetts community of Leominster last night. Widespread heavy rain was seen in the area, causing roads to buckle, streets to be washed away and cars to be trapped in the flood waters.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/rain reports-1694525272194.jpg">Dozens of rescues were performed and the town is under a State of Emergency as potential damn failures are possible today along the Fall Brooke tributary. At the time of the flooding, Route 2 (a major E/W thoroughfare through north-central Mass) was CLOSED.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1701531642597122538" src="https://twitter.com/MassEMA/status/1701531642597122538"></div>The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has been on hand to assist the city of Leominster with flooding recover, bringing in sandbags, additional shelter staff and equipment. City schools were closed on Tuesday on account of the flooding.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1701437980949286979" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1701437980949286979"></div>It wasn't just central Mass that was hit with flooding, the Providence, RI metro and Attleboro, MA were also hit by heavy rain leading to flash flooding. According to official storm reports, " Linden st, Thatcher st, Vine st, Collins st, and Mendon rd all [were] flooded an impassable." in Attleboro and in Pawtucket (outside of Providence), a "Car stuck in flood waters near Armisticle Blvd at McHale Ct."<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/VON_091123_RNE_CUMBERLAND, RI_KNEE-HIGH FLOOING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, MAY WANT TO GIVE LIGHT-SENSITIVTY WARNING AS EMERGENCY VEHICLE LIGHT GIVE STROBE-LIKE EFFECT_TW_@RHODYKNOWSBEST_JK_E091123-1694524765437.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

Extreme Flooding in Mass

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Meteorologist Jesse Kelley is excited to join the talented staff at Weather Nation. Jesse spent most of his childhood in Birmingham, Alabama. The state of Alabama is prone to seeing various types of weather from severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter weather. For college, Jesse attended the University of South Alabama where he received his degree in Broadcast Meteorology along with minors in Math and Geography. From Alabama, Jesse started his broadcast television working three years at KAVU-TV in Victoria. Recently, he finished a stint in Shreveport, LA. Jesse and his wife are looking forward to making the Rocky Mountains and Colorado home. If you would like to follow me, you can follow me on Twitter @JesseKelleywx and on Facebook at Meteorologist Jesse Kelley.

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On Monday evening, NWS Boston issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Leominster, MA. In the last six hours, rainfall estimates were over eight inches. Luckily, the rain is beginning to move out of the area tonight. However, we will see more rain in the forecast over the next few days! The City of Leominster did declare a state of emergency and asking residents to stay off the roads! Flooding has also impacted our cities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/1-1694487773351.png"><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/VON_091123_RNE_LEOMINSTER, MA_CLIP 1 STREET FOODING UP TO TIRES, SEE FROM OUT THE WINDOW OF A CAR_FB_AALIYAH ESQUILIN_JK_E091123-1694488200087.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Forecast</h1>This weekend's stalled boundary falling moves away overnight. The next weather maker in Michigan brings in more chances of rain and thunderstorms for the East Coast Tuesday and for sure on Wednesday. A Slight Risk of flooding has already been highlighted by the Weather Prediction Center on Wednesday. With the flooding risk, a Marginal Risk of severe weather will be possible on Wednesday for New England.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/Baron-1694488062079.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/1-1694488158528.png">More on your East Regional can found be found at :10 past the hour on WeatherNation!

Flash Flood Emergency in Massachusetts Monday Night

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Alana Cameron was born and raised in Canada in the city of Mississauga, just outside of Toronto. Alana is the oldest of 4 siblings, all close in age, and grew up playing outside with them in all types of weather. After graduating high school, Alana moved to study at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna for a year before transferring to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Atmospheric Science. Upon completion, Alana moved back to Toronto where she completed a post-grad degree in Meteorology at York University. After her post-grad, she went on to complete another post-grad in Broadcast Journalism - TV News at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. During her final year of studies she had the privilege of interning with the best in the business in Canada at The Weather Network. Once she finished her internship, she got the call from small-town Denison, Texas where she accepted a job as an on-air meteorologist at KTEN-TV, right in tornado alley, covering severe weather from Sherman/Denison (North Texas) to Ada (Southern Oklahoma). After the most active tornado season Oklahoma had seen in May 2019 (105 tornadoes!) Alana is excited to join WeatherNation to cover weather all across the nation. If you're interested in following her on social media she can be found @alanacameronwx!

Alana Cameron

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A stalled frontal boundary on Saturday brought training rainfall and flash flooding to many states in the northeast, including portions of Pennsylvania where radar-estimated totals brought down 6-7" of rainfall in a 6-hour period. This caused flash flood warnings and scenes like this in Clarks Summit, PA late Saturday.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1700841550006083714" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1700841550006083714?s=20"></div>The rain this weekend has been the cause of weather delays in places like Yankee Stadium, where the baseball game was delayed for 2 hours.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1700667905363648839" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1700667905363648839?s=20"></div>More rain is on the way for the northeast through Monday. The upside to this rain has been putting our heat wave to rest. Temperatures remain noticeably cooler this weekend. The stalled-out front that has caused flooding and ongoing flood alerts across the Appalachian region will slowly start to move east through the overnight hours and into Monday.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/east-1694391743049.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Another upper-level low will swing through by the middle of the week. This is expected to bring more rainfall to the region. The next 5 days of rainfall has locations across the northeast seeing 3"+ of rain on the way.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/09-10_rne next 5 days-1694374703173.jpg">Catch our Eastern regional forecast at :10 past the hour for all of the forecast updates.

VIDEO: Flash Flooding in PA and More Northeastern Flooding

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Ever wonder what it is like to be in a hurricane? Last month the "saildrone" got a unique perspective inside Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico in August of 2023. The camera on the Saildrone captured wave heights of 31 feet according to NOAA. "On August 29, Saildrone 1083 passed right through the north side of the eye wall, into the eye of Idalia, then through the southern eye wall, all while multiple dropsondes were deployed over the saildrone from the P-3 aircraft. This particular uncrewed surface vehicle withstood sustained tropical storm force winds for more than nine hours"<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/SAILDRONES GETTING PROGRESSIVELY HARDER AND HARDER THROUGH IDALIA-1694193814640.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Saildrones also navigated through Franklin, while it was a Tropical Storm before Hurricane status in the Atlantic. According to NOAA "Three saildrones were impacted by Franklin, including one that spent 12 hours and 40 minutes within tropical storm conditions. It measured a maximum sustained wind speed of 54.31 knots, confirming the NOAA National Hurricane Center’s maximum intensity at that time"<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/VO_082623_INT'L_WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE ON A BOAT IN FRANKLIN WHEN IT WAS JUST A TROPICAL STORM_SAILDRONE &amp; NOAA_KS_E090823-1694194150728.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The Saildrone is an unscrewed surface vehicle, or USV, developed privately, and partnering with NOAA to improve hurricane forecasting technology by measuring temperature, dew point, sea temperatures and salinity. The Saildrones have been used across other parts of the world’s oceans to collect various data an assist scientists. Saildrones are part of NOAA's fleet of scientific equipment used to collect data before during and after a hurricane. Saildrones have the unique perspective of being on the ocean's surface and can provide both air and ocean temperatures and conditions. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/saildrones-1694193753758.png">In 2021 a saildrone was caught in the eye of Hurricane Sam, measuring 50'+ waves! 2023 is now the third season of the partnership of NOAA and Saildrone.

Video Captures the Inside of Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf

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Multiple storm systems have brought torrential rainfall to Europe - in Spain, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey - leading to widespread damage and sadly deadly flooding.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/Header (1)-1694110885266.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>After a summer of wildfires, extreme flooding is impacting Greece. Coastal communities in central Greece saw brown muddy water from the streets rush into the ocean following heavy rainfall. Debris were floating through the roads and residents had to be rescued from their flooded homes. Some sought refuge on rooftops while others were carried to safety by bulldozers. In Volos, one of the hardest hit communities, a travel ban was put into place on Wednesday to keep residents off the roadways. According to Greek media, over 21" of rain fell in just 24 hours in the region. Heavy rain and flash flooding also hit Bulgaria's coastline, in the community of Tsarevo where power was knocked out and 3 people died in the flash floods. And in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, deadly flooding impacted the city too on Tuesday, September 5th. People and animals had to be rescued from the floodwaters and large groups of people were trapped inside buildings. According to Reuters, there were 7 people killed in the northern part of the country. Transportation was impacted throughout the city due to the flooding. Earlier this week intense rainfall brought widespread flooding to central Spain. Rivers overflowed their banks and streets were turned into raging torrents. Sadly, flooding in Spain was deadly too with people missing in flood waters. Spanish officials trudged through the rivers and roadways to search cars swept away by floodwaters. A 10 year old boy was found clinging to a tree overnight to survive the flood; his father is still missing. As much as 6"+ of rain fell in just 24 hours in central Spain, overwhelming soils and leading to flooding.

Deadly Flooding Across Europe

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Torrential rainfall hit central Spain late Monday night into Tuesday leading to widespread flash flooding for the Capital region of Madrid. Over 95mm of rain fell in just 24 hours, which is over 3.5". Rivers swelled and streets turned into raging torrents. The storm responsible for the damage is called "Dana" in the country. According to Copernicus, the EU's satellite program "During the first weekend of September 2023, a slow-moving storm system, officially known as an upper-level isolated depression (DANA), has affected Spain, causing heavy rains and floods. The storm, as seen in this image acquired by a Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on 3 September, caused two casualties in Huesca. The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) issued a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://english.elpais.com/spain/2023-09-03/spain-hit-by-torrential-rain.html">red alert</a> for Madrid and Toledo, the highest of its three-tiered system. The Madrid City Council has urged residents of the capital to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/03/europe/madrid-residents-storm-dana-downpour-intl/index.html">stay indoors</a> as DANA creates a historic ‘exceptional and anomalous situation’."<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/20230904_StormDANA_Spain-1693924967963.jpg"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/20230904_StormDANA_Spain-1693924971145.jpg">Sadly, we are hearing that at least 3 people have lost their lives in the flooding with many more still missing. Crews were going car by car in flooded roadways and river banks looking for survivors in the small town of Aldea del Fresno, Spain about 40 miles outside of Madrid. <div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1699025755840159994" src="https://twitter.com/112cmadrid/status/1699025755840159994"></div>A 10 year old boy was found clinging to a tree in the area to survive the flooding. Officials say his father is still missing in the floodwaters. The mayor of Madrid asked residents to stay home while streets were cleared of floodwaters. Officials are still searching for those missing. The post below translates to "The Civil Guard continues to search for the three people who disappeared after the passage of the Dana, -two in Madrid and one in Toledo. In Aldea del Fresno: middle-aged man. His car was swept away by the river when he was traveling with his family. Villamanta: an 83-year-old man who was swept away by the current when he was in the vicinity of his home. In Toledo: - Valmojado: missing 54-year-old woman in Valmojado"<div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=225921443436287" data-width="500" src="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=225921443436287" style="display: flex; justify-content: center"></div>

Deadly Flooding in Spain - Search Efforts Ongoing

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The one-of-a-kind "Burning Man Festival" in Nevada took a sour turn this weekend as heavy rain created a muddy, cakey mess in the northwest part of the state! After many were stranded due to muddy roadways and impassable travel.The latest update from festival officials on Monday afternoon is that the driving ban has been lifted. As of Monday evening, it was taking vehicles roughly 7+ hours to leave the site.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1698168944895705100" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1698168944895705100"></div>Burning Man happens in what is known as the Black Rock Desert; a dry landscape doesn't cope well with even a small amount of rainfall. About an inch of rain fell Friday night into Saturday. On Saturday, attendees were told to conserve resources and to shelter in place as the desert turned to a field of mud. According to news reports, the local sheriff's department closed the road leading into and out of the festival area, with only emergency vehicles allowed to pass.Over the weekend, Las Vegas was under flash flood warnings with fast-flowing rivers of muddy water on top of dry roads.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/09/VON_090223_RSW_LAS VEGAS, NV_INCREDIBLE SHOT OF FAST MOVING FLOOD WATERS SPLASHING UP AND COVERING THE ROAD_TW_@DLSCALESWX_DW_E090223-1693709213955.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>It wasn't just Nevada that was hit hard with flooding. Parts of San Bernadino County in California also experienced heavy rainfall from monsoonal thunderstorms, leading to road closures. Recent rainfall from Tropical Storm Hilary has saturated the soils in the Southwest making them more susceptible to flash flooding.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1698448281075155325" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1698448281075155325"></div>

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Hurricane Idalia made landfall early Wednesday morning along Florida's Big Bend as a CAT 3 Hurricane with winds of 125 mph. This is the strongest storm to hit this part of Florida in more than half a century.<h3>Storm Damage Updates</h3>Storm surge was recorded near 6' in Tampa Bay on the east side of the storm. Idalia passed 125 miles west of the city, sparing it the worst. However, along the Big Bend into rural communities like Steinhatchee, the surge actually reversed the flow of the river!<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1696886950756511985" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1696886950756511985"></div>Surge was noted up and down the Florida Gulf Coast, and even a surge of over 3' was noted south into Fort Myers Beach and the Naples area!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot 2023-08-31 140503-1693512367951.jpg">Our field crews were on the ground in Perry, FL when the eyewall moved over. Damage to local businesses was observed with signage and building pieces flying overhead.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1696891270126584079" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1696891270126584079"></div><h3>Historic Context</h3>The last time the Big Bend of Florida saw a Major Hurricane was Hurricane Easy back in 1950, over 70 years ago!Since 1950 Florida has seen 21 landfalling major hurricanes (category 3-5). Two of those included Category 5 Hurricanes: Michael in 2018 and Andrew in 1992.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/08/floridalandfallsjpg-1693244751739.jpeg">Since Hurricane Easy, the Big Bend has seen landfall hurricanes, but all have been Category 2 or weaker. Recently, Tropical Storm Elsa (2021) and Tropical Storm Eta (2020, once a major hurricane) made landfalls on the Big Bend of Florida. Hermine in 2016 brought devastating flooding impacts to Cedar Key, destroying the only grocery store on the small island.Broadening out to the Gulf Coast the last 6 years have brought impactful storms from Texas to Florida, with six Category 4 or 5 hurricanes making landfall in six years: Harvey, Irma, Michael, Laura, Ida, and Ian. Three of these struck Florida. While Idalia isn't expected to become a CAT 4 hurricane, the impacts will still be felt across Florida's Gulf Coast.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/08/cat 4s-1693244748090.jpg">If it feels like "I-named" storms are some of the most impactful to the U.S. it could be because so many of our recently impactful storms have started with an I: Ian, Ida, and Irma. In fact, the letter I storm has the most retired names since 1954, with a total of 13! The next highest number of retired names belongs to "F" with 10 retired names.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/08/retired names-1693245461912.jpg">

Idalia Makes Landfall in Big Bend of Florida; Strongest Storm in Over 70 Years

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Are you ready for a rare "Super Blue Moon" on August 31st? This space phenomenon only happens once every 10-15 years when there is both a second full moon in a month and the moon is at its closest point to Earth. Get ready to experience this month's Super Blue Moon, or you'll be waiting 14 years for the next!<h3>Super Moon</h3>Because the moon’s orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, there are points in the year when it is closer to Earth. This is known as “perigee”. When the moon is at “perigee” and full, it is called a “supermoon” because it appears large and bright in the sky. It looks roughly 14% bigger than when the moon is full at its closet point away from Earth, according to NASA.&nbsp;Supermoon’s aren’t all that uncommon, they happen about 2x per year in back-to-back moon cycles. August 1st moon was a “supermoon” and our next set of supermoons will be 2024’s September and October moons. &nbsp;<h3>Blue Moons</h3>A blue moon is known as one of two things: &nbsp;<ol><li>A full moon twice in a calendar month&nbsp;</li><li>A third of four full moons in a season – Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (rather than 3) &nbsp;</li></ol>Blue moons are less likely than supermoons, occurring in only 3% of full moons according to NASA. The next seasonal blue moon will be August 19, 2024 as we will have 4 full moons during the Summer season (June 20-September 22). Blue moons happen once every 2-3 years. The next calendar month Blue Moon happens on May 26, 2026&nbsp;For a supermoon AND blue moon to happen together … that’s pretty rare. The next opportunity for a “Super Blue Moon” won’t happen until January and March of 2037!&nbsp;

"Super Blue Moon" Hits Skies Tonight

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August 29th is the anniversary of the most notorious and costliest hurricane in U.S. history, Katrina, but also Hurricane Ida 16 years later in 2021. Both made landfall along the Gulf Coast, devastating communities in Louisiana and Mississippi with storm surge and flooding.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>Katrina&nbsp;</h2>On Wednesday August 24, 2005 tropical depression 12 strengthened into tropical storm Katrina and hit the Florida Keys as a CAT 1 Hurricane on Thursday. During its 6 hours in the sunshine state, Katrina left $600M in damage and was responsible for 14 deaths.&nbsp;&nbsp;Katrina then reemerged into the Gulf, weakened from time over land as a tropical storm. But that didn’t last long, by Saturday Katrina was a MAJOR hurricane, a powerful CAT 3 and then rapidly intensified into a CAT 5 with winds of 175 mph.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just before landfall Katrina weakened to a CAT 3 with sustained winds of 125 mph. The rapid weakening was likely due to an eyewall replacement cycle just ahead of landfall. The first landfall was in SE Louisiana before a second landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite weakening, Katrina’s shear size created huge waves and wide reaching impacts. Just offshore from southern Alabama a wave of 55’ was measured as Katrina came ashore.&nbsp;The storm surge from where Katrina made landfall was nearly impossible to determine due to the damage, but it is estimated to have been 24 to 28 ft along the Mississippi coast across a swath about 20 miles wide, centered around Bay St. Louis.&nbsp;&nbsp;The city of New Orleans was evacuated the day before Katrina hit and many people could not get out in time, and the “Superdome” became a shelter for nearly 20,000 people. Officials weren’t ready for the influx of people – they only brought supplies for 15k people for 3 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;The levees in the city of New Orleans were breached by a surge of 15-19 feet, leaving 80% of the city underwater. Over 10 feet of water covered St. Bernard Parish, covering rooftops. In the lower ninth ward 6 to 8 feet of water stranded people in their homes. Winds gusted up to 100 mph in the city.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sadly, over 2,000 people lost their lives during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane in U.S. History, after the 1900 Galveston Hurricane and 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane. It remains the costliest natural disaster in U.S. History – producing $193.8B in damages (2023 cost adjusted).&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>Ida&nbsp;</h2>The first landfall of Ida was in Port Fourchon, Louisiana at 11:55 AM CDT on August 29th. Winds were sustained at 150 mph and pressure was down to 930 mb. Ida tied Hurricane Laura from the previous year for the strongest storm on record to hit the state.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The second landfall occurred at 2:00 PM CST near Galliano, Louisiana as a category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 mph and pressure of 934 mb.&nbsp;24 tornadoes touched down in Gulf Coast states and into the South as Ida was under tropical characterization. 34 people in Gulf Coast states lost their lives because of Ida, most in post-storm fatalities of heat exhaustion and CO2 poisoning from generators.&nbsp;&nbsp;After devastating the gulf coast, Ida then traveled north through the Appalachians, eventually becoming post tropical over West Virginia on September 1st. Despite the downgrade in status, Ida brought deadly flash flooding and damaging tornadoes along the I-95 corridor from Maryland to New England.&nbsp;&nbsp;An EF-2 tornado touched down near Annapolis and there were 7 confirmed tornadoes in Eastern Pennsylvania &amp; New Jersey. An EF-3 was on the ground for more than 12 miles in Mullica Hill, NJ, the strongest in the state in 31 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;More widespread than the tornadoes was the flooding – made worse by previous tropical systems Henri and Fred which saturated the soils in the Northeast.&nbsp;&nbsp;Flash flooding on the night of September 1st turned streets around the NYC metro into rivers – 4 separate flash flood emergencies were issued by the NWS as basement apartments flooded and subway systems. Sadly, 49 people lost their lives in the Northeast as a result of Ida, 48 as a result of flooding.&nbsp;Ida was the costliest disaster of 2021, with over $60B in damages.&nbsp;&nbsp;

August 29th: Remembering Two Major Hurricanes to Hit the U.S.

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Three years ago today Major Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Louisiana coastline near Cameron, LA early on the morning of August 27th, 2020. It came ashore as a CAT 4 with sustained winds of 150mph!&nbsp;&nbsp;Laura began as a wave off Africa about 9 days before it struck Louisiana, becoming the earliest named “L” storm on record. Laura moved into the Caribbean and making landfall in Hispaniola and Cuba before getting into the Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Gulf, Laura quickly intensified into a CAT 4 reaching peak strength on the evening of August 26th. At the time, it was the strongest hurricane on record to hit Southwest Louisiana in modern history (it was tied the following year by Ida).&nbsp;&nbsp;Just ahead of Laura’s landfall, the storm surge was forecast to be “unsurvivable”. In Cameron, LA numerous structures saw storm surge over 13’, and even a measurement of 17.1’ storm surge in Creole, LA.&nbsp;&nbsp;Winds and storm surge were the most impactful parts of Laura through Louisiana with significant damage in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes. Many wind observing stations were destroyed in the hurricane but not before measuring wind gusts in the range of 100-130 mph.&nbsp;&nbsp;Laura was a relatively quick moving storm, with the center in northern Louisiana by midday on the 27th. Still, heavy rain on the order of 5-11" caused issues for parts of coastal Louisiana.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sadly, Hurricane Laura claimed the lives of 47 people in the U.S., Haiti and the D.R.. Indirectly, 34 people died in cleanup activity following the storm.&nbsp;&nbsp;Laura was just the start of an active year for Louisiana though. In just 1 year coastal Louisiana was struck 4 times by 4 MAJOR hurricanes: Laura, Delta, Zeta and Ida. Proving that just because you got hit once, doesn’t mean you won’t get hit again.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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