Severe storms are shifting eastward Wednesday evening, delivering strong wind, heavy rain and hail.
So far this year California has seen 1,569 wildfires, 85 percent more than in an average year.
The Memorial Day weekend will begin cool, windy and rainy in New England and part of the mid-Atlantic.
GOES-East failed again late Tuesday. It is one of the main satellites meteorologists use for the eastern part of the United States and the tropical Atlantic.
The tornado tore through a path 17 miles long on Monday and had wind speeds as high as 200 mph.
On the two-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that leveled Joplin, Mo., the town has deployed assistance to Moore, Okla.
Severe storms are shifting eastward Wednesday evening, delivering strong wind, heavy rain and hail.
Wednesday will be drier and less humid for recovery and clean up efforts.
The same storm system responsible for producing violent thunderstorms in Oklahoma recently will reach the Atlantic Seaboard later Thursday.
Strong thunderstorms impacted areas from Texas and Louisiana to New England with large hail and damaging winds.
The focus for severe storms will move into the Ohio Valley and resume over New York state on Wednesday.
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Lewistown, ME (1911)
101 degrees -- hottest ever in New England
during May.
New Brunswick, NJ (1804)
Tornado destroyed 2 barns, 1 hotel and 3
houses. "The damage done in this village
cannot be less than $1,500 or $2,000." New
York Evening Post, June 5, 1904.
Southwestern & Central OK (1996)
Sinking air from dying thunderstorms cause
unusual late night rise in temperature. Many
places rose from upper 80s at 11:00PM to near
100 degrees by 3:00AM.
