Incidents of major coastal flooding will increase at the mid-Atlantic beaches this holiday weekend.
Despite tracking offshore, Hermine will remain close enough to the mid-Atlantic into and beyond Labor Day to blast coastal areas with an inundating surf, strong winds and rain.
Rounds of severe thunderstorms will target the northern Plains through the balance of the extended holiday weekend, reaching South Dakota to the western shores of the Great Lakes.
Additional tropical storms and hurricanes will follow Hermine, just not right away.
Namtheun has weakened to a Tropical Storm but will continue to impact Japan's northern Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu with destructive winds and flooding rain.
Dry weather will span most of the nation on Labor Day, but plans threaten to be ruined across parts of the mid-Atlantic, Northeast and central U.S.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled the central U.S., on Saturday morning, striking northwestern Oklahoma.
Hermine is leaving a trail of damage in its wake. It will crawl along the mid-Atlantic coast into and beyond Labor Day, threatening severe coastal flooding.
Potent tropical systems kept Hawaii and parts of the Gulf Coast and eastern United States on high alert this week.
Mild air will surge into the United Kingdom next week, making conditions feel much warmer than a typical start to the month.
Rain will alleviate drought across southern and central Brazil this spring but will largely miss northern parts of the country in the grips of severe drought.
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Arizona (1970)
Greatest natural disaster for Arizona. Rains
in central Arizona caused rivers to rise 5-10
feet per hour, sweeping cars and buildings
30-40 feet downstream. Twenty-three lives
were claimed by the floodwaters. This rain
came from Tropical Storm Norma.
Los Angeles, CA (1988)
110 degrees -- all-time September record.
Washington, DC (1939)
"Once in a hundred-year rainstorm" 4.40 inches
in 2 hours at the Washington Zoo.