The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: New severe weather threat Thursday for storm-weary heartland
Top weather news for Thursday, April 10, 2025: America's heartland faces a severe weather threat once again as rivers are still rising after last week's deadly extreme weather. Meanwhile, winter holds on across the Northeast, and forecasters face challenges predicting the end of La Niña.
Weather in America: April 10, 2025
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Severe weather threatens parts of America's heartland trying to recover from historic flooding, deadly storms
Portions of the Midwest and Southeast recently slammed by a deadly barrage of powerful storms and flooding are continuing recovery efforts in the wake of the disaster, but now as residents try to sift through the rubble, they’re facing a renewed risk of severe weather on Thursday.
More than 34 million people across 13 states are currently in Thursday's threat area. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) placed nearly 14 million people in a Level 2 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale.
The main threats will be damaging wind gusts and large hail, but a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out.
Storms will begin to fire in the late afternoon and continue into the evening and overnight.
This graphic shows the severe weather outlook for Thursday, April 10, overlaid with tornadoes that touched down during last week's outbreak.
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Winter maintains grasp on Great Lakes, interior Northeast
The same low-pressure system that's bringing severe weather to the heartland will deliver rain and snow to the higher elevations along the Great Lakes and interior Northeast starting late Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, a different low-pressure system will develop Friday off the mid-Atlantic coast and arrive in the Northeast and New England by Friday afternoon, bringing widespread soaking rain and cold temperatures for mid-April.
A chilly and wet weather pattern will linger for most of the Northeast over the next 8-14 days.
This graphic shows the rainfall forecast between Friday and Sunday in the Northeast.
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Predicting end to La Niña could be complicated by spring forecast barrier
As the world cruises through spring, meteorologists and climatologists are closely watching ever-changing water temperatures in the Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean to determine the status of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
The ENSO is considered to be in a neutral state when regions of the Central and Eastern Pacific have temperature departures between 0.5 degrees Celsius above average and 0.5 degrees Celsius below average.
Similar to the El Niño and La Niña extremes, neutral conditions impact weather across the country and around the globe.
With the transition from a weak La Niña state to ENSO-neutral conditions in the equatorial Pacific expected over the coming months, the exact forecast remains uncertain, as the unpredictability of pattern changes during the spring season often complicates things.
The meaning of El Nino and La Nina
The status of whether the world is being impacted by an El Nino or a La Nina is determined by water temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific. (NOAA)
Watch: Dock crashes into Kentucky bridge after breaking free during flood
A dock on the swollen Kentucky River that broke free during flooding was caught on camera crashing into the War Mothers Memorial Bridge in Frankfort on Sunday.
In the video, the river was only a few feet from the bottom of the bridge as the dock came floating downstream.
A loud crunch can be heard beyond the sounds of the rushing river, as currents pulled the dock under the bridge.
Video: Dock smashes into bridge while floating down flooded Kentucky River
On Sunday, as the Kentucky River in Frankfort continued to rise during extensive flooding, a video captured from the War Mothers Memorial Bridge showed a dock floating down the river, smashing into the bridge.
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