The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Flood risk increases for Beryl-impacted Texas, Louisiana
Start your day with the latest weather news: Texas just can't catch a break as flood chances continue Thursday. Plus, a new tropical storm formed in the Eastern Pacific.
Weather in America: July 25, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera.
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35 million face dangerous flood threat across South
Heavy rain continues across the South and along the Gulf Coast, including portions of Texas and Louisiana that were battered by Beryl. Some 35 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are included in the Level 2 and Level 3 flood risk areas on NOAA's Weather Prediction Center's 4-point scale.
The Level 3 risk zone covers parts of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, where two weather systems will combine to drench the region with up to 3 inches of rain per hour on Thursday.
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Hurricane HQ: Tropical Storm Bud forms in Eastern Pacific
The second storm of the hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific formed Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center designated an area of disturbed weather over 400 miles off the coast of Mexico as Tropical Storm Bud.
Tropical Storm Bud was expected to exist for only around a day or two before beginning to weaken while in the open waters of the Pacific and working westward.
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Oregon battles country's largest ‘megafire’
A wildfire raging in eastern Oregon is now the largest in the country. The Durkee Fire, ignited by a lightning strike on July 17, has scorched nearly a quarter-million acres.
Firefighters battle dozens of wildfires in the western U.S.
The Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon has burned around a quarter of million after lighting started the blaze around July 17.
Watch this: Incoming … fish?
A Tesla owner got quite the shock when they found their windshield smashed. But when he went to review the footage, you'll never believe what came flying out of the sky. The theory is that the fish was dropped by a bird that had plucked its catch from a nearby bay.
Tesla windshield shatters after struck by falling fish
The car's dashcam shows a large fish fall from the sky in New Jersey, bounce off the windshield and fly into their garage. (Video courtesy: Jeffrey Levine via Storyful)
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