The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Tropics could heat back up, wildfire turns deadly in Connecticut
Top weather news for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Tropical activity could pick up in final month of hurricane season, and a wildfire in Connecticut has turned deadly as blazes erupt in the Northeast.
Weather in America: October 23, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Tropical trouble may be brewing for final month of hurricane season
The Atlantic basin is now devoid of any tropical development after Hurricane Oscar fizzled out on Tuesday, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says no additional tropical development is expected over the next week.
However, don't let your guard down on the tropics just yet, as signs are emerging that the break may be brief.
Tropical trouble may be brewing for the final month of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. (FOX Weather)
Wildfire turns deadly in Connecticut as blazes erupt across Northeast
Officials in Connecticut say a firefighter was killed on Tuesday while working to help extinguish a wildfire that erupted as drought conditions creep into the Northeast.
Wildfires have been reported in Connecticut and New Jersey, and Fire Weather Warnings have been issued due to the high fire danger across the region. The NWS said a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels would create a "significantly elevated fire growth potential" and fires could rapidly spread if one erupts.
This dramatic image shows intense flames scorching the landscape on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin, Connecticut, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (@gbalicki66/X / FOX Weather)
Watch: Man jumps into North Carolina river to save woman as home swept away by Helene
A man jumped head-first into a raging North Carolina river to save the life of a woman who was swept into floodwaters caused by deadly Hurricane Helene. The man said he was in town for his son's wedding when the incident occurred, and the rescue was caught on video.
NC man in town for son's wedding jumps into Helene floodwaters to save woman
Eddie Hunnell was in Holly Springs, NC for his son's wedding at the peak of Helene's wrath when they got word a woman was trapped in a flooded home down the street, and the situation was becoming more dire by the second.
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