The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Severe weather threatens Plains while deadly flooding slams Spain
Top weather news for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024: The central U.S. sees the highest tornado threat since May, dozens killed in Spain flooding and tropical trouble could be brewing in the Caribbean.
Weather in America: October 30, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Central U.S. sees highest tornado threat since May
The threat of severe weather across the central U.S. is putting millions of people on alert for powerful thunderstorms on Wednesday that could produce damaging winds, hail and tornadoes.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed more than 3 million people from Oklahoma to Missouri in a Level 3 out of 5 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale, including those living or working in the Kansas City metro in Missouri.
This graphic shows the severe weather threat on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (FOX Weather)
Tropical trouble could be brewing in Caribbean Sea
The next tropical threat could be brewing in the Caribbean Sea as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) continues to monitor the possible development of an area of low pressure that could eventually become our next tropical depression.
The odds of development over the next week remain in the medium range, but the FOX Forecast Center believes those odds could increase as the final month of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches.
This graphic shows the chances of tropical development in the Caribbean Sea. (FOX Weather)
Dozens dead in Spain as catastrophic flooding slams Valencia
At least 51 people have been killed in Spain after torrential rain that fell for hours across eastern areas of the European country, including Valencia, sent water rushing down mountains and forcing rivers and streams to overflow their banks.
The rise in the death toll marks the worst flooding disaster in Europe since 2021, when nearly 200 people perished, primarily in Germany.
Towns across the region have been submerged in feet of water, and countless people have been rescued from the raging water. Government officials have urged people to seek higher ground and stay on the upper floors of homes and business, if possible.
A car covered with mud is pictured on a flooded street in Alora, near Malaga, on October 29, 2024, after a heavy rain hit southern Spain. (Getty Images)
Watch: ‘Halloween’ comet vaporized after flying into Sun
A NASA and European spacecraft watched as a newly discovered comet dubbed the "Halloween comet" met its demise after its close approach to the Sun.
According to NASA, the SOHO spacecraft captured the video below of comet C/2024 S1 ATLAS darting toward the Sun. It reached its closest approach to the Sun, known as perihelion, on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET.
NASA's SOHO spacecraft shows C/2024 S1 ATLAS (entering from bottom right) moving toward the Sun. (NASA)
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