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Tropical Storm Imelda has formed in the western Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane, bringing heavy rain, flooding, and potential impacts to the Bahamas, Cuba, and the southeastern US, especially South Carolina, which has issued a state of emergency.
Tropical Depression Nine is expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda, with a less threatening path away from the Southeast coast, though impacts like rain and wind are still anticipated, especially in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto has intensified to a Category 4, posing no direct threat to the US but potentially affecting Bermuda and the Bahamas. Authorities are preparing for possible storm impacts, and residents are advised to stay alert as forecasts may still change.
Parts of the southeastern United States are preparing for a potential tropical storm, Tropical Depression 9, which is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding, with the possibility of reaching hurricane strength as it approaches the coast, following a relatively quiet hurricane season so far.
A brewing tropical system near the Bahamas, potentially strengthening into a hurricane, poses a significant flood and wind threat to the Southeast US early next week, with scenarios ranging from offshore diversion to landfall, and Hurricane Humberto intensifying nearby influencing its path.
Humberto has intensified into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic, threatening the Caribbean and the southeastern United States, with preparations underway in South Carolina and impacts already felt in the Dominican Republic. A related system, Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, is expected to develop into a tropical storm and approach the US Gulf Coast, prompting emergency declarations and warnings.
Forecasters are monitoring a developing storm near the Southeast coast, with a 90% chance of forming into a tropical storm or hurricane early next week, potentially bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and rough seas to Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia.
A severe heat wave is affecting the Southeast and Midwest regions of the US, with heat advisories and warnings issued due to temperatures soaring into the upper 90s and 100s Fahrenheit, leading to dangerous conditions and over 30 million people at risk, while storms and flooding also impact parts of the Midwest.
A bright fireball, likely a meteor or space debris, was seen streaking across the Southeast US, causing a sonic boom and resulting in a rock crashing through a roof in Georgia, with over 140 reports from multiple states.
A bright fireball, likely a meteor, was observed over the Southeast US, with reports of a sonic boom and visual sightings captured by dashcams, possibly linked to the ongoing Bootids meteor shower, though no aircraft activity was detected.
A bright fireball was observed streaking across the skies of the Southeast US, particularly in South Carolina, with initial indications suggesting it was a meteorite. Multiple videos and reports from viewers in South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee captured the event, and satellite data from NOAA supported the sightings, although confirmation of the meteorite nature remains pending.
Scientists are warning that a parasitic brain worm called rat lungworm, typically found in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, has been identified in states around the Southeast US, including Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia. The parasite can infect humans through contaminated produce, but cannot reproduce in the human body. While most people recover fully without treatment, severe symptoms can occur. To prevent infection, individuals are advised to avoid eating raw or undercooked snails, slugs, frogs, or shrimp, and to thoroughly wash fresh produce.
A study conducted in Atlanta suggests that the rat lungworm, a parasite that typically infects rats and slugs but can also invade human brains, has firmly established itself in the Southeast US and is likely to continue spreading. The study found evidence of rat lungworm infection in seven out of 33 collected rats, indicating sustained transmission. The parasite's complex life cycle involves rats, slugs, and snails, with humans becoming accidental hosts through the consumption of undercooked snails or infected slugs. In humans, the parasite can cause severe neurological dysfunction, ranging from mild symptoms to paralysis, coma, and even death.
A low-pressure system is expected to develop off the coast of the Southeast U.S. this weekend, potentially becoming a subtropical depression or storm. Regardless of development, rain and wind will spread up the Eastern Seaboard. Another system is likely to develop in the eastern Atlantic. The Atlantic hurricane season remains active with Hurricane Nigel in the central Atlantic and a new tropical wave emerging from Africa. The low off the Southeast coast will bring gusty winds, high surf, and locally heavy rain to the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic states.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are monitoring a tropical disturbance near the Bahamas, which has a low chance of developing into a storm. However, the overall atmospheric pattern over the southeastern US will remain unsettled over the next few days and into the Memorial Day weekend, with stormy weather expected even if a tropical or subtropical storm does not develop. "Preseason" storms are not rare, with 19 storms forming before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season over the past 50 years.