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St. Louis in bull's-eye of severe weather threat from Midwest to Texas Thursday

ST.LOUIS – As one storm system exits the country ^[2], another is on its heels Thursday and expected to fire storms over a 1,000-mile stretch of the nation.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has highlighted states from the U.S.^[3]-Mexico ^[4] border

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A round of thunderstorms turned severe on Thursday with several tornadoes reported in southern Illinois.

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ST.LOUIS – A cold front stretched across a large section of the eastern half of the nation was the focal point of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday, some of which were severe and produced tornadoes.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

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What is an atmospheric river? The largest freshwater 'rivers' on Earth, atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of highly concentrated water vapor flowing in the atmosphere.

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The West Coast^[2] was drenched this winter by an astounding 51 atmospheric rivers from fall 2023 to spring 2024, according to the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes.^[3] The tally was more than twice the average.

On average, 24 atmospheric

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Indonesia's North Sulawesi province's volcanology agency reports Wednesday that the Ruang volcano has erupted multiple times, causing the evacuation of at least 800 people due to spewing lava and ash clouds into the sky.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hundreds of residents in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province were evacuated Wednesday due to multiple eruptions from the Ruang volcano ^[2].

Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, known as BNPB ^[3], has reported that

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The WMO voted to retire North Eastern Pacific hurricane names Dora and Otis. For the first time since 2014, the committee did not retire any Atlantic names.

A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130-156 mph is considered to be a Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ^[1].

A Category 4 cyclone is considered to be a major hurricane and is only one class below a Category 5.

The scale

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While the blaring alerts of Tornado Warnings are a rite of spring in America's heartland, there is one area that hasn't had an official Tornado Warning in over 21 years.

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EUREKA, Calif.– For those who live in Tornado Alley ^[2], hearing the blare of urgent Tornado Warnings ^[3] could be a weekly occurrence in the severe weather ^[4] season, if not even more frequent.

But there’s one place in America where it’s been a

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A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 111-129 mph is considered to be a Category 3 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ^[1].

Once a hurricane strengthens into Category 3 storm it is considered to be a major hurricane.

The wind scale does

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On Wednesday, Oct. 25, Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, at 1:25 a.m. CDT as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 165 mph. The storm had rapidly intensified off the coast, and according to the National Hurricane Center, Otis was the strongest hurricane in the Eastern Pacific to make landfall in the satellite era.

25 Years Later: Looking Back at the October Monster Named Mitch

Mitch began as a tropical storm over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 22, 1998, and strengthened to a hurricane by the 24th. Mitch then rapidly strengthened, becoming a monster Category 5 hurricane with a central pressure of 905 mb on the 26th. To this day, Mitch still ranks as the second-strongest October hurricane on record and remains tied for the eighth-most intense of any Atlantic hurricane on record.

Mitch made landfall in Honduras as a much weaker Category 1 hurricane, but it battered the offshore islands with high winds, waves and storm surge. The greatest impact, however, was from the widespread heavy rain and severe flooding in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador that left thousands dead or missing and caused tremendous property, infrastructure and crop damage in Central America.

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults, and an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk

Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching from coast to coast in the Southern U.S.

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St. Louis in bull's-eye of severe weather threat from Midwest to Texas Thursday

Severe storms with damaging winds, hail and tornadoes impact nation's heartland

West Coast soaked by 51 atmospheric rivers this winter

Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts as hundreds evacuated amid spewing lava, ash clouds

What is a Category 4 hurricane?

Un-Tornado Alley? This spot has gone 21 years since its last Tornado Warning

What is a Category 3 hurricane?

Hurricane Otis Causes Catastrophic Damage in Acapulco, Mexico

25 Years Later: Looking Back at the October Monster Named Mitch

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults, and an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk

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