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Bryan Norcross: Texas and Louisiana on alert as Francine looks likely to form in the western Gulf

Updated at 10:30 a.m.ET on Sunday, Sept.8.2024

A well-organized disturbance in the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico – officially tagged by the National Hurricane Center as Invest 91L – will likely combine with last week's big Gulf rain-making low-pressure

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Officials issued evacuation notices in eastern San Bernardino County on Saturday due to the Line Fire, which consumed more than 7,000 acres. More than 500 personnel are working to contain the flames.

HIGHLAND, Calif. – Authorities warned hundreds of homeowners in eastern San Bernardino County Saturday about evacuations as the Line Fire exploded to more than 7,000 acres and showed no signs of slowing.

CAL FIRE reported ^[1] the wildfire, about 70 miles east

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Homeowners in San Bernardino County in California have been told to flee their homes as the advancing Line Fire exploded in size, scorching more than 17,000 acres as of Sunday.

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HIGHLAND, Calif. – Hundreds of homeowners in California^[2]’s San Bernardino County have been told to evacuate immediately after the Line Fire exploded in size overnight, scorching more than 17,000 acres of land with no signs of stopping.

CAL FIRE

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01:44 ^[1]

HIGHLAND, Calif.– The Line Fire burning in San Bernardino County in California ^[2] exploded in size overnight, scorching more than 17,000 acres as nervous homeowners gathered belongings and fled the area as flames continue to advance and threaten

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While you may think quakes are a western US problem, some of the largest temblors in US history have happened in the East.

LOS ANGELES – A series of earthquakes in Southern California occurred on Saturday, but despite some beliefs that the warm temperatures might have contributed to the seismic activity, there is no evidence to support the notion.

The earthquakes ^[1] were centered

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Video captured the moments the Capital One Tower in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was demolished on Saturday. The building was 22 stories tall and the largest skyscraper in the region but was largely empty following the impacts of Hurricane Laura in 2020.

01:17[1]^{LAKE CHARLES, La.– A 22-story skyscraper that stood over southwest Louisiana}[2]^{for four years after being damaged during Hurricane Laura finally came down Saturday with the help of controlled explosives.

The Capital One Tower in downtown Lake Charles}^...

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission will lift off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Here's what it plans to do. (Video courtesy of NASA)

Scientists have noted that a year-round phenomenon above each of the globe’s poles have shown recent signs of shifting and even disruption, leading to potentially significant impacts on climate ^[1] patterns.

The polar vortex ^[2] is generally an area of low

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The system could pick up enough strength to become a tropical depression during the early to middle part of next week as it slides into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. The disturbance now has a medium chance of development over the next week.

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MIAMI — A disturbance swirling around Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula this weekend is becoming a growing threat to eventually become at least a tropical depression ^[2] as it’s forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico ^[3] next week.

The National Hurricane

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Forecasters are continuing to monitor several tropical disturbances swirling in the tropical Atlantic basin, with Invest 91L

09:19^[1]

MIAMI – Odds continue to grow that a tropical disturbance swirling in the Gulf of Mexico^[2] will develop into at least a tropical depression^[3] this week, if not Tropical Storm^[4] Francine, as we enter the peak of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane

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Bryan Norcross: Texas and Louisiana on alert as Francine looks likely to form in the western Gulf

California’s Line Fire forces evacuations as wildfire sees explosive growth

California’s Line Fire explodes in size as homeowners evacuate area

California’s Line Fire threatening 35,000 buildings as flames continue to advance

California’s extreme heat did not cause a series of earthquakes

Watch: Louisiana skyscraper demolished 4 years after Hurricane Laura left it in tatters

Polar Vortex at both poles show recent signs of shifting and even disruption

Tropical disturbance 91L could become tropical storm in Gulf of Mexico next week

Tropical disturbance 91L could become tropical storm in Gulf of Mexico this week

Invest 91L could become tropical storm in Gulf of Mexico this week

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