Hurricane Polo Drives Major Flash Flood Crisis Across 11 States
I report that Hurricane Polo's moisture plume is driving the country's largest life-safety problem this morning. Its remnants came ashore south of Las Barrancas as a Category 2 late Monday and are fueling a widespread flash flood event from the Lower Colorado across the Four Corners into the southern High Plains. The Weather Prediction Center places a moderate risk of excessive rainfall from south-central Arizona through the Texas Panhandle and western Kansas, and flood watches now cover eleven states with roughly 14 million people in the flash flood threat area. Overnight warnings ran in…
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