Post-tropical Arthur drives life-threatening Gulf Coast flooding; Midwest tornado outbreak hits Iowa and Illinois; Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes Hawaii Island
Today’s brief leads with post-tropical cyclone Arthur, which is pushing life-threatening flash flooding across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle, with high-water rescues already underway in St. Tammany Parish. A separate severe-weather outbreak spawned tornadoes and damaging winds across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, while weather-driven FAA ground stops snarled major airline hubs. We also cover active wildfires in California, New Mexico, and Arizona, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near Pahala on Hawaii Island, Kilauea’s paused summit eruption, and a…
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