in less than 24 hours, and keep in mind that about 20 inches of that rain fell within a six hour period. stranded vehicles. this aerial drone shot just really speaks volumes to what they have had to deal with. that was again on wednesday night, but of course we still have our flood. warning in place for ford lauderdale. this includes the airport that is valid through eight am this morning. the current radar generally quiet, there are a few pop up showers starting to form just east of the coastline there, but when you look at the rainfall totals , this is interesting because we have to put an asterisk next to fort lauderdale. climatologists are out kind of assessing the rain gauges that are in and around fort lauderdale, and they re going to determine whether or not a 24 hour state rainfall record was actually shattered by over two and half inches previous record set back in 1980 key west, so that really puts this into historical context, right? that is a lot of rain in a short period o
sure the roads are clear so if folks have to get to work this morning, they can. the ban on the roads has been put in place. so far it has only been slightly above a foot and there is an expectation that we are likely going to be getting several more feet, potentially challenging the record set back in december of 2001 when we saw a little bit over four and a half feet in just three days. that s what has officials concerned and it is also why officials are basically just asking unless you have to go out on to the streets here in the buffalo area that you simply stay home. there is certainly a concern we re going to continue to see that snow. that s why the snow plows are out, people are using those snow blowers to make sure anybody who does have to get out and about is able to do so. but again, stay home because the worst is potentially still ahead. back to you, don.
urging its residents to not charge their lexical vehicles from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. i find it interesting considering that a few days ago, the state of california has banned the sale of gasoline powered vehicles by 2035. let s talk about the heat. look at this, records broken in anaheim. 106, beating his record set back in 2020. we have over 40 million americans under heat alert. much of that encompasses the state of california. about 20 of the most populated cities over the western u.s. inputting the los angeles area, just outside of san francisco. some of the areas you anticipate. the cooler weather to the quote coast, we may not experience the release and relief you would expect to get, near the ocean. 160 potential records broken over the next weeks or so. incredible amounts of heat, a
so ice, a precious commodity today across the nation s capital they try to keep their drinks cool, bodies cool, do whatever they can to beat the heat. look at these temperatures. by sunday, that will be the hottest day for places like philadelphia, new york as well as boston. the potential to threaten some record-high temperatures or at least tie them. the forecast in boston on sunday will be 98, previous record was 98. we had five days of temperatures above 90 degrees in the big apple. if we have another day that will tie the record set back in 2016 of the longest 90 degree day plus stretch. and then look at the temperatures across the central u.s., triple digit heat for many locations including oklahoma city. heat indexes values will be impressive. and then the heat over the west unfortunately has caused some major concerns including this fire coming out of mariposa county, threatening yosemite. ohm, this is an aerial view of
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