across the central atlantic. this is tropical depression four. a lot of things working against the strengthening of this tropical depression, that being the upper level wind shear and also saharan dust coming off of north central africa. you see that on our dust monitor that s streaming right into the location where our particular tropical depression is located. this is the satellite loop. you see how poorly organized this particular system is. only winds at about 30 miles per hour. the national hurricane center doesn t believe the storm will impact land. that s good news. scattered showers, though, across the southeast. severe storms throughout the ohio river valley. we re focusing attention from cleveland to pittsburgh, indianapolis indianapolis, a possible tornado. a wet day new york to boston. have your raincoats and umbrellas handy. let s talk temperatures. cloud cover and rain in the forecast, only 79 for the big apple today. back to you. 79 is fine
it seems as if every year we re talking about the flooding that happens here. the waters there are trapping people in their houses, surrounding their homesteads. 20,000 people impacted by this. military boats and helicopters sent to help rescue operations that are currently underway. and guess what, there is more rain that is coming. and think about the health hazard associated with the water once it finally does recede. so this is not a single day event, this will last for several days if not weeks to come, the aftermath. you can see these two gentlemen in the background having to contend with the rushing waters. this is the situation. we have a very active satellite loop. the annual monsoon that comes every year. but it is something that they hope for, they pray for it every year, they need it because it is so hot and so dry for the months of let s say december right through to about may. but then we start to see the
of stuff. it doesn t get easier. losing your home, especially on christmas, my god, you can only think about what those people are going through right now. cnn producer joel labi, thank you. let s go back to derek van dam, give us context on what s happening in that part of the world. the temperatures and winds don t help. joel said it, we re right smack dab in the middle fl fire season in south australia. there was some relief that moved through. there have been reports of roughly between 10 and 20 millimeters of rainfall, thanks to this cold front you see on our satellite loop that moved through the melbourne region and just to the south and west. that s where the current ongoing wildfire is taking place. just because cold front moved through, doesn t mean
and it s not yet clear how many people may be miss organize homeless. well, we are getting some cool images of arizona s fist snowfall for the season. it may be autumn there, but look that already looks like winter. snow on the ground there. that same storm system that is charging east bringing potential flooding, i should say, and severe weather along with it. derek van dam is here to tell us more about it. i walked into a department store earlier today, and there was santa claus staring me in the face. already. wasn t it just halloween like three days ago? like to make it happen soon. the same system responsible for the first snowfall in flagstaff, arizona which you just saw on your tv screen is moving eastward as george already said. take a look at the satellite loop. and you can see how it evolved over the western half of the united states. now pressing eastward across the plane states. and it s also brought a round of severe weather. they had one confirmed tornado
in the capital during a normally dry time of year. meteorologist derrick van damme joins us now to tell us more about that. that s right, george and natalie. as if displaced iraqeries don t have enough to contend with, we have significant amount of rainfall in what typically a dry time of the year. take a look at some of the video coming out of this region. and you can see what they ve had to contend with, pushing their vehicles through some of the flooded streets. not only is the flooding a concern, but it s also a health hazard for the individuals living within this particular area. take a look at the satellite loop across this region. and you can see the thunderstorms that moved through baghdad and the western sections of iran late thursday. in fact, satellite-derived rainfall estimates indicate between 30 and 50, even upwards of 70 millimeters of rain where we would typically only experience about 5 to 8 millimeters of rainfall during the month of october. so this is typically a