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The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Hurricane Beryl’s track beyond the next three days is getting increasingly challenging to predict, and the “cone of uncertainty” once the storm enters the Gulf shifted north Tuesday afternoon to include Texas. The Category 5 storm had winds of 155 mph at 5 p.m. CST Tuesday and is expected to weaken some due to wind …

CNN reports: Hurricane Beryl roared across the Windward Islands on Monday as an extremely dangerous Category 4, delivering catastrophic winds, intense rainfall and life-threatening storm surge. Beryl made landfall shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea with max winds of 150 mph. It is the strongest known hurricane to pass through the Grenadines, according …

Axios reports: Hurricane Beryl, which formed Saturday evening, rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm Sunday, and is nearing the Windward Islands Monday morning as a Category 3 major hurricane. The storm is rewriting hurricane history. Its early formation, rapid intensification and location are all record-breaking. Hurricane Beryl is expected to bring “Potentially catastrophic hurricane-force winds” and “a life-threatening …

Politico reports: Donald Trump would yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord for the second time if he wins the presidency again in November, a campaign spokesperson told POLITICO Friday. The statement comes after years of conservatives laying the groundwork for Trump to withdraw from the global agreement intended to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases causing …

NBC News reports: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Tuesday alerting authorities, health care providers and the public of the increased risk of dengue fever infections in the United States. A total of 2,241 cases have been reported so far this year in the U.S., including 1,498 cases in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: Florida property owners are paying roughly four times the national average for insurance. And more than a million policyholders could soon pay even more. Earlier this week, Citizens Property Insurance announced it is pushing for a rate hike for its most common policy type. If approved, owners of single-family homes would see an average 13.5% rate …

The Hill reports: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) declared a disaster in Sioux County after the area was slammed with record-breaking flooding. “I have issued a Disaster Proclamation for Sioux County and directed all available state resources to assist Rock Valley and other communities in northwest Iowa in response to catastrophic flooding,” she wrote on social media platform X. She …

NBC News reports: The first named storm of the hurricane season is taking aim at Texas and Mexico, threatening the Gulf Coast with severe flooding and high winds. Tropical Storm Alberto formed over the western Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning and is expected to reach Mexico’s Gulf coast early Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is …

USA Today reports: Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico as parts of Texas braced for almost a foot of rain and parts of Mexico 20 inches. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the Texas coast from San Luis Pass south to the …

NBC News reports: Almost 72 million people across the country were under warnings of extreme heat Monday morning, the National Weather Service said. With Thursday’s seasonal solstice taking place amid a weeklong heat wave expected for the East Coast and the Midwest, the summer of 2024 is coming in hot. Extreme heat warnings were in place for Chicago, St. Louis, …

Florida Politics reports: The intense rainfall across the southern part of the state has prompted Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency in more southern counties due in part to flash flooding. The downpour also caused significant standing water on those farms with many farms facing repairs due to the damage of the rushing water during the storms. …

ABC News reports: Parts of southern Florida continued to get inundated with heavy rainfall Wednesday, with Gov. Ron DeSantis declaring a state of emergency tonight for several counties, including Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade and Sarasota. The National Weather Service in Miami said Wednesday evening that portions of Broward and Miami-Dade counties — including Hallandale and Hollywood — are continuing to …

Axios reports: Flooding — which has gotten increasingly severe in an era of extreme weather — costs the U.S. economy an estimated $179.8 to $496 billion per year in 2023 dollars, according to new data from Democrats on the Senate Joint Economic Committee. The estimates are the equivalent of over 1% of 2023’s gross domestic product, the report notes. It …

CNN reports: The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. Every single month from June 2023 to May 2024 was the world’s hottest such month on record, Copernicus data showed. The 12-month heat streak was “shocking but not surprising” given human-caused …

CNN reports: Daily temperature records will tumble as sizzling early season heat from a summerlike heat dome sends thermometers skyrocketing into the triple digits in parts of California and the West this week. Death Valley, the hottest place in the world, is likely to reach a high temperature of at least 120 degrees by Thursday. The Southwest will start to …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Power outages caused by severe weather Tuesday morning in Dallas County will likely span days as more storms approach the region, officials said. County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins signed a declaration of disaster as more than 322,000 residents were without electricity. Oncor reported more than 600,000 of its customers, including those in Dallas and Tarrant …

CNN reports: Powerful storms are delivering yet another round of violent weather to Texas on Tuesday after an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and sometimes deadly storms in recent weeks. Additional storms will pound more of the Southern Plains throughout the day. Storms were roaring through the Dallas-Fort Worth metro early Tuesday morning, delivering hurricane-force wind gusts and stirring tornado …

USA Today reports: The start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is just over a week away, and federal forecasters Thursday predicted an “extraordinary” season with as many as 25 named storms possible. This is the most storms the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ever predicted in a preseason outlook. “All the ingredients are in place for an active …

The Associated Press reports: One person has died aboard a London-Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday, in which the plane apparently plummeted for a number of minutes before it was diverted to Bangkok, where emergency crews rushed to help injured passengers amid stormy weather. The Boeing 777-300ER, with a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott wrote a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell demanding answers on whether FEMA has the resources needed to assist people in Florida and beyond when tropical systems wreak their inevitable havoc. “It is our understanding that your agency expects the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to run …