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Gulf Tropical Disturbance A Louisiana Flood Threat

Gulf Tropical Disturbance A Louisiana Flood Threat

Play Invest 93L: Flood Watches In Effect For LA, MS A tropical disturbance near the northern Gulf Coast only has a small window for development, but poses a threat of flooding rainfall, particularly in Louisiana, regardless. Happening Now The tropical disturbance, called “Invest 93L” by the National Hurricane Center, is centered near the northern Gulf Coast, moving westward. Areas of …

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Enormous wildfire tears through world’s largest tropical wetland. Then camera traps capture something odd

Enormous wildfire tears through world’s largest tropical wetland. Then camera traps capture something odd

In 2020, a huge wildfire struck the Brazilian Pantanal – the largest tropical wetland area in the world. Driven by extreme drought, high temperatures and human activities, the blaze cut through more than 44,515km² of habitat and killed an estimated 17 million vertebrates. Yet, despite the devastation, a new study published in Global Change Biology has found that, once the fire …

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Gulf Coast braces for flooding as storm builds into possible tropical depression : NPR

Gulf Coast braces for flooding as storm builds into possible tropical depression : NPR

This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 12:46 EDT and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, shows a tropical weather system over the Florida Panhandle. AP/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association hide caption toggle caption AP/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance …

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Weather system over Florida could potentially become a tropical depression

Weather system over Florida could potentially become a tropical depression

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A drenching weather system moving across Florida on Tuesday wasn’t even a tropical anything but has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves into the northeastern and northern Gulf later in the week, according to National Weather Service forecasters. The system would be called Tropical Storm Dexter if it became a named …

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Tropical Disturbance Threatens Days of Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast – The New York Times

Tropical Disturbance Threatens Days of Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast  The New York Times A storm is brewing off Florida’s Gulf Coast. It could bring the next big flood  CNN Residents bracing for heavy rainfall and possible flooding  Yahoo System over Florida has potential to develop into tropical depression, weather service says  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Invest 93 …

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