A major storm system is expected to bring severe thunderstorms, flash flooding and hail to a recently battered eastern U.S. while southern cities continuously battle extreme heat, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center–here’s the parts of the country that could face extreme weather today.
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Americans along the East Coast from Atlanta to New York City are under “increased threat for severe thunderstorms,” Monday, following a weekend full of storms and occasional tornadoes throughout the country.
The mid-Atlantic region, including cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., are up against thunderstorms that can develop into flash floods, large hail and/or tornadoes, according to the NWS.
Parts of the Pacific northwest, such as the northeastern parts of Oregon and Washington, as well as parts of the southeast including Atlanta and Alabama, the northeast including New York City and Pittsburgh and the upper Ohio/Tennessee valley are also threatened by the potential of flash flooding.
Meanwhile, the southwestern part of the U.S. continues to face heat advisories: parts of Texas like El Paso and San Antonio to the southeast in Birmingham, Charleston, South Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, and Miami are experiencing extreme heat, with heat indexes ranging between 105 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
The current storm system is brewing as cities in Pennsylvania, parts of the Hudson Valley in New York and Vermont faced deadly flash flooding in July. Scientists also said July was the hottest recorded month with much of the southern U.S. being under a heat dome, which happens when heat is trapped under high atmospheric pressure influenced by La Niña, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scientists with the World Meteorological Organization already predict global temperatures will rise, and scientists from NASA say that warming temperatures bring bigger and more intense flooding.