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2 days ago | newsweek.com | Anna Skinner

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flood watch for desert areas in southern California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, effective Wednesday, as heavy rain puts the region at risk for flooding. Why It MattersThe heavy rain comes less than a week after remnants from Tropical Storm Alvin brought a surge of moisture to Arizona.

2 days ago | newsweek.com | Anna Skinner

National Hurricane Center (NHC) experts have designated a developing storm off the coast of southern Mexico in the Eastern Pacific as having a "high chance" of developing into a tropical storm within the next week. If it develops, it will be the second tropical storm to form in the Eastern Pacific for this year's hurricane season. Although the average first storm date is June 10, AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva told Newsweek it's not unusual to have one form earlier than that.

2 days ago | mahoningmatters.com | Anna Skinner

National Hurricane Center (NHC) experts have designated a developing storm off the coast of southern Mexico in the Eastern Pacific as having a "high chance" of developing into a tropical storm within the next week. If it develops, it will be the second tropical storm to form in the Eastern Pacific for this year's hurricane season. Although the average first storm date is June 10, AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva told Newsweek it's not unusual to have one form earlier than that.

2 days ago | newsweek.com | Anna Skinner

National Weather Service officials at the Miami, Florida, office have issued a high risk warning for dangerous rip currents at several Florida beaches for Wednesday. NWS Miami meteorologist Will Redman told Newsweek that the increased risk is due to a moderate onshore wind flow.

2 days ago | newsweek.com | Anna Skinner

Officials in Michigan and Maine warned residents to monitor themselves for respiratory symptoms, including coughs, as poor air quality hit both states on Wednesday. Health advisories and air quality alerts blamed elevated fine particulate and ozone levels caused by wildfire smoke and other pollution sources for putting people in several counties in both states at increased risk of adverse health effects.