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A combination of low pressure and tropical moisture moving across the Gulf of Mexico is bringing some badly needed rain to the drought-stricken Southeast U.S., but it is also creating a tornado threat in Florida. The rain from this system is falling in a parched area of the country from Louisiana to Florida and into southern Georgia.
A storm that has dumped heavy rain and snow in parts of the West and Northwest is moving east. There’s a chance of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding in the nation’s heartland as it does so. The best chance of those threats is in a swath from Nebraska to Illinois through Thursday.
Hurricane Lidia became a monstrous Category 4 storm Tuesday as it moved closer to a popular tourist destination in Mexico. Winds of more than 100 mph battered the Puerto Vallarta area late Tuesday before Lidia dissipated over Mexico’s rugged terrain early Wednesday. The FOX Forecast Center is also tracking Tropical Storm Sean, which formed Wednesday morning over the eastern tropical Atlantic, and a new disturbance right behind it off the western coast of Africa.
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