Monsoon madness! Huge wall of dust rolls through town
Arizona’s Family
MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) –
A monsoon storm hit the Valley hard Thursday evening, bringing high winds, low visibility and a massive wall of rolling dust coming from the south.
“It is a huge one,” said our reporter in the chopper, Jerry Ferguson. “This is a classic Arizona dust storm barreling across the southeast Valley.”
‘Unprecedented’ 143 MPH ‘Fire Tornado’ in California…
REDDING (CBS SF) — It’s the kind of finding one would suspect from National Weather Service investigators along Tornado Alley in the wake of a deadly storm front.
But it wasn’t. It was the measurement of the wind generated during the height of the firestorm that ripped through Redding last week, killing six people and damaging hundreds of homes.
On Thursday, NWS researcher combed through the wreckage left behind and determined a fire whirl — commonly known as a fire tornado — roared through the area between 7:30 p.m and 8 p.m. on July 26th.
Virginia flooding sparks fears of dam failure, leads to evacuations…
The situation at the College Lake Dam, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, has stabilized for the time being, officials said shortly before 1 p.m. Friday. However, the potential for renewed heavy rain on Friday is prompting concerns for more flooding.
“Officials have reported that flooding over Lakeside Drive has ended and that water is holding within the shores of College Lake,” according to a statement from the National Weather Service.
Late Thursday into Friday, water was overflowing the top of the dam and officials said it on was the brink of failure due to recently heavy rainfall. If the dam fails, portions of Lynchburg could flood within minutes.
Europe blasted on 122° ‘Furnace Friday’; Lisbon hottest city on Earth…
Sweden’s highest peak melts away?