Dallas and Atlanta prepare for severe thunderstorms: weather watch

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Nearly 22 million people from Dallas to Atlanta will face another round of severe thunderstorms bringing downpours, hail and possibly tornadoes.

Over the past week, the central and southern United States have been hit by severe storms and flooding, all of which originated from a Pacific system that dumped heavy snowfall on parts of California and west over the weekend, said Brian Hurley, the branch’s senior forecaster. at the US Weather Prediction Center.

Since then, the Great Plains, Midwest and South have been hit by a deadly wave of heavy rain, strong winds and tornadoes that have delayed air travel and knocked out power. At least three people died overnight, according to the Associated Press. There is an increased risk of severe thunderstorms, hail and winds from Texas to South Carolina, affecting 21.9 million people, the U.S. Storm Prediction Center said. Tornado watches are currently posted in northern Mississippi and Alabama, as well as southern Tennessee. As of 5 a.m. New York time, 247,819 customers were without power in Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, PowerOutage.us said. It’s more or less “the big storm system that gave this snow to the Sierra,” Hurley said. “It’s kind of the number one system, and as it moved further inland, it merged with another system. Obviously, this is very different from what was happening on the West Coast. » While storms battered the United States for most of the week, Hurley said things would start to stabilize within a few days. But it’s possible that the weather will be even more unstable starting this weekend across Texas and spreading eastward early next week.

UK: Another sunny day across most of the UK on Thursday, said Annie Shuttleworth, a meteorologist at the UK Met Office. The exception? Scotland. A weather front has moved across Scotland overnight and will bring persistent rain. London will also experience a hot day with temperatures reaching 22C.

AUSTRALIA: Heavy rain is returning to New South Wales and Queensland, said Sarah Scully, a forecaster at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Up to 5 to 6 centimeters (2 inches) of rain fell in isolated pockets. Heavy rain will spread mainly across inland New South Wales on Friday, where isolated areas could receive up to an additional 9 centimeters of rain or more, it said.

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“The Warrego River in New South Wales is already in moderate flood, so we know any further rain on that catchment will respond very quickly,” Scully said.

Severe rain warnings will likely be issued on Friday. In total, by the end of the storm, some areas could receive more than 20 centimeters of rain.

Meanwhile, in Western Australia, rain is likely to spread across the region, cooling the situation where temperatures have been 5C above normal in Perth, increasing the risk of wildfires , said Angus Hines, bureau forecaster.

INDIA: The heatwave in western Rajasthan is likely to start easing on Friday, the Indian Meteorological Department said. In some places, temperatures reached 45°C on the last day.

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