"The Latest on Hilary, Emily, Franklin, Gert, and a Texas-Mexico Threat"

"To coin the understatement of the century, it’s not often that a tropical storm from the Eastern Pacific moves through Southern California on the same weekend that three tropical storms erupt in the Atlantic. That’s where things stood on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023 – a landmark day in the annals of hurricane history and a very busy day for the National Hurricane Center, which is responsible for tracking tropical cyclones in both of these areas.

The Atlantic continued busy on Monday: two landfalling storms may arrive by midweek, one near the Texas-Mexico border and another in Hispaniola.

Former category 4 Hurricane Hilary made landfall around 2 p.m. EDT Sunday as a 65-mph tropical storm on the coast of Baja California, Mexico, about 215 miles south-southeast of San Diego. More than 300,000 customers in Mexico lost power as Hilary ripped through the area, and one death was reported in Santa Rosalía, hard hit by flash flooding."

Bob Henson reports for Yale Climate Connections August 21, 2023.

SEE ALSO:

"How A Mix Of Natural And Human-Caused Factors Cooked Up Tropical Storm Hilary’s Soggy Mess" (AP)

"Tropical Storm Franklin Heads Toward Puerto Rico and Hispaniola" (New York Times)

"Tropical Storm Emily Weakens a Day After Forming" (New York Times)

"How Climate Change Shaped California’s First Tropical Storm In Decades" (E&E News)

"Storm Brewing In Gulf Of Mexico To Strengthen En Route To Texas" (Reuters)

"Gale-Force Winds Are Fanning Dozens Of Wildfires Across Greece, Leaving 2 Dead, 2 Injured" (AP)

"2nd Person Found Dead In Eastern Washington Wildfires, Hundreds Of Structures Burned" (AP)

"Lightning Starts New Wildfires But Moist Air Aids Crews Battling Blazes In Rural Northern California" (AP)

 

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 08/22/2023