The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: California braces for parade of storms
Start your day with the latest weather news – The Golden State has had little time to dry out after deadly storms ravaged the state last week. Now, another series of storms is taking aim at the region.
Weather in America: February 15, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Parade of storms aimed at California again
California hasn’t had much time to dry out and recover from deadly storms that hit the state last week. Now, forecasters are already sounding the alarm about a new series of storms that is headed for the state. The first arrived Wednesday, but a much more powerful one is expected to hit Saturday. That one will be followed by another one early next week.
Quick-moving systems bringing more snow to Northeast
A deadly nor’easter that buried parts of the Northeast and New England with heavy snow is being followed by a couple of quick-moving storms. Thursday starts with snow falling in the Great Lakes, but that will spread into the Northeast by the afternoon. Another snowstorm will race out of the Midwest and toward the Interstate 95 corridor on Friday.
Minneapolis measured 6.9 inches of snow from this system on Wednesday, a daily record for Feb. 14. Before that, Minneapolis had only picked up 7.3 inches of snow over the entire winter, which means it saw nearly as much snow on Valentine's Day as it had previously received all season.
2024 could top 2023 as world’s hottest year on record
Only two months into the new year, and heat records are already being broken. Analysis by NOAA repeated research by European scientists that the first month of 2024 was the world’s warmest January on record. NOAA added that there’s already a chance that 2024 could become the globe’s hottest year on record, which would break the record just set in 2023.
The blue-to-red colors show temperatures across the globe from coldest to warmest for January 2024. (NOAA NCEI / NOAA)
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The wreckage of a World War II-era ship that sank with its captain has been found, and there’s underwater footage of it.
Video: World War II-era shipwreck with mysterious past found in Lake Superior
Underwater video shows the SS Arlington at the bottom of Lake Superior where it sank during stormy weather in 1940. The ship's captain was the only one who didn't make it to safety, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
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