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Much-needed rain will help suppress wildfires in the Northeast

Crews continue to contain and extinguish several wildfires that have emerged in the Northeast due to record dry conditions, but some welcome rain should help firefighting efforts.

“The most important thing is that it’s not something that took place over an hour,” says FOX weather meteorologist Britta Merwin said. It has been a light, steady rain since (Sunday) evening, lasting all night into (Monday) morning.”

Smoke and flames rise as wildfire burns and spreads on a mountain in West Milford, New Jersey, United States on November 9, 2024.

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A dry record is coming to an end in parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

For the first time in months, decent rain began to fall in parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, ending some record droughts that led to droughts and wildfires.

While the rain will help suppress wildfires, it will not be enough to end the region’s drought.

The region is stuck in a dry pattern that has lasted more than two months. During this dry pattern, several cities, including Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, WilmingtonDelaware and TrentonNew Jersey, have set their record for the longest number of days without measurable rain. Those documents date back to the Civil War.

This chart shows rainfall totals in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, which ended some record droughts.

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New week, new area to monitor for tropical development

Forecasters are monitoring a new area for possible tropical development in the Caribbean Sea as we move closer to the official end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

This image shows an area of ​​disturbed weather being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical development.

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This new area comes as what was left of Tropical Storm Rafael seeped into the Caribbean Sea on Sunday. While the remnants of the former major hurricane are no longer being monitored, forecasters say life-threatening rip currents are possible along areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Watch: The Starlink satellite breaks up over the southwestern US

Skygazers around the world Southwest The US saw a possible fireball burst into the night sky, but it turns out this shooting star is man-made and not part of three ongoing meteor showers.

Dozens of reports from Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma And Kansas have come into the American Meteor Association about a fireball event that occurred between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Video and photos show a bright trail with multiple glowing pieces moving through the air. Some reported that the display resembled “fireworks.”

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