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The opportunities for tropical development are increasing for Invest 94L

An area of ​​disturbed weather in the eastern Atlantic Ocean continues its long journey westward, and National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasters say it’s a tropical depression as the system moves into an area favorable for tropical development.

The disruption that is appropriate Invest 94L by the NHC, has a low probability of developing in the next two days, and a medium probability of developing in the next week.

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Florida continues to recover after deadly Hurricane Milton

Days after Hurricane Milton made deadly landfall as a Category 3 storm last week, millions of people across Florida are still grappling with the storm’s aftermath. The hurricane brought winds of more than 100 miles per hour, a near-record storm surge, and a historic tornado outbreak.

The risk of flooding remains in many parts of the state, and crews are still working to restore power and clear debris. At least 21 people died as a result of the storm.

Florida officers risked their lives to save a 91-year-old woman trapped in her home amid devastating flooding after Hurricane Helene.

(Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office/FOX Weather)

The cold air flow causes millions of people to cluster from the Midwest to the Northeast

What had been an exceptionally warm October for most of the Lower 48 now feels like a distant memory after a cold front caused the temperature to drop by 5-15 degrees as we started a new work week.

The cold air penetrates areas such as the Midwest, mid-Atlantic Ocean And NortheastWhere snow Showers are possible even at higher altitudes.

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Watch: SpaceX captures Starship booster during successful test flight

SpaceX has made good on its promise of another “exciting” test of its Starship spacecraft at South Texas on Sunday when Elon Musk’s company captured a 70-meter rocket booster with enormous chopsticks from the same launch tower where it had launched just minutes earlier.

The spaceship launched from SpaceX’s Starbase launch pad Sunday just before 7:30 a.m. CT, as thousands of spectators and boaters watched from the Texas Gulf Coast nearby South Padre Island.

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