While Hurricane Earl is predicted to bring powerful rip currents to the East Coast, Tropical Storm Kay has the potential to provide Southern California a year’s worth of rain to help with its ongoing drought.
Hurricane Kay, a category one hurricane, is now moving north of the Baja California coast.
As it approaches Southern California, Hurricane Kay is predicted to produce floods and severe rains.
Since the strongest rainfall is expected on Friday and Saturday, the weather in Southern counties like San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles will offer a respite from the weeklong hot summer.
The Southern California communities closest to Los Angeles and extending inland into Arizona will be most at risk for floods during the next 36 hours.
The Weather Channel predicts that the east San Diego and Palm Springs region will get the most rainfall.
The weekend prediction may also be helpful for firefighters fighting active fires in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties since temperatures are expected to dip from 100°F to about 80°F in certain locations, but the projected winds might potentially make the situation worse.
Given that Kay is travelling along the coast of Mexico with gusts of 60 mph, thunderstorms and strong winds are also expected.
Meanwhile, as Hurricane Earl churns off Bermuda, inhabitants on the East Coast should anticipate high gusts and rip tides.
Earl is still a concern as it moves closer to Category 3 classification and isn’t anticipated to slow down on Friday as its affects ripple along the East Coast; however, things should get better by Saturday.
According to The Weather Channel, the East Coast will see “rip currents” and “life-threatening surf” during the next four days as winds pick up.
The National Hurricane Center reports that Bermuda is experiencing sustained winds of up to 100 mph with “greater gusts.”
On Friday night, winds are anticipated to pick up, and on Monday, winds are anticipated to diminish.
Despite the storm’s distance from the US, weather experts are concerned about its effects.
The meteorological service said that Hurricane Earl is one of these hurricanes.
The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast will see the worst coastal effects this weekend.
As the tropical storm makes its way northeast through Sunday, strong currents are anticipated in the Carolinas.
Along the coast, rainfall is also anticipated, with the possibility of flooding in New York, Atlantic City, Norfolk, and Charleston.
By Sunday, the situation is anticipated to improve.
Three persons, including a toddler, have died as a result of Hurricane Kay in the Mexican state of Guerrero’s southwest.
Two of the deceased were in a vehicle whose driver had attempted to cross a stream when it was washed away by floodwaters.
After being hit by a crumbling fence, a little kid was discovered dead inside a house.
There have also been damages to some residences.
Local flights from Mexico to the well-known tourist resort of Los Cabos have also been cancelled by the domestic carriers VivaAerobus, Volaris, and Aeromexico.
The governor of Baja California Sur announced the establishment of shelters for those who need to evacuate after a storm warning was issued for a sparsely inhabited area of the peninsula near Bahia Asuncion.
According to the report, several routes were stopped due to swelling streams.
While the rains may be a miracle once they reach Southern California, there hasn’t been a major storm there since Hurricane Nora in 1997, when it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Electricity was lost in Los Angeles due to the heavy rains, while San Diego was inundated.