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A powerful nor'easter knocked out power to over 70,000 customers in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware, and New York, with states declaring emergencies due to flooding and gale-force winds threatening millions from Maine to Virginia.
🐿️ This storm's rapid escalation from forecast to 70,000 outages shows the north-east's aging power grid is struggling to keep pace with more intense coastal storms.
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic Ocean, heavy rain threat. Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic Ocean far from land.
🐿️ Dolly's rapid formation and speed mean Caribbean residents should prep for flooding now, not wait for the weekend.
Tropical Storm Lala is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island, with potential rainfall up to 25 inches. A state of emergency has been declared due to life-threatening flood risks.
🐿️ This storm marks the first direct hurricane threat to Hawaii in over three decades, highlighting the increasing influence of a strengthening super El Niño.
