Severe thunderstorm causes bounce house to go airborne in Alabama
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Severe thunderstorm causes bounce house to go airborne in Alabama

ByNews Polite

A severe thunderstorm in northern Alabama on Saturday interrupted a gathering in the town of Hillsboro, catching attendees off guard and forcing them to run for shelter.  The thunderstorm erupted around 1 p.m. local time and produced significant rainfall, cloud-to-ground lightning and damaging wind gusts. Joshua Cofield was one of the attendees…

Florida under warnings as likely Tropical Storm Debby set to bring flooding rain
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Florida under warnings as likely Tropical Storm Debby set to bring flooding rain

ByNews Polite

MIAMI – Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for parts of the Florida coast as a disturbance, now designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone Four, takes aim at the Sunshine State. The storm system, which the National Hurricane Center forecasts will likely eventually become Tropical Storm Debby, threatens the state with…

Tropical disturbance over Atlantic worries hurricane experts
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Tropical disturbance over Atlantic worries hurricane experts

ByNews Polite

After weeks of quiet, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean. Located east of the Lesser Antilles, this disturbance is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next several days, according to the NHC. There is a medium chance that…

Rockaways underwater as winter storm bears down on New York
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Rockaways underwater as winter storm bears down on New York

ByNews Polite

Several feet of floodwater swamped the Rockaways Friday as a ferocious Christmas-weekend storm struck New York — leaving cars almost submerged and residents stranded or forced to wade through the streets in water up to their knees, dramatic photos and video show. Footage captured by The Post shows NYPD officers…