
Today’s top weather news: Flooding rain soaks Southeast as severe weather threat brews in Midwest
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- May 12, 2025

It is expected that a slow motion storm system that has been exploiting portions of the Gulf coast, Southast and Mid-Atlantic continues to channel precipitation in the region, we begin a new work week, increasing the possibilities of sudden floods. Fox Weather’s meteorologist, Jane Minar, breaks down the last prognosis on Sunday, May 11.
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Charleston crushes the 126 -year -old rain record while southeast exploded by floods
The roads in the area of Charleston, South Carolina, were impassable due to floods on Sunday. The torrential rain soaked the cities throughout the southeast and the middle Atlantic as the deep tropical humidity flowed from the Gulf.
In accordance with the National Meteorological Service, Charleston International Airport in South Carolina He received 1.99 inches of rain between midnight and 5 am et on Sunday morning. This broke the rain record for May 11 or 1.93 inches, established in 1952.
Besides, The center of Charleston received 2.06 inches of rain between midnight and 5 am et. That crushed the previous record for May 11 or 1.57 inches, established 126 years ago in 1899.
NOAAThe climate prediction center is concerned about flood and has placed millions of people in the southeast and in the middle Atlantic in a threat of flooding of level 2 of 4 on Sunday and Monday.

This graph shows the flood threat on Sunday, May 11 and Monday, May 12.
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More rain rounds in the northeastern store this week
The Northwest has been in the middle of a Wether Patterte recently, and unfortunately, more rain is on its way this week.
Another wet weather area is expected to begin Tuesday at the Middle Atlantic and gradually push further north. This system will interact with a low pressure area that affects southeast this weekend.
While doing so, it will attract the humidity of the Atlantic Ocean, preparing the stage for rain rounds and thunderstorms in the afternoon of Wednesday and Thursday.

This graph shows the configuration for a climate pattern that brings more humid climate to the northwest and the middle Atlantic.
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Texas could see that all time can record high temperatures this week
The Fox forecast center says that there is a great change in the climate pattern that is coming for the south after the recent days freshest and torments.
The record heat will be possible for all the main cities of the Texas center as temperatures shoot in triples digits.
The record heat of all time for the month of May is possible for the main cities such as Austin and San Antonio.

This graph shows the forecast of high temperatures in Texas on Tuesday, May 13, Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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Chicago, Indianapolis, among the cities of the west medium, reinforcing by a potentially dangerous severe climate this week
Millions of people in the Half west and Ohio Valley is likely to see more and more possibilities of Severe climate This week after parts of the United States were shaken by weeks of mortal storms and flood.
The NOAA storm prediction center has issued a severe early climatic perspective for Thursday, placing almost 30 million people in a level 2 threat in its Severe 5 -point storm risk scale.
This threat zone includes cities such as Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Milwaukee.

This chart shows the severe threat of the weather in the west media and the Ohio Valley on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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Seeing the hot points of tropical development before the official start to the Eastern Pacific hurricanes season
As the official beginning of the Hurricane Seasonal approaches in the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic basins, meteorologists are closely monitoring the typical hot points.
According to the latest forecasts of the National Hurricane Center and the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, there are currently no indications of any tropical cyclones formation in the basins during the next week, and possible until May.
However, it has a Blip bone in some computer forecast models that indicate some potentially favorable conditions for the development of storms in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Eastern Pacific storm names for the 2025 hurricane season.
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Look this: the water cup roars on land along the coast of Florida
A video recorded in Florida on Saturday shows the moment a Water peak He moved from the Gulf and towards the Beach As the severe climate roared throughout the region.
The National Meteorological Service Office in Mobile” AlabamaHe had issued a Special marine warning At that time for the waters off Pensacola BeachHigh Navigators Warning winds And the possibility of Water peak In the region.

A video recorded in Pensacola Beach, Florida, shows a water disorder that moves on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
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