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The U.S. Coast Guard said it responded to emergency calls by the crew aboard a 738-foot cargo vessel more than 2 miles off the coast of the Aleutian Islands on Saturday. The agency believes 21 crew members and a significant amount of fuel were aboard.
The FOX Forecast center expects a cold front will help usher in cooler air into the eastern half of the nation. Temperatures are expected to be November-like with highs that will only reach the 50s for a large swath of the Midwest and Northeast during the upcoming workweek. The cooler air will also mean will also result in the potential for wind chills, the first freeze of the season and isolated snow showers in higher elevations in the Northeast.
Before the Category 3 hurricane, the Sunshine State was expecting the orange harvest to be the slowest since before World War II. According to estimates from the Department of Agriculture, harvesters were expected to grow only 15 million boxes of oranges during the 2024-2025 season, which is down from nearly 18 million boxes just last year.
Nearly three weeks after Helene swept through the Southeast, many communities are still reeling from its impacts as the extent of its devastation is coming into focus.
Mass General Brigham announced is postponing certain elective surgeries due to a shortage of intravenous fluids. The shortages stem from a Baxter manufacturing facility going offline during Hurricane Helene. The plant accounts for around 60% of U.S. IV fluid production.
Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are still assessing conditions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc throughout the park in late September.
Days after deadly Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida as a Category 3 storm with over 100 mph winds, near-record storm surge and a historic tornado outbreak that left nearly 4 million without power, normalcy still eludes much of the state as recovery efforts continue.
Hurricane Milton is long gone, but the lingering effects from its torrential rains that measured over a foot in many areas are extending its impacts well into next week.
A cold front at the surface of the Earth and the jet stream aloft will prevent any tropical systems from moving into the northern Gulf or the Atlantic through next week, at least.
A potential tropical disturbance in the eastern Atlantic Ocean has a chance to develop into a tropical depression Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center, just three days after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida, leaving more than a dozen dead.