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Start your day with the latest weather news. Forecasters continue to monitor three tropical disturbances in the Atlantic while the flood threat continues to rise in the South.

New Orleans is in the bull's-eye for rain Wednesday as a storm system lingers over the South and Southeast, fueled by a stalled front.

It’s been one of the quietest stretches of tropical activity in more than 50 years, but things are starting to heat up in the Atlantic as forecasters continue to monitor a trio of tropical disturbances that could develop over the next week.

The annual Burning Man gathering began on Aug. 25 and lasted through Sept. 2. The event was held in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles outside of Reno, Nevada. More than 70,000 people were expected to attend the week-long event.

Where the heat was intense, records were broken in dozens of cities, including Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Jose, California, all of which reported their hottest summer on record.

Scientists have presented the first documented case of a porbeagle shark being eaten by a predator – likely from a great white shark near Bermuda, according to a study published Tuesday.

Triple-digit heat for several days in a row in the Desert Southwest in the summer is nothing new, but it does make waves when the streak itself reaches triple digits.

Hurricane researchers believe the next two weeks in the Atlantic basin will feature below-normal activity. An inactive Atlantic basin has many forecasters expecting to miss preseason hurricane season outlooks, but to what degree remains uncertain.