Tropical Storm Imelda: Tracking the storm’s path near the Southeast coast
Tropical Outlook – Atlantic Basin Map (ABC News)
(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Imelda won’t make landfall in the United States, but it will skirt close to the Southeast coast, bringing rain, strong winds, high surf, rip currents and isolated flash flooding or coastal flooding.
Here’s what you need to know:
As Imelda moves north, the storm will bring rain to the Carolinas on Monday and then stretch from the Carolinas to Virginia by Tuesday.
Imelda is forecast to bring 1 to 2 inches of rain to the South Carolina/North Carolina border on Monday and Tuesday. The Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, areas may see 2 to 4 inches.
Dangerous ocean conditions are also forecast from Florida to North Carolina. Rip currents are expected for much of the East Coast and high surf alerts are in place.
Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina could see waves reaching 5 to 10 feet from Monday evening through Thursday morning. On Monday and Tuesday, waves could hit 11 feet in northern Florida and southern Georgia.
A wind advisory is also in place on Monday for the Central Florida coast. Winds could hit 40 mph in Melbourne, Palm Bay and Port St. Lucie.
Imelda will move north on Monday, and then when it’s positioned east of Central Florida on Tuesday morning, it’ll take a steep turn northeast and head toward Bermuda. Imelda may hit Bermuda as a hurricane on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, Humberto, a Category 4 hurricane, will bring heavy rain to Bermuda on Tuesday. Humberto will then continue to move northeast out into the Atlantic.
(LAS VEGAS) — A 12-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a school bus while riding her bicycle in Las Vegas, authorities said, marking the second middle schooler in the city to die in a crash within one week.
The girl — identified by the coroner’s office as Haylee Ryan — was struck at about 3:23 p.m. Monday and was flung onto a parked SUV before falling to the ground, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.
She was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on Tuesday, police said.
Dozens of students were on the bus at the time of the crash, police said, adding that none of them were hurt.
The bus driver and the SUV driver both stayed at the scene and showed no signs of impairment, police said.
Haylee was heading home from school at the time of the accident, according to a GoFundMe page.
Haylee “was a sweet, pure, and fiercely creative child, who dreamed of becoming an artist one day,” the GoFundMe page said. “Haylee’s kindness and spirit touched everyone who knew her.”
Just days earlier, on Friday morning, a 12-year-old boy was crossing a street in an implied crosswalk when he was struck by a car, Las Vegas police said. The boy, who was on the way to school at the time, later died from his injuries, Clark County School District Superintendent Jhone Ebert said.
The driver fled the scene and was later arrested on hit-and-run and driving under the influence charges, police said.
“Both of these students had unlimited potential — potential they will never have a chance to realize,” the superintendent said at a news conference.
Dozens of Las Vegas students have been struck by cars on the way to or from school so far this school year, Ebert said, citing the school district police.
“It’s enough. … Right now we need immediate action, with the community’s help, to protect our children,” she said.
(NEW YORK) — When the tens of thousands of runners hit the streets this Sunday for the New York City Marathon, they’ll be competing in weather conditions a bit warmer than experts say is optimal for peak performance. While the “sweet spot” for competitive running varies by gender and ability, researchers believe the ideal marathon running conditions are somewhere between 39 degrees and 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
But according to a new analysis by Climate Central, climate change is threatening the optimal conditions that help elite runners break world records and amateurs achieve their personal bests.
The report from the nonprofit science research group found that as our planet continues to warm due to human-amplified climate change, ideal marathon conditions will become increasingly rare for many events worldwide.
According to Climate Central’s research, 86% of the 221 global marathons reviewed are less likely to have ideal weather on race days by 2045 because of climate change. Of those races, all seven Abbott World Marathon Majors will be affected, including the famous New York City and Boston Marathons.
For elite male runners, the Tokyo Marathon currently offers the world’s best odds for ideal race-day conditions, but the Climate Central analysis found that it’s also facing the sharpest decline in the odds of perfect weather by 2045 as global temperatures rise.
This year’s Tokyo and Berlin marathons were hit by heat waves that Climate Central said were made two to three times more likely by climate change. Those heat waves pushed the race-day temperatures well above the window for peak performance. And by 2045, the chances of an ideal weather day for the Tokyo Marathon will decrease from 69% to 57% for the elite men. For Berlin, the odds go from 40% to 29% for the elite women.
Overall, from 2025 to 2045, for the elite men, the likelihood of optimal temperatures on race days declines in Tokyo, Boston, London, New York and Berlin. For the elite woman, they are facing a reduced chance in London, New York, Chicago, Berlin and Sydney.
Climate Central notes that while elite female runners are “uniquely resilient, maintaining optimal performance at higher temperatures than elite men and other runner types,” ideal race-day conditions for these elite women athletes are still projected to decrease in the decades to come.
“Climate change has altered the marathon. Dehydration is a real risk, and simple miscalculations can end a race before it begins,” said Catherine Ndereba, a former Marathon World Record Holder, two-time World Marathon Champion, four-time Winner of Boston Marathon and two-time Winner of Chicago Marathon.
Ndereba added, “We’re not just training to run anymore; athletes have to adapt how they deal with the conditions, including in how they eat and hydrate.”
Climate Central recommends that race organizers consider starting the events closer to sunrise, but the organization stresses that only meaningful climate action and reducing the use of fossil fuels can safeguard marathons’ future.
(NEW YORK) — Sports books in New York state generated $527.6 million in bets during the first week of the NFL season, according to the New York Gaming Commission, but the head of the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation agency warns that sports bettors could become victims of fraud if they don’t take protections.
“If you gamble with a site that is not as reputable, your funds, winnings included, may be at risk,” IRS Criminal Investigation Chief Guy Ficco told ABC News. “I would also say that fraudsters have looked for ways to compromise the financial system in many ways, including online casinos, and we have seen an influx of identity theft-based crimes.”
With “online casinos becoming unbelievably prevalent” there are a lot of sites out there that don’t follow proper customer protection protocols, he said.
Fraudsters have also looked for ways to “compromise the financial system in many ways, including online casinos,” according to Ficco.
As a result, “we have seen an influx of identity theft-based crimes,” Ficco said. He added that crypto has further increased the opportunity for fraudsters to take advantage of people.
“None of us, or the majority of us don’t know all the inner workings of crypto and don’t know all of the inner working of how things are transferred from blockchains and such. And it just creates more vulnerabilities. So I would just ask the prospective wagers, gamblers out there just to do some due diligence before they place their wagers,” he said.
He pointed to recent case in which an organization in Costa Rica took in over $2 billion in wagers. The organization ended up not reporting their profits that they made on those wagers. It was over $20 million in tax that was not reported, he said.
Ficco urged those who sports bet to use reputable online big platforms, do research about where people deposit their money and be cautious.
“Technological advances … they make life in some ways easier and more enjoyable, but they’re filled with peril,” Ficco said. “And we as citizens should take it upon ourselves to take those extra steps to ensure that we’re placing our money and our wagering in sites that are reputable. And it’s a challenge because you could watch a game and within a matter of seconds invest money and feel, you know, invigorated, but know that there are other people out there that might be looking to take advantage of you.”
Over the past few years, sports gambling has exploded to a multibillion dollar business, but in some states, including Texas and California, it is still illegal to do so.
