The big cities of the Eastern seaboard are among those suffering the most as a heat wave continues to pump up temperatures. Places like Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia have been baking with highs over 100 degrees for several days, with little relief in sight until the weekend. Densely populated areas with lots of concrete and buildings absorb heat and cool down slower at night, adding to the misery. Source Link
It’s deja vu all over again for weather watchers and weary residents as the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is taking aim for Texas and Mexico. Bonnie is on a similar track to that of Hurricane Alex, which came ashore last week south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Some areas received more than seven inches of rain from Alex, and a wide swath of the western Gulf coast could see rain from Bonnie. Source Link
The “Summer of Oil” continues to keep beachgoers away from the shoreline in the Gulf of Mexico. Cleanup crews are dealing with tar balls floating ashore in Florida. Meanwhile, BP says it plans to do a deep cleaning of beaches after the offshore oil leak has been capped, but that’s little comfort now for a Gulf shores tourist industry that’s been hard hit by cancellations because of the oily mess. Source Link
