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The lack of rain in the Northeast has been rather remarkable. New York City and Wilmington, Delaware, are just two cities where only a trace of rain has fallen for the entire month of October so ...
In 2021, Pennsylvania experienced areas of extreme flooding due to Hurricane Ida, which was noted as having characteristics that are probably more common in a warmer climate: the intensity, the rapid intensification, and the amount of rainfall over land. [1]
While not enough rain is likely to trigger river flooding or completely erase the widespread nature of drought in the region, some short-term progress in soil moisture can occur.
Parts of Bucks County could see a quarter inch of rain on Sunday, the first significant rainfall in more than a month.
Tropical cyclones normally threaten the states during the summer and fall, with their main impact being rainfall. [3] Although Hurricane Agnes was barely a hurricane at landfall in Florida, its major impact was over the Mid-Atlantic region, where Agnes combined with a non-tropical low to produce widespread rains of 6 inches (150 mm) to 12 inches (300 mm) with local amounts up to 19 inches (480 ...
Typical of these ceremonies was the public prayer service for rain by then-governor of Georgia, Sonny Perdue, in 2007. [3] In Muslim societies, in times of calamity such as drought, the Imam is asked to provide spiritual help to the community in the hope of inducing God to fall rain (Rain prayer). The rain prayer (Arabic: صلاة ...
A storm will bring some much-needed rain to drought-stricken areas in the Midwest and Northeast this weekend and continuing into early this week, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
Acid rain can negatively impact photosynthesis in plant leaves, when leaves are exposed to a lower pH, photosynthesis is impacted due to the decline in chlorophyll. [88] Acid rain also has the ability to cause deformation to leaves at a cellular level, examples include; tissue scaring and changes to the stomatal, epidermis and mesophyll cells. [89]