Today's top weather news: Threat likelihood rises in Caribbean as rain fuels northeast wildfires

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Much-needed rain is helping fight wildfires in the Northeast

Emergency crews remain busy containing and extinguishing several wildfires that have started in the northeast due to record-breaking drought, but welcome rain is expected to help fight the fires.

“Most importantly, nothing has happened for over an hour,” the FOX weather meteorologist said Britta Merwin said. It has been raining lightly and continuously since (Sunday) evening and continuing throughout the night until (Monday) morning.”

Record drought series is coming to an end in parts of the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic

For the first time in months, heavy rain began to fall across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, ending several record dry spells that led to drought conditions and wildfires.

While the rain will help fight wildfires, it won't be enough to end the region's drought.

The region is experiencing a dry spell that has lasted for more than two months. During this period of drought, several cities emerged, including Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, WilmingtonDelaware and TrentonNew Jersey, set their all-time record for the longest stretch of days without measurable rain. These records date back to the Civil War.

This graphic shows precipitation amounts in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic that brought an end to some record dry spells.

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New week, new area for monitoring tropical developments

Meteorologists are monitoring a new area for possible tropical development in the Caribbean Sea as we approach the official end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

This graphic shows an area of ​​disturbed weather being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical development.

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This new area was created when the remnants of Tropical Storm Rafael dissipated in the Caribbean on Sunday. While the remnants of the former major hurricane are no longer being monitored, forecasters said life-threatening rip currents were possible along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Watch: Starlink satellite disintegrates over southwestern US

Skygazers on the other side southwest The US spotted a possible fireball bursting in the night sky, but it turned out that this shooting star was man-made and was not part of three ongoing shooting stars Meteor shower.

Dozens of reports from Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma And Kansas have come into the American Meteor Society about a fireball event that occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Videos and photos show a bright trail with multiple glowing parts moving across the sky. Some reported that the display looked like “fireworks.”

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