Currently en República Dominicana — 21 de agosto: Alerta Tormenta Tropical Franklin

El tiempo, currently.

Durante las próximas 24 horas, vigilaremos la evolución y trayectoria de la Tormenta Tropical Franklin que podría tocar tierra en la península de Barahona el martes en la tarde: el sistema atmosférico ha ganado intensidad en las aguas del Mar Caribe y podría seguir fortaleciéndose debido a las temperaturas calientes que hay en la región.

Franklin estará moviéndose al sureste de la Isla Saona este lunes y ya para el martes en la mañana definirá su trayectoria respecto a República Dominicana: mucha atención por los acumulados de lluvias que podría generar este sistema atmosférico entre martes y jueves.

Algunas ráfagas de viento empezarán a sentirse en el país desde este lunes en la tarde y los períodos lluviosos aumentarán en el este, sureste y noreste.

LLUVIAS: Entre 200 y 300 milímetros.

MAREJADAS: Olas entre 9 y 12 pies de altura en el litoral caribeño.

RÁFAGAS: Vientos entre 40 y 100 km/h en la región sur.

Una Vigilancia de Tormenta se ha establecido en RD desde la Isla Saona hasta Pedernales por los efectos que estará desarrollando el fenómeno meteorológico.

— Jean Suriel

What you need to know, currently.

Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Los Angeles County on Sunday night, causing record rainfall, damaging flash flooding, and countless landslides.

And to top it all off, a M5.1 earthquake struck in Ventura County right in the middle of the storm. Thankfully, the earthquake seemed to cause little or no damage.

Hilary was the first tropical storm to make landfall on the US West Coast since modern recordkeeping began in 1949.

At the time this newsletter was sent on Sunday evening, flooding across Southern California still seemed to be ramping up. Authorities were conducting high-water rescues, and the National Weather Service was begging people to stay home as rainfall rates escalated in the evening hours

Hilary is a large storm, with clouds and associated rainfall stretching all the way from the US-Mexico border to the US-Canada border.

Flooding is likely to be widespread across southern California and southern Nevada on Monday, after which we’ll be able to get a fuller assessment of this historic storm.

—Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

The fires in Maui have struck at the heart of Hawaiian heritage, and if you’d like to support survivors, that’s a good place to start.

The fires burned through the capital town of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the ancestral and present home to native Hawaiians on their original unceded lands. One of the buildings destroyed was the Na ‘Aikane o Maui cultural center, a gathering place for the Hawaiian community to organize and celebrate.

If you’d like to help the community rebuild and restore the cultural center, a fund has been established that is accepting donations — specify “donation for Na ‘Aikane” on this Venmo link.