Currently en República Dominicana — 25 de agosto: Remanentes de la Tormenta Franklin provocando más lluvias en República Dominicana

El tiempo, currently.

Paraguas en manos en las próximas 24 a 48 horas en República Dominicana: la cola de la tormenta tropical Franklin todavía incide en el país con densos nublados y precipitaciones fuertes.

Estemos muy atentos a las condiciones atmosféricas en el territorio dominicano este viernes y el sábado, ya que los modelos están previendo la producción de aguaceros más fuertes en gran parte del país.

El centro de Franklin se aleja cada vez más de República Dominicana; sin embargo, sus efectos indirectos van a permanecer hasta el domingo con más lluvias, algunas ráfagas de viento y descargas eléctricas.

El suelo está saturado de agua en algunas provincias por lo que podrían desarrollarse más inundaciones repentinas y crecidas de ríos y cañadas en las próximas 24 a 48 horas.

— Jean Suriel

What you need to know, currently.

Houston had its hottest day in history on Thursday, with temperatures climbing as high as 109°F (42.8°C).

Officials in Houston warned that rolling blackouts might be necessary to avoid catastrophic power outages, as demand for air conditioning and electricity was near a record high.

Thursday’s high temperature mark in Houston tied other equally warm days in 2000 and 2011, when Texas emergency rooms filled with patients seeking care from heat related illness and injury. This time around, the city has issued mandatory water restrictions, banning outdoor water use in an attempt to keep up water pressure as reservoir levels fall due to drought.

Meanwhile, in Chicago, Thursday’s high temperature was 100°F — and it felt like 120°F (48.9°C) when you factored in the humidity. That’s the highest heat index in that city’s history. This week’s heat wave in Chicago rivals the one back in July 1995, which was one of the deadliest heat waves in US history.

—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.