The most important weather news of the day: Tropical activity increases in the Atlantic

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4 tropical disturbances are monitored in the Atlantic

Tropical activity over the Atlantic has increased and meteorologists are currently monitoring four areas of unsettled weather that could develop further.

The National Hurricane Center said it is monitoring three areas of severe weather in the Atlantic Ocean, while another area is circling over the Caribbean and is on a path that could ultimately bring the storm over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and then the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.

Four areas in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico are monitored.

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There will be heavy rain in the Big Easy

Cities along the Interstate 10 corridor to the south, such as New Orleans, remain at risk of heavy rainfall and flash flooding as a stalled frontal front unleashes torrential rains.

Flooding was reported from Florida to Texas on Wednesday, with flood warnings in place for more than 5 million people.

That threat continues Thursday, as New Orleans remains at a Level 3 of 4 flood risk.

FOX weather correspondent Robert Ray reports on the situation in more detail in the video below.

Watch: ISS astronaut captures video of meteor cutting through atmosphere

A US Astronaut on board the International Space Station recently made an incredible video of a meteorite that passed through the Earth‘s atmosphere high above the north Africa.

astronaut Matthew Dominick He said he had shared the video with some friends who said it appeared to be a racing car.

A bolide, according to NASA‘S Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is an astronomical term used for “exceptionally bright meteors that are spectacular enough to be seen over a very wide area.”

This animated image shows the bright green flash of a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere over North Africa.

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