“How's the weather?” is no longer just a conversation starter.
This is a real life-threatening concern these days and could easily cause chaos and disrupt travel, at the very least.
We've all experienced some form of dire weather this month, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop.
With the summer travel season approaching, forecasters are predicting extreme weather this week that could strand thousands of tourists.
We've already seen multiple tornadoes in the Midwest, record heatwaves, heavy rains that have closed airports in the South, including South Florida, where nearly a foot and a half of rain has fallen, and now a heatwave is expected to spread to the Northeast.
Mudslides occurred in Wyoming and Idaho, causing parts of a highway to collapse and bringing tourism and traffic to a halt.
The risk of wildfires is ever-present, and the Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be one of the worst.
Be diligent in checking in advance
If you ever need to check your travel plans, this is the time.
A heat dome is expected to raise temperatures in the Northeast by 15 to 25 degrees this week, making air travel hazardous even without a cold snap or rain. If the planes themselves aren't at risk, then the runways are.
Combined with humidity, temperatures are expected to reach triple digits in northern Maine. The heat is so dangerous, in fact, that it kills more people in the US each year than hurricanes and tornadoes combined.
Speaking of hurricanes, storms and tropical cyclones have already begun forming in the Gulf of Mexico that could impact the United States.
When traveling, check the weather and check with your airline or cruise line for delays or cancellations.
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