Weather

Reuters - Tropical Storm Dean formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, midway between western Africa and the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

AP - Torrential rains in North Korea have forced thousands of families from their homes and left at least 200 people dead or missing, an aid official said Tuesday, adding that the worst floods there in a decade will worsen Pyongyang's already precarious ability to feed its people.

Reuters - Hurricane Flossie weakened on Tuesday before it approached the waters off Hawaii, where residents braced for high winds and surf and torrential rain after an overnight earthquake jolt.

AFP - A powerful storm in the Pacific Ocean was expected to graze Hawaii on Tuesday, delivering strong winds, heavy rain and high surf, US weather forecasters said.

AP - Tropical Storm Dean formed in the open Atlantic on Tuesday, but remained far from land, forecasters said.

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Reuters - Tropical Depression 4 will likely strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day or so, while another depression could form in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday.

AP - A low pressure system is expected to push southeastward through the Upper Mississippi and Ohio Valleys as well as the Great Lakes on Tuesday, with its cold front extending across the Central and Northern Plains.

AP - Hours after getting jolted by a moderate earthquake, Hawaii's Big Island residents holed up for a different force of nature Tuesday: Hurricane Flossie, expected to deliver up to 10 inches of rain, waves as high as 20 feet and strong winds in a powerful but glancing blow.