30 million Americans at risk as monster storm shifts path in new map showing hit on FIVE states

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30 million Americans at risk as monster storm shifts path in new map showing hit on FIVE states

Daily Mail
By CHRIS MELORE
17 July 2025



The major tropical rainmaker that has already drenched Florida and Louisiana is shifting course and threatens to flood out more than 30 million Americans.

Meteorologists have warned that a surge in tropical moisture could set off dangerous flash floods all the way from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley, impacting residents in parts of 11 states from now through this weekend.

The latest spaghetti models of this storm, called Invest 93L, have shifted its path away from the East Coast, predicting that it will barrel through Louisiana and head north into Arkansas by Saturday.

A spaghetti model shows the different possible paths a tropical storm or hurricane might take, based on predictions from multiple weather computer programs.

Each line represents one model's guess about where the storm could go. If the lines are close together, it means most models agree on the path, and the prediction is more certain.

Although this weather system has not strengthened to become a named storm, which would have been Dexter, forecasters from AccuWeather say the storm is now tracking towards Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

AccuWeather's lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said: 'We're increasingly concerned about the risk of flooding through the weekend as the moisture from this tropical rainstorm surges northward.'

Areas south and west of New Orleans are projected to be flooded with up to eight inches of rain before the storm moves into the heart of the country.

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