Erika Floods Dominica, On Track For Bahamas, Florida, 1st Major US Hit In 10 Years?

Written by Mark Vogan on August 27, 2015 in Summer 2015, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments

Too much of a good thing! Drought conditions have continued to worsen throughout the Caribbean this summer but Erika has moved in and all but swamped the island of Dominica as she continues her WNW towards the Bahamas as a 50 mph storm.

There’s video of a building collapsing under the power of raging flood waters.

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Canefield Airport on the island reported nearly 9 inches of rain within just 6 hours.

Via Anthony Sagliani

This was the scene from Dominica this morning.

Credit: Steve-O @Damian_0423

The concern from here on is that there’s a classic upper air pattern developing over North America. One which has seen MANY major landfalls on the US coast beneath a blossoming upper ridge over the Great Lakes and eastern Canada.

Waters are warm beneath Erika now but they are even warmer and shear will be less where her intended path is taking her!

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

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Major height rises over the Great Lakes and into eastern Canada this weekend with the storm sliding in underneath and into an increasingly favourable environment. This suggests to me that Florida and indeed the US’s luck may be about to run out.