Flooding rain is forecast across the southern and central U.S. through the weekend, with dangerous consequences for travel and flood alerts in place for millions of Americans.
The storms are the remnants of Hurricane Polo, one of 10 hurricanes that have formed during a particularly busy Pacific season and under the influence of a super El Niño climate pattern, according to Ben Knoll, a meteorologist at The Washington Post. The storm sent surf surging along the California coast.
