00:00Wait, rain in the deserts of California and Nevada in September?
00:04That's no ordinary forecast.
00:06It's Tropical Storm Mario's unexpected encore.
00:09Mario formed off the coast of Mexico just days ago,
00:12packing winds up to 65 miles per hour.
00:15But even after weakening into a remnant low, it's not done yet.
00:19Its leftover moisture has surged into Southern California and the Southwest,
00:23bringing cloudy skies, scattered rain, and even the chance of thunderstorms.
00:28Some areas especially higher terrain could see up to 2 inches of rain,
00:32but others? Barely a sprinkle.
00:34Still, flash flooding is a real threat.
00:37The Weather Prediction Center has placed parts of California, Arizona, and Nevada
00:41under a Level 2 flash flood risk.
00:44Seven million people are under flood watches, mostly in mountain and desert zones.
00:48While this won't end the drought, it might help a bit.
00:51And with temperatures dipping up to 10 degrees below normal,
00:54it's a brief taste of fall before the sun returns this weekend.
00:58From desert heat to flash flood watches, Mario's remnants are rewriting the Southwest weather script,
01:03but only for a moment.
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