Currently in Miami — September 18, 2023: Front focuses rains over South Florida

The weather, currently.

We are reaching the time of year in which cold fronts begin to dip into Florida but not quite as far south as Miami and Ft Lauderdale. This means that instead of getting the fresh, cool air behind the front, we instead receive the moisture being pushed out ahead of the front, resulting in rainy days for our area. Therefore, another day of numerous showers and thunderstorms is in store on Monday. Fortunately, temperatures will be on the milder side due to the rain and clouds, reaching right around 90 degrees. Similar amounts of rain are expected through midweek at least.

El tiempo, actualmente.

Estamos llegando a la época del año en la que los frentes fríos comienzan a descender hacia Florida, pero no tan al sur como Miami y Ft Lauderdale. Esto significa que, en lugar del beneficio de aire fresco detrás del frente, recibimos un aumento en humedad adelante del frente, lo que resulta en días lluviosos para nuestra área. Por lo tanto, el lunes se espera otro día de numerosos aguaceros y tormentas eléctricas. Afortunadamente, no será demasiado cálido el lunes gracias a la lluvia y las nubes, con temperaturas alcanzando sólo unos 90 grados. Se esperan cantidades de lluvia y niveles de calor similares al menos hasta mediados de semana.

—John Morales

What you need to know, currently.

The State of California filed a lawsuit on Friday against the five largest oil companies and their lobbyists, alleging that they deliberately misled the public to protect their profits — putting lives at risk and worsening extreme weather, creating billions of dollars of damage in the process.

"Oil and gas companies have privately known the truth for decades — that the burning of fossil fuels leads to climate change — but have fed us lies and mistruths to further their record-breaking profits at the expense of our environment. Enough is enough," said Rob Bonta, California's attorney general.

The lawsuit pits the largest US economy against the heart of the global fossil fuel system — and is analogous to the recent successful lawsuits against utility companies in California for their role in sparking deadly wildfires. This time, California is demanding the oil companies pay their share of damages to the state for their decades of lies.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, in the largest climate march since Covid, more than 75,000 people rallied in NYC explicitly to end the era of fossil fuels. The demands were clear: President Biden must declare a climate emergency and take immediate action to wind down fossil fuel production and use throughout the economy. And that work needs to be done with climate justice at its center.

Here’s AOC’s full speech at Sunday’s global climate march to end fossil fuels in NYC:

It’s happening, y’all.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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