Hourly Weather - Preston, United Kingdom

At a Glance NOAA predicts an above-average to large "dead zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico this summer.This is an area that forms each summer, with oxygen levels too low to support marine life.The high risk of flooding in the central U.S. this spring is the main indicator.Discharges of nutrients and freshwater from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin fuel the dead zone. The Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” could be large this summer after spring flooding produces higher-than-average discharges of...