Weather Retort on break until September 29.
After a lengthy quiet stretch, the tropics are activating.
It's been a banner year for northern Plains twisters.
It'll also turn quite cold in the Rockies into next week.
On 9/11/01, Hurricane Erin was spinning off the New York coast.
And South Florida continues to see daily downpours.
The Pacific Ocean has much of the tropical interest for now.
The Atlantic is quiet, but the Pacific is less so with Kiko near Hawaii.
Flooding may impact parts of the Southern U.S., thanks to Lorena.
And Canada continues to bake.
It's feeling like summer, except where it's not.
Fires and tropics are bubbling, too.
