(NEW YORK) — Eta continues to produce deadly floods in Central America, with some areas are getting up to 40 inches of rain.
At least for now, Eta is falling apart Thursday. The surface circulation has been broken up by high mountains and the system is not tropical anymore.
The National Hurricane Center and most computer models, however, believe that remnants of Eta have a chance of re-emerging in the northern Caribbean Sea and strengthening back to a tropical storm by Saturday.
On Sunday, the strengthened Eta will cross Cuba and will move into the Florida straits by early next week as a strong tropical storm with winds of 65 mph.
Heavy rain will spread into southern Florida well ahead of Eta this weekend, which could cause flooding, especially in the urban areas in Miami-Dade County.
A good amount of models show the system not coming back and just drifts south into the Pacific Ocean.
A European model shows the newly developed Eta just south of Florida Keys by Monday morning with heavy rain plaguing Miami-Dade County.
The National Weather Service in Miami said the heavy rain will begin well ahead of Eta, as tropical moisture moves north.
Rain, heavy at times, will begin Thursday into Friday and continue into next week. Some areas in southern Florida, on the east coast, could see 10 to 15 inches of rain, while the west coast of Florida could see 4 to 8 inches of rain.
Later next week, combined with the new moon causing king tide, flash flooding could be significant.
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(DETROIT) — A small group of angry demonstrators attempted to barge inside the TCF Center in Detroit on Wednesday afternoon, chanting “stop the count” as votes in the battleground state were being tallied, a spokesperson for the city’s police department told ABC News.
For capacity reasons, only a certain number of people are allowed inside the center at once, Sgt. Nicole Kirkwood said. Challengers, who needed to be approved by the election board, were rotated in and out of the building because of the size limitation, according to Kirkwood.
Michigan election laws permit registered voters in the state to observe ballot counting with approval, though it’s unclear if that was the group’s intent.
“Election challengers may be appointed by political parties and qualified interest groups to observe the election process,” the law states. Once approved, the challenger must abide by several rules, including one where they must wear an official credential while observing the count.
In photos and videos that went viral on social media, the group appeared to bang on the glass walls to be let in. Despite the commotion, Kirkwood said there were “no major concerns.”
“Everything is manageable. There are people out there chanting, but that’s about it,” Kirkwood told ABC News.
A poll challenger was removed from the ballot counting room by police, according to a videographer from Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV who was inside. However, Detroit police told ABC News that they did not make any arrests from the TCF Center.
Earlier in the day, the Macomb County GOP encouraged supporters to stop by the TCF Center, urging “all hands on deck!,” according to an email that was obtained by ABC News.
“Trained Poll Challengers and or Volunteers willing to be trained needed immediately at TCF Center (Cobo Hall),” the email read.
The Macomb County Republican Party didn’t immediately return messages to ABC News to comment on Wednesday’s incident.
The convention center is the major ballot processing location in Detroit, and ballots were still being counted in the key swing state. It is not clear exactly how many members of the group were at the TCF Center, and it was not clear who they were affiliated with.
ABC News projected that former Vice President Joe Biden will win the state of Michigan as the Democratic candidate led Trump 49.8%-48.6% — or a difference of 61,237 votes — with 97% of the votes tallied.
In New York, 20 people were arrested by the New York City Police Department after attempting to “hijack a peaceful protest by lighting fires, throwing garbage and eggs” in Manhattan Wednesday night, according to authorities.
“We appreciate and value the importance of freedom of speech,” NYPD said in a statement.
Police said they confiscated knives, M80 fireworks and a taser from the protests Wednesday night in the city.
“Bringing weapons to peaceful protests cannot and will not be tolerated. We are currently working to de-escalate the situation. Anyone caught with a weapon will be arrested,” NYPD said.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Orlando City 2, Columbus 1 Chicago 2, Minnesota 2 (Tie) Dallas 1, Nashville 0 Colorado 1, Portland 0 Seattle 1, LA Galaxy 1 (Tie) San Jose 3, Los Angeles FC 2
BRIDGET BENNETT/30240120A/AFP via Getty Images, Tasos Katopodis/WireImage, Alex Wong/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Jimmy Kimmel figured we could all use a break from the exhausting election coverage, so on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! he presented a politics edition of “Mean Tweets.”
Here’s a sample:
“Bernie Sanders seems like the type of guy who’d return a single piece of fruit to Walmart and hold up the line for an hour.”
The Vermont senator clarified, “Well, not quite, but I do hope that the workers of Walmart can eventually earn a living wage with decent benefits.”
“If Templeton the rat from Charlotte’s Web had a successful rat cousin he hated for being an unctuous slimeball, it would be Ted Cruz.”
“Andrew Yang has terrible hair and can’t be president. It’s not fair but it’s the truth.”
“Have you seen our current president’s hair?” was Yang’s answer.
“I’m not the kind of person who collects and stores cat piss, for starters, I don’t even any cats, but if I were, I guarantee it would take hulk-like strength to keep me from throwing collected stored, warmed-up cat piss into John Kasich’s face.”
“You’re kind of sick, aren’t you?” Replied Kasich.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s mean tweeter kept his short and sweet: “Mayor Pete looks like Howdy Doody if Howdy Doody was a f****** Narc.”
“Mike Bloomberg saying he’s running for president is like finding out Nickelback is playing the Super Bowl halftime show.”
Joked Bloomberg, “I like Nickelback.”
Other recipients of “Mean Tweets” included Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, Anthony Scaramucci, Al Franken and Adam Schiff.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs weeknights at 11:35 ET on ABC.
Robby KleinNext Wednesday night’s set to be a big one for Gabby Barrett. The former American Idol finalist could take home two trophies at the 54th Annual CMA Awards: New Artist and Song of the Year, for “I Hope.”
Gabby will also be navigating the festivities while expecting her first child with husband Cade Foehner. Plus, it’ll also be her first chance to perform the hit crossover version of “I Hope” with pop star Charlie Puth, since their duet was put together virtually.
“I’ve never met him in person before,” Gabby explains. “I believe rehearsals will be a couple days before the CMAs, and hopefully it goes well.”
“I’m having a hard time breathing,” she reveals, “being in the third trimester and the baby just crushing your diaphragm, you know, all the good things. I don’t know, but I’m really excited and I think it’s gonna come together really well.”
The Pennsylvania native already has a clear vision of what her ultimate CMA Awards night would be.
“Winning two nominations,” she laughs, “in a big, comfortable, stretchy dress, because my belly will be large!”
“NOT swollen feet,” she continues, “and winning two nominations — yeah, I think that would be the ideal CMA fantasy for me.”
You can tune in to watch the 54th CMA Awards live from Nashville Wednesday starting at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News
