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20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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5 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Environment
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Southern California is about to go from record-breaking heat to tropical storm misery, with the remnants of Hurricane Rachel barreling toward the region this weekend — bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms, coastal flooding and potentially 15-foot waves.
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remnants → go → rain
After baking in triple-digit temperatures for days, SoCal could get its first taste of the rainy season Sunday as Rachel gets ripped apart by a powerful low-pressure system off the California coast and sends a slug of tropical moisture north.
“Please beware of sudden changes in our weather from extreme heat to tropical weather,” meteorologist Jason D. Farhang warned Wednesday.
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Farhang → bake → weather
Rachel is expected to weaken into a post-tropical system before reaching Southern California, meaning the biggest threat won’t be hurricane-force winds but rather heavy rain, thunderstorms and dangerous surf.
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threat → expect → California
“Rain and possible isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are going to be developing by Sunday late afternoon into Monday night,” Farhang said.
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Farhang → go → night
And the coast could get especially nasty.
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coast → get → ?
“Large waves are going to crash along the coastal zones with wave heights of 10 to 12 feet maybe even a rogue wave up to 15 feet along San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties all the way down to Ensenada, Mexico,” Farhang said.
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Farhang → go → Ensenada
“Coastal flooding is very likely starting from Sunday at 11 AM to Wednesday at 6 PM,” he added.
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he → start → PM
Meteorologist Ben Brissey said Rachel’s remnants are increasingly likely to impact Southern California and that means a potentially badly needed soaking.
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that → say → soaking
Showers could begin as early as Saturday night, followed by widespread rain and isolated thunderstorms Sunday, with the heaviest rainfall expected south and east of Los Angeles.
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rainfall → begin → Angeles
Rainfall totals could reach a quarter-inch to half an inch across much of Southern California, with up to an inch possible along lower coastal slopes and mountains.
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inch → reach → slopes
Some weather models, however, are showing totals ranging from just a tenth of an inch to as much as 2 inches.
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models → show → inches
Meteorologist Collin Gross said the storm is part of an unusually active week in the tropics, noting that Rachel will impact Southern California and Arizona as a post-tropical storm while other systems threaten the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
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systems → say → Coast
“Not very often you see several states in the Southwest U.S. in a National Hurricane Center forecast cone,” Gross said.
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Gross → see → cone
The National Weather Service is also warning beachgoers about the dangerous conditions, saying moderate to significant beach erosion is likely.
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erosion → warn → conditions
Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea.
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currents → pull → sea
Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore,” the agency said.
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agency → wash → boats
The stormy weekend will deliver a dramatic reversal from the brutal heat that has gripped the region.
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that → deliver → region
Downtown Los Angeles suffered four consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures this week — the longest such streak ever recorded there — while nine daily maximum-temperature records were set across the region, including in Los Angeles, Oxnard, Long Beach and Santa Ana.
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records → suffer → Angeles
Now, Brissey said, temperatures could plunge 5 to 10 degrees below normal Monday as the colder low-pressure system moves inland.
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system → say → ?
Rachel’s remnants are then expected to push into Arizona and Nevada before moving toward Utah, with fairer and warmer weather eventually returning to Southern California next week.
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weather → expect → California
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