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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of AccuWeather. All opinions are 100% mine.

Regarding the weather, here’s a simple but very important question about which you should ponder: How often do you check the local weather before going out?

Around the world, many people fully comprehend what the question about their local weather is conveying. In fact, you may have wondered about such ways the weather can affect your everyday life. If not, the following questions should convey the importance of checking the local weather before going out:

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Because of merciless effects of the three-day torrential rain, the storm’s flood waters have resulted in massive flooding of Atlanta. Officials in both Cobb County and Gwinnett County have reported massive flooding in those vulnerable areas. The current weather forecast for Atlanta is predicting prolonged heavy rain and more flooding.

In buses, cars, planes and trains, approximately 1 million vulnerable residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are fleeing the U.S. Gulf Coast Sunday morning as Hurricane Gustav roars towards New Orleans with a vengeance.

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is prepared for imminent danger; however, more than 7,000 families were still living in FEMA homes before the storm approached the ninth largest body of water in the world: The oil rich Gulf of Mexico, into which Tropical Storm Hanna itself may also enter soon as a potential deadly intensified hurricane.

As if a hurricane and a tropical storm weren’t enough: Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave off the western coast of Africa.