Good morning and welcome to Kidnews. I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, January 12, 2023.

And we begin with a California teen becoming a go-to source for online weather watchers.

According to SFGate, college freshman Colin McCarthy started his U.S.

storm watch Twitter account in 2017 when he was just 13. He went viral during Hurricane

Ian this fall, with more than 77,000 followers tuning into the updates he posted between classes

or late at night from his dorm. He says he is fascinated by weather and likes to provide a lens

into what's happening on the ground during extreme weather events. He's been especially busy

this month with heavy storms in California. He posted that more than 20 trillion gallons of water

is expected to fall on the Golden State by mid-January, with even more expected later in the month.

But if you think the drought should be over, think again.

Meteorologists say there is not enough room in the reservoirs to store all this water,

and as one scientist told the Washington Post,

the storms are like, if you don't get paid for several months,

and then your employer gives you one normal monthly paycheck,

most people are not going to feel their bank account is back to normal.

If you happen to look up at the sky tonight, don't worry. You aren't seeing aliens.

It's the rare green comet we told you about last week,

finally making its earthly appearance. According to Earth Sky,

stargazers in the northern hemisphere should be able to spot E3 late tonight,

using a telescope or binoculars, as it makes its closest approach to the sun.

Over the next month, the comet will get closer to Earth,

most likely around February 1 or 2, and should be visible in the southern hemisphere as well,

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