Tag: hurricane
MIAMI (AP) Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida as it pushed over open waters today after leaving limited damage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Tropical Storm Dorian, forecast to be at or near hurricane status by Tuesday as it moves west into the Caribbean, has put Barbados under a tropical storm warning and other Caribbean…
ORLANDO, Fla. Two tropical disturbances have been detected in the Atlantic Ocean as one of them closes in on the southeastern tip of Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center. The closer of the…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Building toward hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Barry began hitting Louisiana with wind and rain Friday as it closed in for what could be a long, slow and epic drenching…
HOUSTON (AP) Residents seeking compensation after their Houston-area homes and businesses were flooded by two federally owned reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey say authorities knew for decades that such an inundation was inevitable but did…
Former Iolans Anthony and Aubri Hanson consider themselves lucky. Their home withstood a direct hit from Hurricane Michael, which pounded the Gulf Coast with nearly unprecedented fury last week. The storm, which grew from a…
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (AP) Upon touring the damage in several towns along Floridas Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by Hurricane Michael some of the worst hes ever…
FLORENCE WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the…
Hurricane Florence is rapidly intensifying and could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week, possibly as a fearsome category 4, forecasters said. The first impacts…
