Hurricane News
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Hurricane Willa is nearing the Pacific coast of Mexico as a Category 3 storm, bringing the potential for life-threatening storm surge, wind, and torrents of rain. But the US will also feel the storm's fury, including a Nor'easter.
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By AFP
Escuinapa -
Mexico cleared the debris and wreckage Wednesday strewn by powerful Hurricane Willa, but breathed a sigh of relief that damage from the Category 3 storm -- now downgraded to a tropical depression -- wasn't worse.
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By AFP
Mexico -
Hurricane Willa was upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm Monday off Mexico's Pacific coast, where it was expected to produce life-threatening wind and flooding, the US National Hurricane Center said.
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By AFP
Mexico -
Hurricane Willa surged to a dangerous Category Four storm off Mexico's Pacific coast, US forecasters said Sunday, warning of a life-threatening storm surge and heavy winds and rainfall.
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By AFP
Mexico Beach -
Carefully, the search and rescue team examines what is left of a house devastated by Hurricane Michael when it blasted through this small waterfront community days earlier.
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By AFP
Panama City -
Since Hurricane Michael roared through on Wednesday, a wide swath of Florida's northwest coast has been without telephone or Internet service, adding to the daunting challenges facing residents, loved ones trying to reach them, and the work crews strug...
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By AFP
Lisbon -
Violent storms hit Portugal early on Sunday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power before carrying heavy rain on into Spain, authorities said.
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By AFP
Mexico Beach -
Walk through the deserted, debris-clogged streets of this little resort town after Hurricane Michael largely destroyed it and, oddly, one of the few things you hear are fire alarms -- blaring away from piles of detritus that used to be people's homes.
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By AFP
Panama City -
Residents of the Florida Panhandle woke to scenes of devastation Thursday after Michael tore a path through the coastal region as a powerful hurricane that killed at least two people.
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By AFP
Panama City -
Hurricane Michael claimed its first life after roaring ashore in Florida on Wednesday, flooding homes and streets and toppling trees and power lines in the Gulf of Mexico beachfront area where it made landfall as a raging Category 4 storm.
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By AFP
Miami -
Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 2 storm with winds over 100 miles per hour on Tuesday as Florida's governor warned it could bring "total devastation" to parts of the southern US state.
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By AFP
Miami -
Residents of northwest Florida had until early Tuesday to leave their homes ahead of Hurricane Michael, forecast to crash ashore midweek as a major Category 3 storm with "life-threatening" flash flooding possible.
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Tropical Storm Michael has now been upgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane and is headed toward Florida. The storm is forecast to be a "dangerous major hurricane" when it smacks the US Gulf Coast on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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By AFP
Mexico -
Hurricane Rosa strengthened Thursday to a Category 3 storm off northern Mexico's Pacific coast, though it was expected to weaken again before making landfall, the US National Hurricane Center said.
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By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying it had been inflated to almost 3,000 as part of a ploy to make him look bad.
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By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying it had been inflated to almost 3,000 as part of a ploy to make him look bad.
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By AFP
Washington -
As Hurricane Florence churned towards the US East Coast on Wednesday, Donald Trump assured Americans the government stood ready -- and slipped in some bragging about his handling of monster storms in the past.
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By AFP
Charleston -
From Charleston's colonial mansions with finely-crafted balustrades, to fragile Outer Banks beaches, to exalted centers of American history, the tourism-heavy US East Coast is facing a potentially devastating blow from Hurricane Florence.
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By AFP
Saint John's -
Dozens of Barbudans were forcibly evicted Saturday from a shelter on neighboring Antigua, leaving them without a home almost exactly a year after powerful Hurricane Irma devastated their island.
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A tropical wave located southeast of the Cape Verde Islands has a 90 percent chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
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It seems that the Atlantic hurricane season has awakened from its August nap, not wanting to miss the Labor Day weekend. Forecasters are watching a system in the Caribbean, which could make for a rainy holiday weekend in Florida or the Gulf Coast.
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By AFP
Honolulu -
Torrential rain pounded Hawaii on Friday as Hurricane Lane crawled toward the island state, triggering landslides and "catastrophic" flooding, while forcing thousands to seek emergency shelter.
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The National Hurricane Center has been watching two systems in the Atlantic Ocean, one of which has a 25 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours. The second area of disturbance is given a 20 percent chance.
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By AFP
Codrington -
Steel drums carry a jubilant rendition of "Guantanamera" over the ruins of Barbuda's capital Codrington, as dignitaries and residents mark the latest bit of progress in the island's grueling struggle to recover from Hurricane Irma.
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Tropical Storm Chris is expected to be upgraded by Monday, July 9, to a Category 1 Hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Chris is gaining strength and could impact the coastal U.S. on up to possibly the Canadian Maritimes.
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By AFP
Miami -
The Caribbean island of Dominica, ravaged by the deadly passage of Hurricane Maria last year, was again under a hurricane watch Friday as the first such storm of the 2018 Atlantic season moved toward the Lesser Antilles.
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Several hurricanes appear to be moving more slowly, according to new research. This means they are spending increased time over land. This means more local rainfall and dangerous flooding.
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By AFP
Roseau -
With the hurricane season starting up again in the Atlantic, Irvince Auguiste is feeling vulnerable.
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By AFP
San Juan -
Puerto Rico's morgue is overflowing with unclaimed bodies, the result of budget cutbacks in the US territory since last year's devastating Hurricane Maria.
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By AFP
Tampa -
Hurricane Maria, which pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2017, is likely responsible for the deaths of more than 4,600 people, some 70 times more than official estimates, US researchers said Tuesday.
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Hurricane Image
Hurricane Harvey: GOES East Satellite image on August 25, 2017 (04:15 UTC) NOAA
Hurricane Florence, Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Helene swirl in the Atlantic Ocean in this image captured by the GOES-East weather satellite on Sept. 11, 2018, at 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT). NOAA/NHC
Eric Berger is the Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. He tweeted this GOES-16 satellite imagery of Hurricane Harvey, making the comment, "This is just astounding."
CC License: Attrition, no deriv. Eric Berger
Trees down in Braithwaithe Louisiana area Screen Captrue
This photo is a composite of three days' views (Aug. 23, 24 and 25, 1992) of Hurricane Andrew as it slowly moved across south Florida from east to wes NASA
NHC 8:00 p.m. advisory. NOAA/NHC
Bayou Gauche storm surge flooding in Boutte, LA macbulldog32
Hurricane Irene- Aug. 26, 2011. NASA
Strong typhoon Botha headed for Philippines Pagasa
Projected path of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 5, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. NHC
Image of Hurricane Irma at 2:00 p.m. on Sept. 5, 2017. NHC
Warnings and watches issued for Hurricane Irene- Aug. 26, 2011. National Weather Service
CC Licence: Attrition, No deriv. Eric Berger
Satellite imagery of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 23, 2011. National Weather Service
Expected path of what could become Hurricane Nate as of 2:00 p.m. EDT. NHC
A photo uploaded on Twitter by Melissa Harris-Perry shows devastation caused by Hurricane Isaac. The caption included in the Tweet was, "Feeling sad. #Isaac took the home @JamesHPerry and I just bought. All safe. House was vacant except for my dreams." Photo by Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry)
Winds of 100 mph lash anmilitary base in Guam in 2015. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Jonathan Stafford, executive officer, Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Mi
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