• Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

    Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

    Jul 26, 2020 07:04 PM EDT

    Myrle Tucker, 83, tried to ride out the storm in a powerboat docked in a Corpus Christi marina. But winds and rain blew out the vessel’s windows. Eventually rescuers in a dinghy were able to reach him and bring him to shore. Tucker was standing in the marina Sunday ...

  • News Wrap: Tropical Storm Fay drenches parts of the East Coast

    News Wrap: Tropical Storm Fay drenches parts of the East Coast

    Jul 10, 2020 10:53 PM EDT

    ... the state, as you heard, but he postponed a campaign rally that had been scheduled for tomorrow in New Hampshire, citing the approach of Tropical Storm Fay to the region. Campaign officials had already acknowledged that it was not clear how many people would show up. That same tropical storm ...

  • Fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey

    Fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey

    Jul 10, 2020 09:53 PM EDT

    ... they have symptoms that might be associated with the virus will be segregated to a separate area of the school. President Donald Trump said the storm is being monitored and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was poised to help if needed. "We're fully prepared. FEMA's ready in ...

  • Tropical storm crashes onto U.S. Gulf Coast amid flood threat

    Tropical storm crashes onto U.S. Gulf Coast amid flood threat

    Jun 08, 2020 12:53 PM EDT

    ... inevitable street flooding. Forecasters said some parts of Louisiana and Mississippi were in danger of as much as a foot (30 centimeters) of rain, with storm surges of up to five feet (1.5 meters). “It’s very efficient, very tropical rainfall,” National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said in ...

  • Rain, road flooding as Tropical Storm Cristobal draws closer

    Rain, road flooding as Tropical Storm Cristobal draws closer

    Jun 07, 2020 03:57 PM EDT

    Forecasters said the storm's center will move inland across Louisiana late Sunday through early Monday and then head north across Arkansas and Missouri on Monday afternoon and into Tuesday. In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency to prepare for the storm’s possible arrival ...

  • Tropical Storm Cristobal advances toward US Gulf Coast

    Tropical Storm Cristobal advances toward US Gulf Coast

    Jun 06, 2020 02:53 PM EDT

    ... mph (19 kph). The storm was centered about 365 miles (590 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Hurricane Center said the storm could cause heavy rains from East Texas to Florida this weekend and into early next week. A tropical storm watch was posted for the ...

  • Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast

    Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast

    May 27, 2020 04:29 PM EDT

    MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on South Carolina's coast Wednesday morning shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year's Atlantic hurricane season. A tropical storm warning was issued for South Carolina's coast and the storm was expected ...

  • Tropical Storm Arthur crawls closer to North Carolina coast

    Tropical Storm Arthur crawls closer to North Carolina coast

    May 18, 2020 04:30 PM EDT

    MIAMI (AP) — Life-threatening surf and rip currents will spread along U.S. East coast beaches in the days ahead as Tropical Storm Arthur kicks up ocean swells offshore, the National Hurricane Center warned on Monday. It's another early start for the Atlantic hurricane season: Arthur formed Saturday in ...

  • Tropical Storm Arthur forms, 1st named storm of season

    Tropical Storm Arthur forms, 1st named storm of season

    May 17, 2020 05:40 PM EDT

    MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the coast of Florida on Saturday, making it the sixth straight year for a named storm to develop before the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a tropical storm warning for ...

  • News Wrap: Tropical Storm Karen soaks U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

    News Wrap: Tropical Storm Karen soaks U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

    Sep 24, 2019 10:40 PM EDT

    ... I'm Yamiche Alcindor at the United Nations in New York. William Brangham: Mudslides and power outages hit the U.S. Virgin Islands today, as Tropical Storm Karen arrived. The storm also brought heavy rain to Puerto Rico and winds of 40 miles an hour. Hours earlier, an earthquake shook ...