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Residents of the Gulf coast hunkered down overnight as Tropical Storm Isaac hit the shores of Louisiana and Mississippi, causing surges of up to 15 feet of water. Ray Suarez talks to Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, about how the slow-moving tropical storm may affect some ...
Though storm warnings have been lifted for Tampa, Fla., the site for this week's Republican National Convention, four Gulf states, including Florida, have declared states of emergencies. With memories of Hurricane Katrina, those in Louisiana are not taking any chances as they brace for Isaac's arrival. Gwen Ifill ...
... Fla. | Tropical Storm Isaac hit Tampa with rain and wind Monday morning as the 2012 Republican National Convention got underway with an abbreviated session. The storm is gaining strength as it moves swiftly through the Gulf of Mexico. The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center indicates that the storm ...
Tropical storm "Debby" has been unrelenting, flooding thoroughfares and neighborhoods and spawning tornadoes. Meanwhile, wildfires are burning in more than 25 locations. Seven of those fires are in Colorado, which is currently in the grip of a record drought. ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Natural disasters dominated this day for many Americans, from ...
... so that's very similar to some of the stuff we saw in Vermont." A resident wades through a flooded street following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee on Sept. 3, 2011. Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Getty Images. 9 a.m. ET | Tropical Storm Lee brought heavy rain to southern ...
JEFFREY BROWN: Next: The unlucky nation of Haiti struggles to prepare, as a tropical storm heads its way. We start with a report narrated by Kylie Morris of Independent Television News. KYLIE MORRIS: Here, they were meant to be safe. But, for Haiti's refugees, anger and panic spilled over ...
... Miami announced a hurricane warning for Haiti and the southeastern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. A tropical storm warning was issued for Jamaica, along with tropical storm watches for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic and eastern Cuba. Early Thursday, Tropical Storm Tomas had maximum sustained winds of 50 ...
RAY SUAREZ: Before Tomas got organized as a tropical storm, Haiti was last in the news because of an outbreak of cholera.How does heavy rains in a place like Port-au-Prince complicate the job of fighting back cholera? JASON BEAUBIEN: Well, it basically distracts the entire international community ...
HARI SREENIVASAN: Flooding rain and high winds moved up the East Coast today, battering the Northeast and New England. Remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole left major highways and cars underwater in Newark, New Jersey, during the morning commute. More than 10 inches of rain flooded homes and businesses in Delaware ...
... Center forecaster, said Saturday that the storm could dissipate completely before making landfall, according to Reuters. The Miami-based center had earlier lifted all coastal tropical storm warnings associated with Bonnie. Jane Lubchenco, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator, told reporters that the weakening storm produced waves of three ...
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