The threat of a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico is presenting another challenge to BP's efforts to kill the leaking oil well and clean up the oil that has already leaked. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Gulf state senators, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Bill Nelson of Florida, over the offshore drilling moratorium debate.
In our news wrap Wednesday, the UN Weather Agency reported there have been 86 tropical storms worldwide, three short of the annual average since 1981. Also, according to Speaker John Boehner, the House will not act on the immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in June.
... Elsewhere in Asia, floods have ravaged several nations, so far claiming well over 300 lives. Torrential rains battered Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait. A separate cyclone hit Sri Lanka more than 1,000 miles to the west. In Southern Thailand's ...
... areas and gives up its weapons. In Vietnam, Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least five people dead and thousands of homes damaged before weakening into a tropical storm. Ngo Thanh Diep, Storm Victim (through interpreter): This storm was a very strong one. I have lived here all my life, and I ...
... southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of people from the archipelago’s southeast corner ahead of Melissa’s arrival.“The storm is growing in size,” Brennan said, noting that tropical storm force winds now extend almost 200 miles (320 kilometers) from the center. Melissa’s ...
... the Turks and Caicos on Tuesday and Wednesday. Additional rainfall is expected in southern Hispaniola through Wednesday. Rapid strengthening linked to climate change Melissa reached tropical storm status last Tuesday and then became a hurricane on Saturday. Melissa then rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane early Monday morning. Climate ...
... It's sounds dreamy. Like, this is the most ideal area. And so that's gone. Woman: Tonight, areas of the Northeast are reeling from storm damage. William Brangham: On July 10, 2024, the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl dumped six inches of rain over this area in just a ...
... strike group arrives, that could bring nearly 4,500 more sailors as well as the nine squadrons of aircraft assigned to the carrier. Complicating the situation is Tropical Storm Melissa, which has been nearly stationary in the central Caribbean with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen into a powerful hurricane.
... 13 were killed in Puebla, east of Mexico City. Earlier, in the central state of Querétaro, a child died in a landslide. Authorities have attributed the deadly downpours to two tropical systems that formed off the western coast of Mexico and have since dissipated, Hurricane Pricilla and Tropical Storm Raymond.
... hours later, the hurricane center said. A subtropical storm tends to have a wide zone of strong winds farther from its center compared to a tropical storm, which generates heavier rains, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.In the Pacific, tropical storm warnings associated with Tropical Storm Raymond ...
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