• News Wrap: Trump signs order aimed at flag burning

    News Wrap: Trump signs order aimed at flag burning

    Aug 25, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Fire has scorched some 29 square miles and some 4,000 homes remain under evacuation orders. In the meantime, severe weather is brewing offshore too. Tropical Storm Juliette formed in the Pacific today, while Tropical Storm Fernand churns in the Atlantic. Officials say neither storm poses an immediate threat to ...

  • Hurricane Erin whips up strong winds and some flooding as it slowly moves further out to sea

    Hurricane Erin whips up strong winds and some flooding as it slowly moves further out to sea

    Aug 21, 2025 04:03 PM EDT

    ... highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster-sized storm slowly began to move away from the East Coast on Thursday. Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it will slowly weaken over the next few days while turning farther out to sea. Tropical storm conditions were ...

  • News Wrap: Texas lawmakers move closer to approving new congressional maps

    News Wrap: Texas lawmakers move closer to approving new congressional maps

    Aug 20, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    Hurricane Erin is growing in size and strength as it tracks offshore along the East Coast. The Category 2 storm is not expected to make landfall as it moves north through the end of this week, but it's having a direct effect on coastal communities with tropical storm warnings ...

  • Beach closings and warnings from Hurricane Erin put damper on summer's end for East Coast

    Beach closings and warnings from Hurricane Erin put damper on summer's end for East Coast

    Aug 20, 2025 02:11 PM EDT

    ... is along the barrier islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks, where evacuations have been ordered. Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm, with its tropical storm winds stretching 265 miles (426 kilometers) from its core. Forecasters expect it will grow larger in size as it moves ...

  • News Wrap: Trump administration revokes security clearances of current, former officials

    News Wrap: Trump administration revokes security clearances of current, former officials

    Aug 19, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... surf and rip currents from Florida all the way to Canada in the coming days. Along much of North Carolina's Outer Banks, there are tropical storm and storm surge warnings, and, in some areas, authorities have ordered evacuations at the height of tourist season. Local officials are warning of ...

  • Hurricane Erin churns up dangerous surf from Florida to New England

    Hurricane Erin churns up dangerous surf from Florida to New England

    Aug 19, 2025 01:27 PM EDT

    ... that already have forced dozens of beach rescues days before the biggest storm surges are expected. While forecasters remain confident the center of the monster storm will remain far offshore, the outer edges are likely to bring damaging tropical-force winds, large swells and life-threatening rip currents. Warnings about ...

  • What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin

    What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin

    Aug 18, 2025 09:08 PM EDT

    ... the hurricane center’s Richard Pasch said. Lethal summer of floods Although Erin is the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, there have been four tropical storms this hurricane season already. Tropical Storm Chantal made the first U.S. landfall of the season in early July, and its remnants caused ...

  • North Carolina's Outer Banks could see dangerous surf and winds from Hurricane Erin

    North Carolina's Outer Banks could see dangerous surf and winds from Hurricane Erin

    Aug 18, 2025 08:52 PM EDT

    ... located about 110 miles (180 kilometers) north of Grand Turk Island and about 880 miles (1,400 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the hurricane center said. Erin’s outer bands hit ...

  • News Wrap: Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement

    News Wrap: Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement

    Aug 14, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Thursday, Israel's far-right finance minister announced the approval of a controversial new settlement in the occupied West Bank that's been on ice for decades, Tropical Storm Erin is gradually getting stronger and expected to become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season and ...

  • LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Erin

    LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Erin

    Aug 13, 2025 08:16 PM EDT

    ... through Thursday morning. Erin remains a large hurricane as it heads out to sea Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome system, with tropical storm-force winds spreading across 500 miles (800 kilometers) — roughly the distances from New York City to Pittsburgh. It remained a Category 2 hurricane ...