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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... help that lady.” The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of middle Tennessee through Wednesday night, warning of scattered flash flooding with tropical-like heavy rainfall and the possibility of training storms, especially over already saturated areas. The airport in Chattanooga recorded more than 6.4 inches ...
... the storm itself and why it dumped so much water. Matthew Cappucci, Senior Meteorologist, MyRadar: We knew that we had ample moisture in place, absolutely tropical moisture content in the atmosphere. Part of the reason for that was last Monday, Tamaulipas, Mexico got hit by Tropical Storm Barry. Barry moved ...
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