• This Louisiana community preps for hurricane season as questions linger about federal storm response

    This Louisiana community preps for hurricane season as questions linger about federal storm response

    May 23, 2025 01:23 AM EDT

    “The strongest hurricanes are the ones that develop the fastest,” he said at Thursday’s news conference. “Every Category 5 storm that’s ever hit this country was a tropical storm or less three days prior.” Hurricane Milton. Michael. Camille. All of these “big ones” became powerful storms in ...

  • News Wrap: Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

    News Wrap: Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

    May 22, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... set to begin on June 1. According to the annual outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, we can expect 13 to 19 named storms this year, meaning a tropical storm or higher. As many as 10 of those could become hurricanes. And three to five could be major ...

  • NOAA predicts another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

    NOAA predicts another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

    May 22, 2025 02:58 PM EDT

    ... to know what's coming off Africa, she and other hurricane experts said. With climate change, hurricanes are powering up from almost nothing to intense storms more quickly, giving people less notice for whopper storms, meteorologists said. Every Category 5 hurricane that hit the United States was a tropical storm ...

  • UNICEF says nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather

    UNICEF says nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather

    Jan 24, 2025 04:41 PM EDT

    ... The poor French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean off Africa was left in ruins by Cyclone Chido in December and hit again by Tropical Storm Dikeledi this month, leaving children across the islands out of school for six weeks. Cyclone Chido also destroyed more than 330 schools and ...

  • Typhoon Usagi pounds the Philippines, fifth major storm in a month, with a sixth due Sunday

    Typhoon Usagi pounds the Philippines, fifth major storm in a month, with a sixth due Sunday

    Nov 15, 2024 04:03 PM EDT

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Usagi swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away on Friday from the northern Philippines, which has now been pounded by five major storms in less than a month. A new storm in the Pacific could strengthen into ...

  • LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Rafael

    LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Rafael

    Nov 06, 2024 09:32 PM EDT

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rafael weakened Saturday to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. Rafael was located 290 miles (470 km) north-northwest of Progreso, Mexico on Saturday. It had maximum ...

  • Rafael strengthens to Category 1 hurricane as Cuba prepares for another hit

    Rafael strengthens to Category 1 hurricane as Cuba prepares for another hit

    Nov 05, 2024 06:44 PM EDT

    ... afternoon, offering departure flights to non-essential staff and American citizens, and advising others to “reconsider travel to Cuba due to the potential impact of Tropical Storm Rafael.” On Tuesday morning, the Cuban Civil Defense called on Cubans to prepare as soon as possible, because when the storm makes landfall ...

  • Cuba prepares as storm in Caribbean shows signs of strengthening

    Cuba prepares as storm in Caribbean shows signs of strengthening

    Nov 04, 2024 04:33 PM EDT

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new tropical storm was expected to form Monday in the Caribbean and bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening to a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. WATCH: Why hurricanes can cause thousands more deaths in the years after ...

  • News Wrap: More E. coli cases linked to McDonald's outbreak

    News Wrap: More E. coli cases linked to McDonald's outbreak

    Oct 25, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... to. All I'm thinking about is, where do we go next? We have no more home. Amna Nawaz: Tropical Storm Trami is the 11th storm and so far the deadliest to hit the Philippines this year. The country typically sees an annual average of 20 tropical storms. And stocks ...

  • News Wrap: Prosecutors recommend resentencing for Menendez brothers

    News Wrap: Prosecutors recommend resentencing for Menendez brothers

    Oct 24, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... says that Hamas militants were hiding inside the school. In the Philippines, at least 24 people have died amid massive flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami. It hit the northeastern province of Isabela shortly after midnight local time today. Flash floods drenched towns and villages. Soldiers passed out ...