• Helene and other storms dumped 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South

    Helene and other storms dumped 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South

    Oct 01, 2024 06:55 PM EST

    ... Georgia and the Carolinas. For Dello, the “fingerprints of climate change” were clear. “We’ve seen tropical storm impacts in western North Carolina. But these storms are wetter and these storms are warmer. And there would have been a time when a tropical storm would have been heading toward North ...

  • Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico's first female president

    Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico's first female president

    Oct 01, 2024 03:19 PM EST

    Hurricane John, which struck as a Category 3 hurricane last week and then reemerged into the ocean and struck again as a tropical storm, caused four days of incredibly heavy rain that killed at least 17 people along the coast around Acapulco. Acapulco was devastated in October 2023 by Hurricane ...

  • Exhausted first responders work around the clock in North Carolina's mountains days after Helene's deluge

    Exhausted first responders work around the clock in North Carolina's mountains days after Helene's deluge

    Oct 01, 2024 01:49 PM EST

    ... South Carolina, Helene was the deadliest tropical cyclone to hit the state since Hurricane Hugo made landfall north of Charleston in 1989, killing 35 people. Tropical Storm Kirk could become a major hurricane Tropical Storm Kirk formed Monday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is expected to become a hurricane ...

  • WATCH: Biden says he'll visit communities damaged by Hurricane Helene later in the week so he doesn't impede recovery efforts

    WATCH: Biden says he'll visit communities damaged by Hurricane Helene later in the week so he doesn't impede recovery efforts

    Sep 30, 2024 03:20 PM EST

    ... South Carolina, Helene was the deadliest tropical cyclone to hit the state since Hurricane Hugo made landfall north of Charleston in 1989, killing 35 people. Tropical Storm Kirk forms and could become a powerful hurricane Tropical Storm Kirk formed Monday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and is expected to become ...

  • Helene's impact felt far and wide across several southern states

    Helene's impact felt far and wide across several southern states

    Sep 27, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... rescued 400 people. So in just under eight hours, they rescued nearly 1,000 people. For comparison's sake, two months ago, there was a tropical storm. They rescued 11 people. He said that the storm surge actually exceeded what they were expecting and it landed somewhere between four -- it ...

  • Hurricane Helene kills at least 40 in 4 states, rescuers in race to save people trapped by storm

    Hurricane Helene kills at least 40 in 4 states, rescuers in race to save people trapped by storm

    Sep 27, 2024 01:16 PM EST

    ... downstairs hallway of the hotel. “We’ve seen some storms and grown some thicker skins." Soon after it crossed over land, Helene weakened to a tropical storm, then to a tropical depression. Forecasters said it continued to produce catastrophic flooding and some areas received more than a foot of rain ...

  • Florida braces for potentially catastrophic winds and storm surge from Hurricane Helene

    Florida braces for potentially catastrophic winds and storm surge from Hurricane Helene

    Sep 26, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    Geoff Bennett: Looking at the storm center of circulation, how far out will the impact be felt? Michael Brennan: Well, Helene's a huge storm. The tropical-storm-force winds, for example, extend out more than 300 miles from the center of the storm, especially out to the east side ...

  • Hurricane Helene could cause a 'nightmare' scenario of catastrophic storm surge in Florida

    Hurricane Helene could cause a 'nightmare' scenario of catastrophic storm surge in Florida

    Sep 26, 2024 01:29 PM EST

    ... 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean temperatures. In further storm activity, Tropical Storm Isaac formed Wednesday in the Atlantic and was expected to strengthen as it moves eastward across the open ocean, possibly becoming ...

  • Florida braces for Hurricane Helene with storm expected to reach Category 4 strength

    Florida braces for Hurricane Helene with storm expected to reach Category 4 strength

    Sep 25, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... Hurricane Center. ... Geoff Bennett: Welcome to the "News Hour." In the span of 24 hours, Helene in the Gulf of Mexico has strengthened from a tropical storm into a hurricane. Over the next 24 hours, it's expected to grow even stronger, and it's barreling straight toward Florida. Floridians ...

  • 5 things to know about Hurricane Helene

    5 things to know about Hurricane Helene

    Sep 24, 2024 11:06 PM EST

    ... state. The area was hit by Hurricane Debby, a Category 1 storm, in August and Hurricane Idalia last September. Depending on the track of the storm, portions of Alabama and Georgia could be hit by tropical storm force, or higher winds, and rain. Likely impacts A hurricane brings high winds ...