• News Wrap: At least 2 dead after Hurricane John slammed Mexico's southern Pacific coast

    News Wrap: At least 2 dead after Hurricane John slammed Mexico's southern Pacific coast

    Sep 24, 2024 10:40 PM EST

    ... strengthened into a Category 3 storm, making landfall with the maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. It's since been downgraded to a tropical storm. John is expected to hover over Mexico through the end of the week, bringing torrential downpours, flooding and landslides. Meantime, Tropical Storm Helene ...

  • Hurricane John slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast, killing 2 people

    Hurricane John slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast, killing 2 people

    Sep 24, 2024 04:51 PM EST

    ... hurricane in a matter of hours Monday and made landfall about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of the resort of Acapulco before declining to a tropical storm after moving inland. John came ashore near the town of Punta Maldonado late Monday night as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained ...

  • Florida prepares for major hurricane as heavy rains lash Cayman Islands

    Florida prepares for major hurricane as heavy rains lash Cayman Islands

    Sep 24, 2024 03:06 PM EST

    Bucci said states including Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana could see rainfall associated with the storm. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Grand Cayman; for eastern Mexico from Rio Lagartos to Tulum; and for Cuba's Artemisa, Pinar del Rio and the Isle of Youth. Meanwhile, a storm surge ...

  • 5th historic flood in 25 years deluges North Carolina's coast

    5th historic flood in 25 years deluges North Carolina's coast

    Sep 17, 2024 06:10 PM EST

    ... sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina. Emergency management officials have urged people to stay prepared. Elsewhere in the Atlantic, Gordon remained a tropical depression as it swirled through open ocean waters. Gordon could either dissolve in upcoming days or strengthen back into a tropical storm, forecasters said.

  • Francine weakens moving inland as the storm leaves behind flooding and widespread power outages

    Francine weakens moving inland as the storm leaves behind flooding and widespread power outages

    Sep 12, 2024 02:32 PM EST

    ... nobody over on that end I can call,” he said. “I don’t know what I am going to, bruh. Hope everything’s good.” The storm was downgraded Thursday from a tropical storm to a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (56 kph) as it churned north ...

  • Strengthened by warm oceans, Francine hits Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane

    Strengthened by warm oceans, Francine hits Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane

    Sep 11, 2024 10:54 PM EST

    ... the energy stored deeper in the Gulf of Mexico didn't matter quite as much, according to McNoldy. Still, conditions were favorable enough for the storm to rapidly intensify. On Tuesday afternoon, Tropical Storm Francine had sustained winds of 65 mph (105 kph). A day later it's nearly 100 ...

  • News Wrap: Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrike on a tent camp killed at least 19

    News Wrap: Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrike on a tent camp killed at least 19

    Sep 10, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    ... sued to stop the ballot question. Missouri is one of more than half-a-dozen states with abortion measures on the ballot this fall. Tropical Storm Francine is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour as of this morning. The storm ...

  • Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Francine

    Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Francine

    Sep 10, 2024 08:09 PM EST

    ... Francine a remnant low-pressure system or “post-tropical cyclone.” The center of the system was about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Memphis. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Ileana formed Thursday in the eastern Pacific Ocean, prompting officials in Mexico to post a tropical storm warning for the Baja California peninsula ...

  • Nearly a million people flee as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in China

    Nearly a million people flee as Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in China

    Sep 06, 2024 04:12 PM EST

    ... 100 flights in the city. Nine people were injured and treated at hospitals. Heavy rain and strong winds felled dozens of trees. Yagi was a tropical storm when it blew out of the northwestern Philippines into the South China Sea on Wednesday, leaving at least 16 people dead and 17 ...

  • Heavy storm moves across Japan as officials warn major cities of torrential rains and mudslides

    Heavy storm moves across Japan as officials warn major cities of torrential rains and mudslides

    Aug 31, 2024 07:15 PM EST

    TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan slowly made its way into central Japan Saturday, halting trains and leaving underground passages brimming with water as officials warned of torrential rains in major cities, including Osaka and Tokyo. The storm, packing winds of up to 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour, crawled past ...