• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 ...

  • WATCH: Harris and Walz speak to students in Hinesville during Georgia bus tour stop

    WATCH: Harris and Walz speak to students in Hinesville during Georgia bus tour stop

    Aug 28, 2024 10:09 PM EDT

    ... to embark on a seven-state swing tour introducing the new Democratic ticket. The North Carolina and Georgia legs of the trip got scrapped as Tropical Storm Debby battered the region. The Democratic strategy to peel off votes in Republican parts of the state has had some success before. Raphael ...

  • News Wrap: Special counsel appeals dismissal of Trump's classified documents case

    News Wrap: Special counsel appeals dismissal of Trump's classified documents case

    Aug 26, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... through tomorrow before that heat settles over the South by the middle of the week. And over in the Pacific, Hurricane Hone weakened to a tropical storm over the weekend, but not before dumping at least a foot of rain over parts of Southern Hawaii as it passed the state ...

  • Hurricane Hone dumps rain on Hawaii's Big Island as it sweeps past to the south

    Hurricane Hone dumps rain on Hawaii's Big Island as it sweeps past to the south

    Aug 25, 2024 10:37 PM EDT

    ... warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires on the drier sides of the islands. Meanwhile, the eastern Pacific saw a new threat emerge as Tropical Storm Hector formed, packing top sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph). There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect as Hector churned ...