• 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 ...

  • After Ernesto, the power is still off for tens of thousands in Puerto Rico

    After Ernesto, the power is still off for tens of thousands in Puerto Rico

    Aug 20, 2024 06:56 PM EDT

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers remained without power across Puerto Rico on Tuesday, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm. Authorities pledged to restore electricity to everyone by the weekend. The National Weather Service issued yet another excessive heat ...

  • Over the open Atlantic, Ernesto gains strength as a hurricane

    Over the open Atlantic, Ernesto gains strength as a hurricane

    Aug 19, 2024 01:57 PM EDT

    ... winds increased overnight to near 85 mph (140 kph), with higher gusts, the hurricane center said. It is expected to weaken and become a post-tropical storm by Tuesday, the center said. The storm was centered about 340 miles (550 kilometers) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was expected to ...

  • News Wrap: Israel signals acceptance of key ceasefire points, ahead of talks next week

    News Wrap: Israel signals acceptance of key ceasefire points, ahead of talks next week

    Aug 17, 2024 09:45 PM EDT

    ... issued a new wave of evacuations in the Kursk Region. Ukraine now claims to hold nearly 500 square miles of Russian territory. Ernesto now a tropical storm is slowly moving into open waters after battering Bermuda. It was a category one hurricane when it made landfall on the island early ...