• News Wrap: Tropical Depression Debby forecast to bring flooding to mid-Atlantic, Northeast

    News Wrap: Tropical Depression Debby forecast to bring flooding to mid-Atlantic, Northeast

    Aug 08, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Thursday, Tropical Storm Debby returned to shore and weakened to a tropical depression as it's forecast to move up the East Coast, a third person has died from a listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meats, Israel ordered more mass evacuations in the ...

  • Hurricane forecasters still predict highly active Atlantic season in updated outlook

    Hurricane forecasters still predict highly active Atlantic season in updated outlook

    Aug 08, 2024 06:12 PM EDT

    ... runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. The updated outlook includes two tropical storms and two hurricanes that have already formed this year. The latest storm, Hurricane Debby, hit the Gulf Coast of Florida on Monday and was still moving through the Carolinas as a tropical storm on Thursday. When ...

  • August 6, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

    August 6, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Aug 06, 2024 11:22 PM EDT

    Tuesday on the News Hour, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz joins the Democratic ticket as Kamala Harris' vice presidential pick. We look at how he could bolster support in the Midwest. Tropical Storm Debby stalls over the Southeast, dumping torrential rains on Georgia and the Carolinas. Plus, 140 stars over 50 ...

  • Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate

    Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate

    Aug 06, 2024 01:14 PM EDT

    Planned stops in Savannah, Georgia, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, were postponed because of Tropical Storm Debby ’s effects. A team of lawyers and political operatives led by former Attorney General Eric Holder pored over documents and conducted interviews with potential selections, and Harris herself met with her three finalists ...

  • Hurricane Debby lashes Florida's coast and brings potential for historic rainfall inland

    Hurricane Debby lashes Florida's coast and brings potential for historic rainfall inland

    Aug 05, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    Hurricane Debby barreled into Florida as a Category 1 storm on Monday. Now a tropical storm, it's slowly moving inland and is expected to affect Georgia and the Carolinas. Debby's gusty winds are packing a punch, with hundreds of thousands of power outages reported, but authorities are most ...

  • Hurricane Debby hits Florida as Category 1 storm, catastrophic flooding possible

    Hurricane Debby hits Florida as Category 1 storm, catastrophic flooding possible

    Aug 05, 2024 01:51 PM EDT

    ... of rain in four days if the system stalls over the region. Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm Chris, all of which formed in June. In the Eastern Pacific, tropical storms Carlotta, Daniel and Emilia ...

  • News Wrap: Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes on tent camp and schools in Gaza

    News Wrap: Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes on tent camp and schools in Gaza

    Aug 04, 2024 11:14 PM EDT

    ... trained. Until now, Ukraine only had Soviet era war planes to fight Russia.Florida's West Coast is bracing for impact from the latest named storm this hurricane season. Tropical storm Debby is rapidly intensifying thanks to the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is now expected ...

  • Debby expected to strengthen into hurricane as it barrels toward Florida coast

    Debby expected to strengthen into hurricane as it barrels toward Florida coast

    Aug 04, 2024 10:02 PM EDT

    ... We’re doing everything that we need to be prepared to face a tropical storm,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said. Northeast coast also preparing for storm conditions Emergency managers in New England and New York were already monitoring the path of the storm for the possibility of remnants striking their ...

  • News Wrap: Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

    News Wrap: Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

    Jul 26, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    Typhoon Gaemi was downgraded to a tropical storm today as it barrels toward inland China. The storm had already left a trail of destruction in the region, with five reported fatalities in Taiwan and at least 34 dead in the Philippines. Gaemi made landfall in China's coastal Fujian province ...

  • Beryl's remnants flood Vermont, sweep away apartment building

    Beryl's remnants flood Vermont, sweep away apartment building

    Jul 11, 2024 03:12 PM EDT

    ... seek higher ground if floodwaters approached and said rescue teams and the National Guard were at the ready. Vermont, far inland, nonetheless has experience with tropical weather. Tropical Storm Irene dumped 11 inches of rain on parts of Vermont in 24 hours in 2011. The storm killed six in the ...