• 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 ...

  • News Wrap: At least 31 dead in Ukraine after a Russian missile attack

    News Wrap: At least 31 dead in Ukraine after a Russian missile attack

    Jul 08, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    For the PBS "NewsHour," I'm Stephanie Sy. Geoff Bennett: Also today, Hurricane Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but not before landing a direct hit on the Texas Gulf Coast as a Category 1 storm. Heavy rains and powerful winds knocked out power to more than two ...

  • World set for week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes more likely

    World set for week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes more likely

    Jul 08, 2024 05:32 PM EDT

    ... landfall around the middle the Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds in the early hours of Monday. The powerful storm previously devastated parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. It's the earliest a storm has ever reached the wind speeds of a Category 5 ...

  • Texas coastal residents warned of floods and power outages as Beryl approaches landfall

    Texas coastal residents warned of floods and power outages as Beryl approaches landfall

    Jul 07, 2024 10:37 PM EDT

    ... coastal parks. Beryl earlier this week battered Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane, toppling trees but causing no injuries or deaths before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across the Yucatan Peninsula. Before hitting Mexico, Beryl wrought destruction in Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados. Three ...