• 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Beryl expected to regain hurricane strength as it crosses Gulf of Mexico en route to Texas

    Beryl expected to regain hurricane strength as it crosses Gulf of Mexico en route to Texas

    Jul 06, 2024 09:33 PM EST

    ... weekend traffic that is already backing up roads, she made the decision to call for the mandatory evacuation. “I would rather be cautious and let Tropical Storm Beryl come crawling in with a little bit of rain and a little bit of wind to an empty Refugio County than the ...

  • Record-breaking Category 4 Hurricane Beryl razes southeast Caribbean

    Record-breaking Category 4 Hurricane Beryl razes southeast Caribbean

    Jul 01, 2024 10:31 PM EST

    ... first storm weakens the infrastructure, so the secondary system doesn’t need to be as strong to have serious impacts.” Beryl is the second named storm in the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. Earlier this month, Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall in northeast Mexico ...

  • Hurricane Beryl arrives in southeastern Caribbean as powerful Category 4 storm

    Hurricane Beryl arrives in southeastern Caribbean as powerful Category 4 storm

    Jul 01, 2024 03:27 PM EST

    ... from June 1 to Nov. 30. Earlier this month, Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall in northeast Mexico and killed four people. On Sunday night, a tropical depression near the eastern Mexico coastal city of Veracruz briefly strengthened into Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm of the season. It weakened ...

  • Southeast Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl as it strengthens into major Category 4 storm

    Southeast Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl as it strengthens into major Category 4 storm

    Jun 30, 2024 03:40 PM EST

    ... in what is forecast to be an above-average hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 in the Atlantic. Earlier this month, Tropical Storm Alberto came ashore in northeastern Mexico with heavy rains that resulted in four deaths. On Sunday evening, a tropical depression formed near the ...