• Hurricane Lidia dissipates after killing 1 person, injuring 2 near Mexico's Puerto Vallarta resort

    Hurricane Lidia dissipates after killing 1 person, injuring 2 near Mexico's Puerto Vallarta resort

    Oct 11, 2023 08:35 PM EDT

    ... of Puerto Vallarta and the major port of Manzanillo. Local authorities canceled classes in communities around the coast. The expected impact came one day after Tropical Storm Max hit the southern Pacific coast, hundreds of miles away, and then dissipated. Rains from Max washed out part of a coastal highway ...

  • Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic

    Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic

    Sep 24, 2023 07:22 PM EDT

    After being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia on Sunday still threatened parts of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. As Ophelia weakened, a new tropical storm named Philippe brewed in the Atlantic. Even ...

  • Lee bears down on New England and Canada with hurricane-force winds, rain

    Lee bears down on New England and Canada with hurricane-force winds, rain

    Sep 16, 2023 02:52 PM EDT

    ... Hurricane Center. That’s about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Eastport, Maine. WATCH: News Wrap: Lee makes landfall in Canada after lashing Northeast The storm was expected to weaken as it moved into New Brunswick and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In the United States, a tropical storm warning ...

  • New England braces for Hurricane Lee after days of extreme weather

    New England braces for Hurricane Lee after days of extreme weather

    Sep 15, 2023 01:36 PM EDT

    ... the brunt of the storm, which was traveling north on a path that could lead to landfall Saturday afternoon in Nova Scotia, possibly as a tropical storm.One thing is working in the region’s favor: The storm surge will not be accompanied by an astronomical high tide, helping to ...

  • Hurricane watch issued in Maine as rain-soaked New England braces for Lee

    Hurricane watch issued in Maine as rain-soaked New England braces for Lee

    Sep 13, 2023 10:46 PM EDT

    ... parts of the coastal Northeast during the weekend, forecasters said. Lee is traveling north and could make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, possibly as a tropical storm, forecasters said. "The ground is saturated. It can't take in anymore," Dean Mazzarella, mayor in Leominster, said at a news conference Wednesday ...

  • LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Lee

    LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Lee

    Sep 07, 2023 04:39 PM EDT

    ... t contribute to the flooding earlier this week. But the hurricane is traveling north and could make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, possibly as a tropical storm, forecasters said. "The ground is saturated. It can't take in anymore," Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella said at a news conference Wednesday. Mazarella ...

  • Hurricane Lee approaches northeast Caribbean, forecasters warn of Category 5 storm

    Hurricane Lee approaches northeast Caribbean, forecasters warn of Category 5 storm

    Sep 07, 2023 02:46 PM EDT

    ... Atlantic season. Lee was not expected to make landfall while on a projected path that will take it near the northeast Caribbean, although forecasters said tropical storm conditions are possible on some islands. Meteorologists said it was too early to provide details on potential rainfall and wind gusts. The storm ...

  • News Wrap: Parts of Florida may be without power for weeks after Hurricane Idalia

    News Wrap: Parts of Florida may be without power for weeks after Hurricane Idalia

    Sep 01, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... high as $9 billion. And Idalia may not be finished yet. It's back over the Atlantic, and forecaster say it could again become a tropical storm as it heads toward Bermuda. The White House is asking Congress for an another $4 billion in supplemental disaster aid. That would bring ...

  • Residents in Florida's Big Bend region begin recovery after Hurricane Idalia

    Residents in Florida's Big Bend region begin recovery after Hurricane Idalia

    Aug 31, 2023 10:55 PM EDT

    Tropical Storm Idalia is heading back out to sea, but in its wake, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas are busy cleaning up. As a Category 3 hurricane, Idalia caused major damage in Florida's Big Bend region, but overall there was less damage throughout the Southeast than many feared. William ...

  • A look at the damage after Hurricane Idalia slammed Florida as a Category 3 storm

    A look at the damage after Hurricane Idalia slammed Florida as a Category 3 storm

    Aug 30, 2023 10:55 PM EDT

    ... to all of our communities. So, we are impacted, usually, maybe on an annual basis or every other year from some type of a massive storm event or tropical storm event. Geoff Bennett: John Dailey is the mayor of Tallahassee. Mr. Mayor, I'm glad to hear your city escaped ...