• As storm moves on, Vermont and parts of Northeast still flooded

    As storm moves on, Vermont and parts of Northeast still flooded

    Jul 11, 2023 03:50 PM EDT

    ... of the state, Vermont Emergency Management said Monday night. "We have not seen rainfall like this since Irene," Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said, referring to Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011. That storm killed six in the state, washed homes off their foundations and damaged or destroyed more than 200 ...

  • Intense downpour in the Northeast forces evacuations, causes major flooding

    Intense downpour in the Northeast forces evacuations, causes major flooding

    Jul 10, 2023 03:40 PM EDT

    “This is an all-hands-on-deck response," he said at a Monday press conference. "We have not seen rainfall like this since Irene, and in some places, it will surpass even that.” Scott was referring to Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, when the state got 11 inches ...

  • News Wrap: DOJ charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl chemicals

    News Wrap: DOJ charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl chemicals

    Jun 23, 2023 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Nawaz:  So far, only one death has been confirmed, but the region is bracing for more torrential rain this weekend.    As of tonight, two tropical storms are active in the Atlantic Ocean in just the first month of hurricane season. That has not happened since record keeping began in ...

  • News Wrap: Tornado kills 4 in small Texas town

    News Wrap: Tornado kills 4 in small Texas town

    Jun 22, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Lubbock. Daylight brought the damage into focus, a mile-long stretch of smashed buildings and wrecked vehicles. Damage crews crawled over piles of debris. The storm front also spewed hail the size of softballs and winds gusting near 100 miles an hour.    Tropical Storm Bret is closing in on ...

  • News Wrap: Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy

    News Wrap: Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy

    May 25, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    ... there were no reported deaths or major injuries. Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero (D), Guam: I am so glad we are safe. We have weathered the storm. The worst has gone by. But we are going to continue experiencing tropical storm winds up to about 40, 50 miles per hour. So ...

  • Super Typhoon Mawar pummels Guam as Category 4 storm

    Super Typhoon Mawar pummels Guam as Category 4 storm

    May 24, 2023 01:32 PM EDT

    ... in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, was also under a typhoon warning. Tinian and Saipan, in the Northern Marianas, were under tropical storm warnings. Some people in those areas are still in temporary shelters or tents after Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu in 2018. Mawar, a ...

  • Emergency shelters start to fill up as Guam braces for Typhoon Mawar

    Emergency shelters start to fill up as Guam braces for Typhoon Mawar

    May 23, 2023 01:18 PM EDT

    ... U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, was also under a typhoon warning, Doll said. Tinian and Saipan, in the Northern Marianas, were under tropical storm warnings.Some people in those areas are still in temporary shelters or tents after Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu in 2018, Doll noted ...

  • Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak amid flooding after Cyclone Freddy

    Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak amid flooding after Cyclone Freddy

    Apr 02, 2023 03:35 PM EDT

    ... figure which had almost doubled in a week. Freddy was likely the longest-lived cyclone ever, lasting over five weeks and hitting Mozambique twice. The tropical storm killed 165 people in Mozambique, 17 in Madagascar and 676 in Malawi. More than 530 people are still missing in Malawi two weeks ...

  • La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone after 3 years

    La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone after 3 years

    Mar 09, 2023 08:59 PM EDT

    ... more storms in the Atlantic during hurricane season because it removes conditions that suppress storm formation. Neutral or El Nino conditions make it harder for storms to get going, but not impossible, scientists said. Over the last three years, the U.S. has been hit by 14 hurricanes and tropical ...

  • Weakened Cyclone Freddy continues to batter Madagascar, killing 4

    Weakened Cyclone Freddy continues to batter Madagascar, killing 4

    Feb 22, 2023 10:58 PM EDT

    ... a new cyclone forming near the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean were raised after Reunion's cyclone center said it's monitoring a new tropical depression that “has significant potential to strengthen into a tropical storm by Thursday.” Associated Press writer Wanjohi Kabukuru in Mombasa, Kenya, contributed to this ...