• Hurricane Nicole topples beachfront homes into ocean

    Hurricane Nicole topples beachfront homes into ocean

    Nov 10, 2022 10:43 PM EST

    ... and Daytona Beach Shores as director of sales and marketing at Salty Dog Vacations, had witnessed backyards collapsing into the ocean just ahead of the storm. WATCH: Florida Gov. Desantis gives update on Tropical Storm Nicole preparations In the aftermath, the backsides of about seven colorful houses along Highway A1A ...

  • News Wrap: Zelenskyy urges world community to force Russia into peace talks

    News Wrap: Zelenskyy urges world community to force Russia into peace talks

    Nov 08, 2022 11:10 PM EST

    ... but he has spent much of the time since then in prison. Back in this country, Florida's Atlantic Coast has begun getting ready for Tropical Storm Nicole and emergency shelters opened in the Bahamas. The storm is now expected to grow into a minimal hurricane, before making landfall in ...

  • Subtropical storm expected to reach Bahamas, eastern Florida after election day

    Subtropical storm expected to reach Bahamas, eastern Florida after election day

    Nov 07, 2022 05:43 PM EST

    ... Seminole County were still flooded weeks after Ian tore through. A subtropical storm is a non-frontal low-pressure system that has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones. They tend to have a larger wind field, extending much farther from their centers. Forecasters said the storm could possibly transition ...

  • COP27 begins as world leaders up urgency of climate crisis

    COP27 begins as world leaders up urgency of climate crisis

    Nov 07, 2022 03:24 PM EST

    ... or the heat waves from Europe to China or indeed in the last few days in my own region, the devastation caused in Belize by Tropical Storm Lisa or the torrential floods a few days ago in St. Lucia.” Ahead of this year’s conference, known as COP27, leaders and ...

  • Fearing a tsunami, Philippine storm victims ran toward deadly mudslide

    Fearing a tsunami, Philippine storm victims ran toward deadly mudslide

    Oct 30, 2022 06:58 PM EST

    ... dug out by rescuers in the vast muddy mound that now covers much of Kusiong village in southern Maguindanao province, among the hardest-hit by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which blew out of the northwestern Philippines early Sunday. Officials fear 80 to 100 more people, including entire families, may have been ...

  • News Wrap: Markets end week with rally, Miami Beach condominium deemed unsafe

    News Wrap: Markets end week with rally, Miami Beach condominium deemed unsafe

    Oct 28, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    ... watching the drop-off boxes. In the Philippines, at least 42 people have died in a flash -- in flash floods and landslides triggered by a tropical storm. Rescue crews helped the elderly into votes in a hard-hit southern province. Homes there were engulfed by floodwaters. The storm is expected ...

  • Floods and landslides ravage south Philippines, killing at least 50

    Floods and landslides ravage south Philippines, killing at least 50

    Oct 28, 2022 03:32 PM EST

    ... minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas. Eight other people died elsewhere in the country from the onslaught of Tropical Storm Nalgae, which slammed into the eastern province of Camarines Sur early Saturday, the government’s disaster response agency said. But the worst storm ...

  • Florida applies lessons from Hurricane Michael to costly Ian recovery

    Florida applies lessons from Hurricane Michael to costly Ian recovery

    Oct 16, 2022 08:04 PM EST

    ... blamed for more than 30 deaths. With more than 100 fatalities, Ian was the third-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, which left about 1,400 people dead, and Hurricane Sandy, which killed 233 despite weakening to a tropical storm just before landfall.

  • 'We’re on our own.' How people with disabilities are left out of climate planning

    'We’re on our own.' How people with disabilities are left out of climate planning

    Oct 13, 2022 03:14 PM EST

    ... easier to get in and out of it. But because she lives near a levee, she leaves that comfort behind whenever a major hurricane or tropical storm is forecast because rising floodwater that would challenge anyone would surely be fatal for her. “I try my best to make my home ...

  • 19 people killed as Julia drenches Central America and triggers landslides

    19 people killed as Julia drenches Central America and triggers landslides

    Oct 10, 2022 10:05 PM EST

    ... winds of 85 mph (140 kph) and survived the passage over the country's mountainous terrain, entering the Pacific late in the day as a tropical storm.By Monday, Julia had moved inland over Guatemala and its winds were down to 30 mph (45 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane ...