• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Southwest Florida residents on long road to recovery post-Ian as search for survivors concludes

    Southwest Florida residents on long road to recovery post-Ian as search for survivors concludes

    Oct 10, 2022 04:19 PM EDT

    ... 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. At a makeshift memorial set up in a downtown park along the Caloosahatchee River, Holly Harmon got tearful Monday while ...

  • Hurricane Julia dumps torrential rainfall on Nicaragua's coast

    Hurricane Julia dumps torrential rainfall on Nicaragua's coast

    Oct 09, 2022 10:04 PM EDT

    ... over the Pacific. Julia hit as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), though its winds had dipped to tropical storm force of 60 mph (95 kph), by early afternoon as it pushed across Nicaragua. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Julia was ...

  • Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico's Pacific coast

    Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico's Pacific coast

    Oct 03, 2022 09:34 PM EDT

    ... Hurricane Center. WATCH: Biden tells Puerto Ricans he’s ‘committed to this island’ as Hurricane Fiona recovery continues By midday, Orlene had weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was moving north-northeast at 10 mph (17 kph). The storm was 70 ...

  • Crews work to help those hit by Hurricane Ian in Florida as storm moves into Carolinas

    Crews work to help those hit by Hurricane Ian in Florida as storm moves into Carolinas

    Sep 30, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... vast scenes of wreckage along the state's southwestern coastline. John Yang reports. ... Judy Woodruff: Hurricane Ian is back onshore tonight and weakening to a tropical storm after its second landfall on the U.S. mainland. The storm struck near Georgetown, South Carolina, this afternoon with winds of 85 miles ...