• How warm water turbocharged Hurricane Ian in less than a day

    How warm water turbocharged Hurricane Ian in less than a day

    Sep 28, 2022 01:54 AM EDT

    “In terms of impacts and climate change, yes, this season could be a harbinger of sort of what is to come,” said University of Albany hurricane scientist Kristen Corbosiero. “But it’s really hard to say that climate change has an impact on any one storm in terms of ...

  • WATCH: DeSantis warns Floridians to get out of Hurricane Ian's path, brace for extended power outages

    WATCH: DeSantis warns Floridians to get out of Hurricane Ian's path, brace for extended power outages

    Sep 27, 2022 10:38 PM EDT

    ... reaching top winds of 130 mph (209 kph) as it approaches the southwest coast of Florida, where 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate. Tropical storm-force winds were expected across the southern peninsula late Tuesday, reaching hurricane-force Wednesday — when the hurricane's eye was predicted to make ...

  • 3 reasons why Hurricane Ian could cause major flooding in Florida

    3 reasons why Hurricane Ian could cause major flooding in Florida

    Sep 27, 2022 08:55 PM EDT

    ... t take water risk into account, and flooding and storm surge are both major risks from Ian. As a meteorologist living in Florida, I study tropical storms and hurricanes. Here are three reasons Florida is facing a high risk of water hazards this week. The rainy side of the storm ...

  • WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives update on Hurricane Ian preparations

    WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives update on Hurricane Ian preparations

    Sep 27, 2022 02:28 PM EDT

    ... Lee County’s county manager, said early Tuesday. “The best thing they can do is leave.” While Ian’s center passed over western Cuba, with tropical storm force winds extending outward 115 miles (185 kilometers), Cuba’s capital was getting rain and strong gusts Tuesday morning. Havana’s residents openly ...

  • WATCH: FEMA director says not to underestimate the potential impact of Hurricane Ian

    WATCH: FEMA director says not to underestimate the potential impact of Hurricane Ian

    Sep 27, 2022 01:52 PM EDT

    ... I can tell you that our biggest concern as we wait for this storm to make landfall is storm surge. And I will note that storm surge is a leading cause of hurricane related fatalities." LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Ian With tropical storm-force winds extending 115 ...

  • News Wrap: Eastern Canada residents reeling after Fiona

    News Wrap: Eastern Canada residents reeling after Fiona

    Sep 25, 2022 09:45 PM EDT

    ... Kipchoge broke his own world record in the Berlin Marathon. ... Geoff Bennett: Good evening. It's great to be with you. And at this hour tropical storm Ian is rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean and bearing down on Cuba. The storm is forecast to reach hurricane strength as early as ...

  • Ian expected to become major hurricane as it heads toward Cuba, Florida

    Ian expected to become major hurricane as it heads toward Cuba, Florida

    Sep 25, 2022 05:32 PM EDT

    ... in place and monitor updates of the storm's evolving path. The center issued an updated advisory at 5 a.m. Sunday, which noted the tropical storm was forecast to begin “rapidly strengthening later today” with the “risk of significant wind and storm surge impacts increasing for western Cuba.” Ian ...

  • News Wrap: On the heels of Fiona, a new storm brews in the Caribbean

    News Wrap: On the heels of Fiona, a new storm brews in the Caribbean

    Sep 24, 2022 09:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Saturday, Florida and the Gulf Coast brace for Tropical Storm Ian while communities from Puerto Rico to Canada deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, Albert Pujols became the fourth baseball player in MLB history to hit 700 home runs, Biden awarded the National Humanities Medal ...

  • NASA delays next Artemis 1 launch attempt due to potential hurricane

    NASA delays next Artemis 1 launch attempt due to potential hurricane

    Sep 24, 2022 05:56 PM EDT

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is skipping next week’s launch attempt of its new moon rocket because of a tropical storm that’s expected to become a major hurricane. It’s the third delay in the past month for the lunar-orbiting test flight featuring mannequins but no astronauts ...

  • On Canadian coast, Fiona knocks out power and sweeps houses into the sea

    On Canadian coast, Fiona knocks out power and sweeps houses into the sea

    Sep 24, 2022 04:58 PM EDT

    Federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair said there was very extensive damage at the airport in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He said other airports also were hit, but that damage at the Halifax facility, Nova Scotia’s largest airport, was minor. Fiona had weakened to tropical storm strength late Saturday ...