• City leader describes damage caused by Hurricane Ian in Venice, Florida

    City leader describes damage caused by Hurricane Ian in Venice, Florida

    Sep 29, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    ... which shows that those winds can push inland. A lot of people forget that these winds can push inland. The blue area here's a tropical storm warning, which means tropical storm conditions are expected. Look how far inland, Raleigh and Columbia, South Carolina. So I really want people that ...

  • Ian regains hurricane strength as it moves toward South Carolina

    Ian regains hurricane strength as it moves toward South Carolina

    Sep 29, 2022 10:14 PM EDT

    A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast and extended to Cape Fear on the southeastern coast of North Carolina. With tropical-storm force winds reaching 415 miles (667 kilometers) from its center, Ian was forecast to shove storm surge of 5 feet (1.5 meters) into coastal ...

  • Photos show destructive wake of Hurricane Ian

    Photos show destructive wake of Hurricane Ian

    Sep 29, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

    ... with 150 mph (241 kph) winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S. Even after weakening, Ian’s tropical storm-force winds still reached 415 miles (667 kilometers) from its center. Forecasters predicted the Atlantic waters would strengthen it to a Category 1 ...

  • People trapped and over 2 million without power as Ian drenches Florida

    People trapped and over 2 million without power as Ian drenches Florida

    Sep 29, 2022 02:42 PM EDT

    ... Ian Catastrophic flooding was threatened around the state as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States crossed the peninsula. Ian's tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 415 miles (665 km), drenching much of Florida and the southeastern Atlantic coast. "It crushed us," Lee ...

  • WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis requests aid from Biden as Hurricane Ian makes landfall

    WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis requests aid from Biden as Hurricane Ian makes landfall

    Sep 28, 2022 11:06 PM EDT

    ... governors of Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina all preemptively declared states of emergency. Forecasters predicted Ian will turn toward those states as a tropical storm, likely dumping more flooding rains into the weekend, after crossing Florida. Associated Press contributors include Christina Mesquita in Havana, Cuba; Cody Jackson and ...

  • Hurricane Ian slams Florida's west coast as Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds

    Hurricane Ian slams Florida's west coast as Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds

    Sep 28, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... center moves inland, it'll sweep across the central portion of the state right here. And now we got red is hurricane warnings. Blue is tropical storm warnings.So you can see this large area of tropical-storm-force winds impacting almost the entire state of Florida, and then moving ...

  • Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm

    Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm

    Sep 28, 2022 07:30 PM EDT

    ... storm got stronger and larger — 120 mph (193 kph) to 155 mph (250 kph) — with landfall just a few hours away. The size of the storm also grew, with tropical storm force winds extending 175 miles (280 kilometers) from the hurricane’s center. “With the higher intensity you’re going ...

  • Hurricane Ian approaches Florida just below windspeeds for Category 5 storm

    Hurricane Ian approaches Florida just below windspeeds for Category 5 storm

    Sep 28, 2022 01:58 PM EDT

    ... of the shop and lifted other items up to above waist-high level. The precise location of landfall was still uncertain, but with Ian's tropical storm-force winds extending 175 miles (280 kilometers) from its center, flash floods were possible across the whole state. Hazards include the polluted leftovers ...

  • 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 ...