• 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    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 EST

    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 ...

  • WATCH: President Biden vows U.S. won't walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico

    WATCH: President Biden vows U.S. won't walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico

    Sep 22, 2022 05:54 PM EST

    ... of Bermuda, heading north-northeast at 16 mph (26 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 70 miles (110 kilometers) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 205 miles (335 kilometers). Bermuda Premier David Burt sent a tweet urging residents to “take care of ...

  • Puerto Rico hit with flooding, widespread power outages from Hurricane Fiona

    Puerto Rico hit with flooding, widespread power outages from Hurricane Fiona

    Sep 19, 2022 10:55 PM EST

    ... we can do this, we can handle it. And it certainly surprised us as to how much water damage is going to happen after the storm is finally gone, which it hasn't. We're still in a tropical storm advisory. We're still in shelter-in-place directives from ...

  • How to help victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico

    How to help victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico

    Sep 19, 2022 09:34 PM EST

    A hurricane that hit Puerto Rico on Sunday has left at least one person dead and millions of the island’s residents without power or running water. Hurricane Fiona, this season’s sixth named storm, is only the third to transform from a tropical storm into a hurricane since the ...

  • After knocking out power in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic

    After knocking out power in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic

    Sep 19, 2022 02:18 PM EST

    ... mph (150 kph) on Monday morning, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It was moving to the northwest at eight mph (13 kph). Tropical storm-force winds extended out for 150 miles (240 kilometers) from the center. Forecasters said the storm's was expected to emerge over the ...

  • Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico after knocking out power across entire island

    Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico after knocking out power across entire island

    Sep 18, 2022 08:04 PM EST

    ... reopen on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of customers were still without power or water, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Madeline was forecast to cause heavy rains and flooding across parts of southwestern Mexico. The storm was centered about 155 miles (245 kilometers ...

  • Now a hurricane, Fiona expected to hit Puerto Rico Sunday

    Now a hurricane, Fiona expected to hit Puerto Rico Sunday

    Sep 18, 2022 03:40 PM EST

    ... reopen on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of customers were still without power or water, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Madeline was forecast to cause heavy rains and flooding across parts of southwestern Mexico. The storm was centered about 155 miles (245 kilometers ...