• WATCH: Officials give update on Florida building collapse as hurricane approaches

    WATCH: Officials give update on Florida building collapse as hurricane approaches

    Jul 02, 2021 08:51 PM EST

    ... the work too dangerous. Some rescue workers who are now staying in tents will be moved to cruise ships, which can stay safe during a tropical storm, Jadallah said. About 600 first responders will stay on the Royal Caribbean ship Explorer of the Seas, the cruise line said. The ship ...

  • Elsa strengthens into season's first hurricane in Caribbean

    Elsa strengthens into season's first hurricane in Caribbean

    Jul 02, 2021 02:53 PM EST

    ... play the fool.” A hurricane warning was in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The long-term track showed the storm rolling toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti as a hurricane before weakening back to tropical storm force and potentially heading in the direction of ...

  • News Wrap: Biden meets with victim's families as rescue crews halt Surfside operations

    News Wrap: Biden meets with victim's families as rescue crews halt Surfside operations

    Jul 01, 2021 10:50 PM EST

    ... ahead of the flames late Wednesday. The Eastern Caribbean is on high alert tonight for Tropical Storm Elsa. It's forecast to strengthen and pass near the Windward Islands tomorrow, with up to eight inches of rain. No Atlantic hurricane season has ever had a fifth named storm this early.

  • News Wrap: Biden to visit Surfside condo collapse site on Thursday

    News Wrap: Biden to visit Surfside condo collapse site on Thursday

    Jun 29, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... and other parts of eastern Washington state and Oregon. Readings across those areas could hit 115 degrees before today is over. On the East Coast, Tropical Storm Danny weakened today as it moved inland across Georgia and kept dumping heavy rain. The storm triggered flooding after coming ashore last night ...

  • News Wrap: Iran's president-elect rules out meeting with Biden, asks for lift on sanctions

    News Wrap: Iran's president-elect rules out meeting with Biden, asks for lift on sanctions

    Jun 21, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... of U.S. sanctions on Iran. New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to be the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics. A tropical storm moved into the Atlantic Ocean after killing 14 in Alabama. ... Judy Woodruff: The U.S. Supreme Court says colleges may offer more than ...

  • 12 dead in Alabama due to Claudette, including 10 children

    12 dead in Alabama due to Claudette, including 10 children

    Jun 20, 2021 09:59 PM EST

    ... in a statement. Top winds from Claudette remained near 30 mph (45 kph) on Sunday. National Hurricane Center forecasters predicted it would strengthen back to tropical storm status Monday over eastern North Carolina before heading out to sea in the Atlantic Ocean. The center of Claudette’s disorganized circulation was ...

  • News Wrap: US Gulf Coast braces for storms, West faces deadly heat wave

    News Wrap: US Gulf Coast braces for storms, West faces deadly heat wave

    Jun 18, 2021 10:37 PM EST

    ... For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Yang. Judy Woodruff: Meantime, the U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing tonight for what could be the first tropical storm to hit this year. Storm warnings extended across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, and Louisiana declared an emergency. All day, ominous ...

  • Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

    Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

    Jun 01, 2021 07:50 PM EST

    ... in the East Aldine area, said residents were "being used as political pawns" and he asked GLO officials to visit his community after the next storm. "Drive on past as our children are wading in disgusting flood waters, all because not a dime was spent to improve our drainage systems ...

  • Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here’s what forecasters are watching right now

    Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here’s what forecasters are watching right now

    May 21, 2021 04:20 PM EST

    ... if you’re watching for early signs of Atlantic hurricanes in 2021, keep an eye on the African monsoon for storm seeding, temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean to provide the fuel and a possible late-blooming La NiƱa, meaning less wind shear to tear storms apart. The National Hurricane ...

  • States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

    States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

    Mar 30, 2021 06:58 PM EST

    ... application?" said Andreanecia Morris of the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance. Cunningham said the program's size was daunting, made more challenging by a busy tropical storm season. "No one in the state has done anything on that scope," he said. "There was no infrastructure, no system to deliver. ... We ...