• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 Niña, 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • This year's record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season is raising more concerns about climate change

    This year's record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season is raising more concerns about climate change

    Dec 01, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

    ... Ironically, cooling in the equatorial Pacific makes it easier for tropical storms to form and gain strength in the Atlantic. That’s because La Niña weakens the vertical wind shear over the tropical Atlantic. Vertical wind shear – a change in wind speeds with altitude – is highly disruptive to storm development.

  • Hurricane Iota now a Category 5 storm near Central America

    Hurricane Iota now a Category 5 storm near Central America

    Nov 16, 2020 04:31 PM EDT

    ... people being evacuated in wooden boats, carrying young children as well as dogs and chickens. MORE: Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms Eta already wreaked havoc. It hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane, killing at least 120 people as torrential rains caused flash floods ...

  • News Wrap: UN warns of war crimes in Ethiopian conflict

    News Wrap: UN warns of war crimes in Ethiopian conflict

    Nov 13, 2020 11:45 PM EDT

    ... record high for the first time since September, adding 48 points. At least seven people have died in North Carolina in flash flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Eta. Roads and bridges were swept away after some places were inundated with as much as 10 inches of rain. One person also ...

  • Hurricane Center says another storm could follow Eta's deadly path

    Hurricane Center says another storm could follow Eta's deadly path

    Nov 13, 2020 06:56 PM EDT

    ... blew out to sea on Friday, another storm was brewing that could follow its path of death and destruction into Central America this weekend, and Tropical Storm Theta was moving closer to Europe. Hurricane experts were closely watching the Caribbean, where Tropical Depression 31 could get a name — Iota — later ...