... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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.
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... many residents remain trapped. Some 200,000 people were forced to evacuate. Back in this country, heavy rains pummeled Florida's western coast today, after Tropical Storm Eta crashed ashore for a second time. It happened before dawn just north of the Tampa Bay Area, packing maximum sustained winds of ...
... army urged an end to the fighting that began in September. Azerbaijan's president called the cease-fire a glorious victory. Back in this country, Tropical Storm Eta has drifted away from South Florida, leaving a swathe of the region underwater. The storm was stalled today just off Western Cuba ...
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