• News Wrap: U.S. officially passes 200,000 pandemic deaths

    News Wrap: U.S. officially passes 200,000 pandemic deaths

    Sep 22, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Woodruff: President Trump said today that he will announce his court nominee on Saturday. We will look at all of this after the news summary. Tropical Storm Beta weakened today as it stalled over the Texas coast, unleashing heavy downpours. At least 14 inches of rain touched off flash floods ...

  • Beta weakens to tropical depression, stalls over Texas coast

    Beta weakens to tropical depression, stalls over Texas coast

    Sep 22, 2020 04:32 PM EDT

    ... has regenerated near the Azores but was weakening on Tuesday, the hurricane center said. Now a tropical storm, Paulette was expected to become a post-tropical remnant low in the next day or so. The National Weather Service said on Twitter: “Because 2020, we now have Zombie Tropical Storms. Welcome ...

  • News Wrap: Dozens of wildfires still burning on West Coast

    News Wrap: Dozens of wildfires still burning on West Coast

    Sep 21, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    ... effort to withhold funding is unconstitutional.Judy Woodruff: The Justice Department says that all three cities have resisted federal intervention to quell the unrest. Another tropical system is plaguing the U.S. Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Beta is due to come ashore tonight in Texas, and then veer into Louisiana ...

  • News Wrap: CDC rescinds guidance about not testing asymptomatic people

    News Wrap: CDC rescinds guidance about not testing asymptomatic people

    Sep 18, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... seen this morning in the flyover of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach and Fort Morgan, it's really, really bad. Judy Woodruff: Meanwhile, a new tropical storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico today, heading toward the U.S. Forecasters named it Beta, resorting to the Greek alphabet after using ...

  • Alabama reports 2nd death from Hurricane Sally as new storm 'Alpha' forms near Portugal

    Alabama reports 2nd death from Hurricane Sally as new storm 'Alpha' forms near Portugal

    Sep 18, 2020 06:30 PM EDT

    ... is expected to move across the coast of west-central Portugal during the next few days, the Hurricane Center said.Alpha came within hours of Tropical Storm Wilfred also forming in the eastern Atlantic, using the last of the traditional names for tropical systems. That storm's maximum sustained winds ...

  • After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers

    After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers

    Sep 17, 2020 03:32 PM EDT

    ... Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph) and was forecast to become a major hurricane by Friday as it moves toward Bermuda. Tropical Storm Vicky was expected to dissipate in the coming days.Wang reported from Mobile, Alabama, and Martin, from Marietta, Georgia. Associated Press contributors include ...

  • Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama with heavy rain

    Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama with heavy rain

    Sep 16, 2020 01:13 PM EDT

    ... Sally hit just shy of three weeks after Hurricane Laura pummeled southwestern Louisiana on Aug. 27. Thousands of people were still without power from that storm, and some were still in shelters.Meanwhile, far out in the Atlantic Tropical Storm Teddy became a hurricane with winds of 100 mph (160 ...

  • Hurricane Sally could unleash torrential rain and significant storm surge on Mobile

    Hurricane Sally could unleash torrential rain and significant storm surge on Mobile

    Sep 15, 2020 10:45 PM EDT

    Sandy Stimpson: So, our most recent storm was 2018. And it was a tropical storm. So, it was more wind than flooding. If you go back to 2004, Ivan was the last major impact we had, which actually hit just a little bit east of here. But it's been ...

  • Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast

    Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast

    Sep 15, 2020 04:07 PM EDT

    ... from storm surge.The southwestern part of the state was pummeled by Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27 and an estimated 2,000 evacuees from that storm were sheltered in New Orleans, mostly in hotels. Monday marked only the second time on record, forecasters said, that five tropical cyclones swirled simultaneously ...

  • News Wrap: Belarus’ besieged Lukashenko meets with Putin

    News Wrap: Belarus’ besieged Lukashenko meets with Putin

    Sep 14, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... will be? Ken Graham: Yes, looking at 100 mile-an-hour winds right now, so, significant hurricane. And, actually, looking at this, I mean, the tropical storm-force winds extend out over 100 miles, but the real story here is slow, and that is a big problem. So, if you ...