• Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama with heavy rain

    Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama with heavy rain

    Sep 16, 2020 01:13 PM EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 ...

  • How slow movement of Hurricane Sally could create 'dangerous' conditions

    How slow movement of Hurricane Sally could create 'dangerous' conditions

    Sep 14, 2020 10:48 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Sally's path

    LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Sally's path

    Sep 14, 2020 09:34 PM EST

    By early afternoon, Sally had weakened into a tropical storm, with winds down to 70 mph (110 kph). Showers still fell in parts of the stricken area Wednesday evening, and the storm was expected to generate heavy rain farther inland as it moved over Alabama and into Georgia. At least ...

  • Why some hurricanes grow into massive storms — and why they are hard to predict

    Why some hurricanes grow into massive storms — and why they are hard to predict

    Sep 09, 2020 05:22 PM EST

    ... predict than the track of a hurricane. And they can coalesce right before landfall, making them especially dangerous. “The worst forecaster nightmare is having a storm bearing down on a populated coastline. You go to bed and it's a tropical storm and you wake up with a Cat[egory ...

  • Mexico struggles with U.S. water debt, suggests U.N. audit

    Mexico struggles with U.S. water debt, suggests U.N. audit

    Sep 04, 2020 12:25 AM EST

    ... it flow into the Rio Bravo, also known as the Rio Grande, on the border. In the past, Mexico has delayed payments, hoping that periodic tropical storms from the Gulf would create occasional windfalls of water. But while Hanna made landfall in Texas in July, the storm's rains did ...

  • 'Give us some type of help,' beg Louisianans hit by hurricane and pandemic

    'Give us some type of help,' beg Louisianans hit by hurricane and pandemic

    Aug 28, 2020 10:45 PM EST

    Hurricane Laura has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is still dropping heavy rains and spawning tornadoes as it moves east. Hundreds of thousands of people along the Gulf Coast remain without power, and it may be days, or even weeks, before it’s restored. In Lake Charles ...

  • WATCH: Trump amplifies convention warnings about Biden at New Hampshire rally

    WATCH: Trump amplifies convention warnings about Biden at New Hampshire rally

    Aug 28, 2020 09:52 PM EST

    ... visit New Hampshire six weeks ago, when he called off a trip on the eve of a scheduled campaign rally citing the threat from a tropical storm — but also as his campaign worried that attendance would be sparse amid a nationwide surge in virus cases. That rally was to have ...