• 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 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 ...

  • LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Sally's path

    LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Sally's path

    Sep 14, 2020 09:34 PM EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • More than 750,000 still without power in Hurricane Laura's aftermath

    More than 750,000 still without power in Hurricane Laura's aftermath

    Aug 28, 2020 05:43 PM EDT

    ... the state, while the hurricane's remnants carried tropical rain and wind across Tennessee and posed new dangers. Flooding and tornadoes were possible as the storm, now a tropical depression, drifted north. Forecasters warned that the system could strengthen into a tropical storm again upon returning to the Atlantic Ocean ...

  • Remnants of Hurricane Laura move east, leaving a disaster in Louisiana

    Remnants of Hurricane Laura move east, leaving a disaster in Louisiana

    Aug 28, 2020 02:16 PM EDT

    ... 11 hours after landfall did Laura finally lose hurricane status as it plowed north and thrashed Arkansas, and up until Thursday evening it remained a tropical storm, with sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and spawning tornadoes. Pastor Steve Hinkle surveyed the damage after a tornado gutted his Refuge ...

  • Gulf Coast escapes storm surge, but hurricane winds cause extensive damage

    Gulf Coast escapes storm surge, but hurricane winds cause extensive damage

    Aug 27, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    ... powerful, but it passed quickly. Judy Woodruff: He plans to tour the damage this weekend. Back in Louisiana, the system's sustained winds dropped to tropical storm status as it lumbered farther inland. But it will still unleash strong winds across Northern Louisiana and Arkansas overnight, before turning east. Forecasters ...

  • Laura still a hurricane 170 miles after landfall

    Laura still a hurricane 170 miles after landfall

    Aug 27, 2020 03:38 PM EDT

    ... at about 1 a.m. Thursday. Nine hours later, it was about 10 miles north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and had not yet weakened into a tropical storm. LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Laura The hurricane is expected to keep drenching Louisiana and then Arkansas as a tropical storm, causing widespread flash ...