Oct 09 Hurricane Michael strengthens to Category 2 and takes aim at north Florida By Jennifer Kay, Gary Fineout, Associated Press The speed of the storm barreling toward the Florida Panhandle — Michael was moving north-northwest at 12 mph — was among the hazards worrying forecasters at the National Hurricane Center on Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Sep 05 As Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall, child died after tree falls on home By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Authorities posted on its Facebook page that responding deputies discovered that the child had been killed after a tree fell on a mobile home in Pensacola. The name and age were not released. Continue reading
May 29 Alberto, now a depression, dumps heavy rains across the South By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press In North Carolina, a television news anchor and a photojournalist were killed instantly on Monday while covering the weather, when a tree became uprooted from rain-soaked ground and toppled onto their SUV, authorities said. Continue reading
May 25 Meet Alberto, the first named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season By Associated Press A storm moving slowly through the Caribbean Sea is threatening to bring heavy rainfall, mudslides, and flash floods to parts of Mexico, Cuba, Florida and the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend. Continue reading
Jan 16 The 16 ‘billion dollar disasters’ of 2017 By Jennifer Hijazi Three massive hurricanes, severe storms and wildfires across the U.S. caused more than $306 billion in damage last year, making 2017 the most expensive year for climate disasters on record. Continue reading
Sep 18 Why U.S. Virgin Islanders feel there’s no place they belong By Elizabeth Flock Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a “battered wasteland” where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. Now, the islands are under… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch Aftermath From Hurricane Alex Continues to Hamper Oil Cleanup Efforts After-effects from Hurricane Alex again kept oil cleanup crews in port, as one estimate indicated the gusher is now the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown has an update on cleanup efforts. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Hurricane Alex Signals Storm Season Could Disrupt Oil Cleanup As Hurricane Alex stalls oil capture efforts along the Gulf Coast, Jeffrey Brown talks with a hurricane forecaster and an oil spill response expert about the ongoing oil capture efforts and the difficulties that the hurricane season may bring. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Hurricane Alex Hinders Oil Cleanup Efforts in Gulf High waves and gusting winds from Hurricane Alex hampered cleanup efforts in the Gulf, forcing oil-skimming ships back to shore. Jeffrey Brown reports on the difficulties storm season may pose for the Gulf Coast. Continue watching
May 31 Watch News Wrap: Americans Observe Memorial Day In other news Monday, President Obama paid his Memorial Day respects at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery outside Chicago, and American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan paused to remember fallen colleagues. Continue watching