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With 100 mph winds, Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm

By Daniel Kozin, Associated Press

Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall.

LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Hilary

Tropical Storm Hilary swirled northward Sunday just off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, no longer a hurricane but still carrying so much rain that forecasters said “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding is likely. Follow for updates here.

Picking up strength, Hurricane Hilary could reach California as a very rare tropical storm

By Associated Press

No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California since Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Service.

At least 6 killed in wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, official says

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press

Photos posted by the county overnight showed a line of flames blazing across an intersection and leaping above buildings in the town center that dates to the 1700s and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

WATCH: Hurricane season likely to be average, NOAA forecasts

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be.

Defense bill passed by House includes $34 billion to protect Texas coast from storms

By Juan A. Lozano, Michael Phillis, Associated Press

Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against…

News Wrap: Hurricane Nicole makes landfall on Florida’s east coast

In our news wrap Thursday, a rare November hurricane smashed into Florida's Atlantic coast, President Biden will meet China's President Xi for their first in-person encounter since Biden took office and the District of Columbia filed a civil suit against…

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WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warns of mass power outages as Hurricane Ian approaches landfall

By Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says some areas have begun to lose power and warns of mass outages as Hurricane Ian approaches the state's coast.

Hurricane Ian approaches Florida just below windspeeds for Category 5 storm

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian has rapidly intensified off Florida, gaining top winds of 155 mph, just shy of the most devastating Category 5 hurricane status.