Oct 21 Watch 1:21 News Wrap: U.S. budget deficit rises to $1.7 trillion in 2023 fiscal year In our news wrap Saturday, new numbers from the U.S. Treasury Department showed the nation’s deficit has increased nearly 25 percent to $1.7 trillion in the last fiscal year, and at least four people have died in the torrential storm… Continue watching
Oct 21 Hurricane Norma makes landfall in Mexico as Tammy threatens islands in Atlantic By Ignacio Martinez, Fernando Llano, Associated Press The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading
Oct 05 Tropical Storm Philippe heads for Bermuda en route to Atlantic Canada, New England By Associated Press Philippe’s center is expected to pass near or just west of Bermuda on Friday and then reach the coast of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or eastern Maine on Saturday night as a post-tropical cyclone, according to the National Hurricane Center… Continue reading
Sep 24 Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic By Laura Ungar, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press After being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia on Sunday still threatened parts of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. Continue reading
Sep 23 Tropical Storm Ophelia moves inland after making landfall in North Carolina with heavy rain By Brian Witte, Associated Press Tropical Storm Ophelia swirled across North Carolina after making landfall near Emerald Isle on Saturday morning, lashing eastern parts of the state with rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges of water. Continue reading
Sep 19 Libyan city divided to prevent disease outbreaks after flood By Associated Press Outside the city's al-Shabana mosque thousands called for a rapid investigation into the disaster, the urgent reconstruction of the city and other demands. Continue reading
Sep 16 Lee bears down on New England and Canada with hurricane-force winds, rain By Robert F. Bukaty, David Sharp, Associated Press Atlantic storm Lee made landfall at near-hurricane strength Saturday in Nova Scotia, Canada, after bringing destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains to a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada. Continue reading
Sep 12 Floods devastate eastern Libya, thousands missing and feared dead By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The destruction came to Derna and other parts of eastern Libya on Sunday night, when Mediterranean storm Daniel pounded the coast. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 4:20 News Wrap: Kremlin denies involvement in Prigozhin plane crash In our news wrap Friday, the Kremlin denied involvement in the plane crash that likely killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, all 19 people charged in Georgia's election interference case have now turned themselves in, storms in Michigan killed five people and left… Continue watching
Aug 22 Tropical Storm Hilary leaves desert and mountain towns in muddy mess By Mark J. Terrill, John Antczak, Julie Watson, Associated Press Hilary first slammed into Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula as a hurricane, causing one death and widespread flooding before becoming a tropical storm. Continue reading