Oct 08 Milton may be the first major hurricane to hit Tampa Bay in more than 100 years By Terry Spencer, Haven Daley, Associated Press Forecasters warned that Milton could bring a 10- to 15-foot storm surge to Tampa Bay, leading to evacuation orders being issued for beach communities all along the Gulf coast. Continue reading
Oct 07 Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthens into Category 5 storm, Florida orders evacuations By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida to the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading
Oct 01 Exhausted first responders work around the clock in North Carolina's mountains days after Helene's deluge By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Residents of western North Carolina are lining up for water and food, hunting for cell signals and slogging buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene's remnants deluged the region… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 6:29 Florida's Big Bend faces another round of rebuilding after 3rd hurricane in 13 months By Christopher Booker, Sam Lane, Maea Lenei Buhre, Layla Quran, Mary Fecteau The devastating toll from Hurricane Helene keeps growing. At least 121 people have died in six states and officials fear that number could grow much larger. Many remain missing and unaccounted for since phone lines and cell towers have been… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 5:12 'People are on edge': N.C. communities face crisis in aftermath of flooding By Amna Nawaz In North Carolina, communities are in crisis with roads closed, slowing the delivery of food, water and other desperately needed aid. The city of Asheville, in particular, has been devastated with flooded roads and loss of power essentially cutting the… Continue watching
Sep 30 Crisis unfolds in the Southeast as Helene's death toll climbs to more than 100 By Kate Payne, Jeffrey Collins, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Forecasters say a new tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic Ocean could become a hurricane by midweek. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 5:23 Helene's impact felt far and wide across several Southern states By Christopher Booker, Murrey Jacobson, Winston Wilde, Maea Lenei Buhre, Sam Lane Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 5:40 Florida braces for potentially catastrophic winds and storm surge from Hurricane Helene By Geoff Bennett, Murrey Jacobson, Winston Wilde, Mekhi Hill Florida is bracing for a direct hit from Hurricane Helene, a powerful storm that's strengthened to a Category 4 with 130 mph winds. Helene is expected to make landfall Thursday night, but many across the state have been feeling its… Continue watching
Sep 26 Hurricane Helene could cause a 'nightmare' scenario of catastrophic storm surge in Florida By Heather Hollingsworth, Stephen Smith, Associated Press Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida and has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm. Continue reading
Sep 17 Landslides, floods in Myanmar push Typhoon Yagi's death toll from past 500 in Southeast Asia By Associated Press State media in Myanmar reported that floods and landslides triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing. Continue reading