Jan 12 26 missing, at least 13 dead in Indonesia landslides By Associated Press Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia's West Java province over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 17 Hurricane Iota lands in Nicaragua, dealing 2nd blow in 2 weeks By Gabriela Selser, Associated Press In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful Hurricane Eta 13 days earlier. Continue reading
Nov 12 Tropical Storm Eta dumps blustery rain on Florida’s west coast By Associated Press Tropical Storm Eta dumped torrents of blustery rain on Florida's west coast as it moved over Florida after making landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area Thursday morning. Continue reading
Nov 09 Tropical Storm Eta dumps rain on an already flooded Florida By Freida Frisaro, Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press Torrential rain from Tropical Storm Eta caused dangerous flooding across Florida's most densely populated urban areas on Monday after it made landfall in the Florida Keys. Continue reading
Nov 05 A weakened Eta moves on to Honduras with drenching rains By Marlon González, Associated Press Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have caused deadly landslides while drenching the country's east and the north of neighboring Nicaragua. Continue reading
Nov 04 Tropical storm Eta hits Nicaragua with rains, deadly mudslides By Associated Press The storm had weakened from the Category 4 hurricane that battered the coast, but it was moving so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America was on high alert. Eta had sustained winds of 50 mph… Continue reading
Nov 03 Hurricane Eta slams into Nicaragua as Category 4 storm By Associated Press The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta has moved ashore in Nicaragua with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 5:51 These Western states have endured a relentless wildfire season — and it’s not over By Claire Mufson In the American West, there has been little relief from a record-breaking fire season that has burned more than 5 million acres. Maggie Mullen of the Mountain West News Bureau in Wyoming, Cassandra Profita of Oregon Public Broadcasting and Sharon… Continue watching
Oct 29 Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary coast By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill, Associated Press A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it barreled northeast Thursday morning after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials assessed the havoc the storm had wrought. Continue reading
Oct 29 Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam By Hau Dinh, Associated Press A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years blew away from the country on Thursday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power to at least 1.7 million people. Continue reading