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The storm’s fourth landfall took place just to the south of Cedar Key, Florida at 4 a.m., with winds of 50 mph, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy. Tropical-storm-force winds extend 115 miles from the storm’s center, according to the National Hurricane Center. More than 15,000 customers in Florida are currently without power, according to …

Zeta struck the Yucatán Peninsula north of Tulum, Mexico, shortly after midnight as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The area is being pummeled by strong winds and heavy rains, and the storm is expected to bring storm surge of 2 to 4 feet above normal …

The 2020 hurricane season continues to overachieve, as tropical storm Zeta gets stronger over the Western Caribbean. The storm is expected to become a hurricane on Monday, taking a track similar to Hurricane Delta, striking near Cancun and then heading towards the Northern Gulf Coast. CBS News Zeta is the 27th named system of the …

CLOSE Hurricane Sally’s winds are battering Pensacola, Florida, and its slow pace means the rains will bring “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding.” Storyful PENSACOLA, Fla. – Part of bridge collapsed in Pensacola as 30 inches of rain and storm surge turned streets into white-capped rivers Wednesday morning after Hurricane Sally lurched ashore the Gulf Coast.  Sally’s strong …

This year’s hurricane season is on pace to be the most active of all time, so it’s no wonder that the tropics remain very busy. The National Hurricane Center now sees several tropical waves in the Atlantic storm basin. Tropical Storm Sally is just off the west coast of Florida and is expected to strengthen …

Isaias reached sustained winds of 85 mph Monday, becoming a Category 1 hurricane, before reaching land near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, around 11:10 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. It was downgraded to a tropical storm early Tuesday morning, with maximum sustained winds lowered to 70 mph. But Isaias is still carrying dangerous, …

Danielle Nelson’s best monitor for the emissions billowing out of the oil refineries and chemical plants surrounding her home: The heaving chest of her 9-year-old asthmatic son. On some nights, the boy’s chest shudders as he fights for breath in his sleep. Nelson suspects the towering plants and refineries are to blame, rising like a …

Earthquake strikes Tokyo as typhoon hits As people in Japan braced for a powerful typhoon Friday night, they looked up to see a strange phenomenon: a bright purple sky. Typhoon Hagibis brought heavy rain and strong winds to the region and is expected to be Japan’s worst in six decades. The typhoon touched down southwest of Tokyo …

Hurricane Dorian, packing powerful winds and dangerous storm surges, made its first landfall in the United States over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at about 9 a.m. Friday. The Category 1 storm has been skimming along North Carolina’s coast at about 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. …

The storm had lost some of its strength after hitting the Bahamas. But it intensified again into a Category 3 storm Wednesday night, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The city of Charleston was already experiencing flooding Thursday morning, Charleston County Emergency Management told CNN. Dorian is 80 …