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Tropical Storm Delta brings heavy rain and flood threats to Tennessee Valley after slamming US Gulf Coast
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall This satellite image taken on Friday, October 9, shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall Storm surge in Lake Charles as Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Louisiana on Friday, October 9. In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall Danielle Fontenot runs to a …
National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Sally could strengthen to Category 2 hurricane before landfall on Gulf Coast Tuesday
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 …
Laura forecast: Louisiana, Arkansas, and Kentucky next in tropical storm’s path
Damaging winds and flash flooding are likely even as the storm further weakens Laura was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm midday Thursday, centered about 50 miles east-southeast of Shreveport, La. Briskly headed north at 16 mph, Laura’s peak winds were 70 mph. On Thursday morning, Alexandria International Airport recorded a wind gust …
A weakened Tropical Storm Marco and a strengthening Tropical Storm Laura are heading for the Gulf Coast
Louisiana is likely to be spared from the one-two punch of back-to-back hurricanes this week as Marco was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday night. But the state is still in the path of Tropical Storm Laura, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in the US. Both storms were previously …
Here are the places that have opened emergency charging stations in N.J. after Tropical Storm Isaias
About 1.4 million New Jerseyans have been left without power after Tropical Storm Isaias blew across the Garden State on Tuesday. Electric utilities and Gov. Phil Murphy warned that it could take days for some parts of New Jersey to have electricity restored. PSE&G, the state’s largest utility, described Isaias as “among the strongest storms …
Isaias downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall in North Carolina
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, …
SpaceX return: Astronauts head for splashdown, despite tropical storm
The spacecraft is expected to touch down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on Sunday at 2:48 pm ET. Behnken and Hurley’s safe homecoming will mark the end to an historic two-month mission and pave the way for the US to once again become a world leader in human spaceflight. The astronauts have been aboard …
Florida feels first rain and winds of Tropical Storm Isaias
Tropical Storm Isaias now has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. A Hurricane Warning along the east coast of Florida has been replaced with a Tropical Storm Warning that’s been extended northward along the coast to South Santee River, South Carolina. A Storm Surge Watch is also in effect from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, north …