Hurricane Rafael lashes Cuba with life-threatening winds, rain
Havana, Cuba Reuters Hurricane Rafael began lashing Cuba’s south shore as a Category 3 cyclone shortly after noon on Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center said, packing sustained winds of 185 kph and forcing widespread evacuations of tourists and residents. The hurricane was located about 135 kilometres south of Cuba’s capital Havana at 1pm, and […]
Helene, now a major hurricane, menaces Florida with “unsurvivable” storm surge
Reuters Driving rain flooded roadways and closed down airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state’s panhandle region, bringing the threat of a potentially deadly storm surge to much of the coastline. The storm became a major Category 3 hurricane on Thursday afternoon with sustained winds near 193 kph, the National […]
Hurricane Helene may hit Florida as a “catastrophic” Category 4 storm
Reuters Hurricane Helene is forecast to rapidly strengthen and could hit Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm, producing “catastrophic” winds of up to 251 km per hour, forecasters said. Helene entered the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and was expected to pick up strength from the gulf’s warm waters before making an expected […]
Debby makes second landfall in South Carolina as it marches northward
Atlanta, US Reuters Tropical Storm Debby made a second landfall northeast of Charleston early on Thursday as it dumped more rain on coastal South and North Carolina, exacerbating fears of flash flooding in areas already soaked by the slow-moving weather system. The storm came ashore again near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, three days after slamming […]
Tropical Storm Debby soaks US south-east
Atlanta, US Reuters Tropical Storm Debby inundated coastal Georgia and South Carolina with a deluge of rain on Tuesday that could bring “catastrophic flooding” to Charleston, Savannah and other cities in the south-eastern United States, the National Hurricane Center said. At least six people have died in Florida and Georgia in the wake of the […]
Hurricane Beryl passes over Caymans, heads for top Mexico resorts leaving widespread destruction
Updated: 12:30pm Kingston, Jamaica Reuters Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday evening as it zeroed in on Mexico’s top tourist resorts after leaving behind a deadly trail of destruction across several Caribbean islands over the past few days. Beryl, packing maximum winds of 185 kph, was on a path to strike […]
Hurricane Beryl strikes Jamaica as death toll creeps up, destruction widespread
Kingston, Jamaica/Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Hurricane Beryl churned menacingly over Jamaica on Wednesday afternoon, after uprooting trees, ripping off roofs and destroying farms as it forged a destructive, water-soaked path across smaller Caribbean islands over the past couple days. The death toll from the powerful Category 4 hurricane rose to at least nine, but it is […]
Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina after deadly march across Florida
Fort Myers, Florida, US Reuters A resurgent Hurricane Ian slammed into the South Carolina coast on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across the Florida peninsula that washed away houses and stranded thousands along the state’s Gulf Coast. The storm swept ashore at 2:05pm near Georgetown, a waterfront town about 97 kilometres […]