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Cuba slowly restores power after hurricane, Havana still dark

Artemisa, Cuba Reuters Cuban authorities said they had begun restoring power to the eastern half of the island on Thursday, a day after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country’s electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark.   The grid collapsed on Wednesday as Rafael tore across Cuba with top winds of more than 185 […]

Tropical Storm Rafael gains steam, churns toward Jamaica, Cuba

Havana, Cuba Reuters Tropical Storm Rafael gained steam late on Monday as it churned northward toward Cuba, which is still struggling to recover from a nationwide blackout and hurricane two weeks ago. The US National Hurricane Center said Rafael would see “steady or rapid intensification” before plowing across western Cuba with maximum predicted winds of […]

Storm Nadine weakens over Guatemala after pummelling Belize, Mexico’s Yucatan

Belize City, Belize Reuters Storm Nadine weakened to a tropical depression on Saturday as it chugged across Guatemala, after dumping heavy rain and bringing strong winds to neighbouring Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The storm is expected to swirl across Guatemala and into Mexico’s south-eastern states of Chiapas and Tabasco through early Sunday, […]

Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast, millions flee

St Petersburg, Florida Reuters An expanding Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities already battered by Hurricane Helene. As many as […]

Florida braces for Hurricane Milton on the heels of Helene

Reuters Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the US state’s western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating Hurricane Helene. Milton, which strengthened from a tropical storm to hurricane on Sunday, was projected to make landfall on […]

At least 33 dead as Helene cuts destructive path through south-eastern US

Atlanta, US Reuters Tropical Storm Helene brought life-threatening flooding to the Carolinas on Friday after leaving widespread destruction as a major hurricane in Florida and Georgia overnight that killed at least 33 people, swamped neighbourhoods and left more than four million homes and businesses without power. Helene hit Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful […]

Storm Francine races across US South, slamming region with rain and wind

New Orleans, US Reuters Storm Francine barreled across the US South on Thursday, pounding the region with heavy rains and gusty winds while causing widespread power outages for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. It had weakened from a Category 2 hurricane to a tropical depression as it moved northeastward over central Mississippi, but […]

Ernesto becomes a hurricane again, causing dangerous rip currents

Reuters Ernesto regained hurricane strength on Sunday and the storm was causing dangerous rip currents on beaches along the US east coast and Canada, the US National Hurricane Center said. The forecaster also said that additional intensification is expected over the next 12 hours, followed by a weakening before it becomes a post-tropical cyclone on […]

Hurricane Ernesto bears down on Bermuda, already knocking out power

Bermuda Reuters Hurricane Ernesto bore down on Bermuda on Friday as a Category 2 storm, threatening the British island territory with strong winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially deadly flooding. Ernesto, centred about 150 kilometres south-southwest of the archipelago at 8pm Atlantic Standard Time , was producing sustained winds of up to 155 kph […]

Hurricane Ernesto nears Bermuda as Puerto Rico outages persist

Reuters Hurricane Ernesto on Thursday barrelled toward Bermuda where it threatened powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and heavy rains over the weekend after leaving hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans without power in its wake. Now a Category 1 hurricane, Ernesto is forecast to strengthen into a much more powerful hurricane before it reaches […]