Beta weakens into tropical depression, brings dangerous flash flooding to Texas
Storm surge and rainfall are combining to bring more flooding along the Texas coast after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall.
Big day in the tropics: Tropical storms Wilfred, Alpha, and Beta form just hours apart
Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the eastern Atlantic this morning, the latest storm in a record-breaking 2020 hurricane season that has now exhausted the list of hurricane names. It was soon followed by Alpha and Beta, the first uses of a Greek letter for a storm since 2005.
Rescuers reach people cut off by Hurricane Sally, hundreds of thousands still without power
Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama on Thursday. Georgia and the Carolinas were also warned of flooding.
Hurricane Sally makes landfall near Alabama as a Category 2 storm
Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with historic floods
Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.
5 tropical cyclones brew in Atlantic at the same time, only 2nd time on record
Hurricane Paulette has made a rare landfall in Bermuda as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and sea ports.
Hurricane center monitoring 4 areas for development, including 2 with 'high' chances
The peak of the hurricane season is just days away and forecasters on Sunday have their eyes on four potential areas for tropical development out in the Atlantic basin.
Key air monitors offline after Laura hits Louisiana gas hub
While the chlorine fire was being monitored as a potential health threat, Louisiana environmental spokesman Greg Langley says he knows of no other major industrial health risks from the storm in the state.
Former FEMA presidential appointee weighs in on extensive hurricane cleanup along the Gulf Coast
KTVU's Cristina Rendon spoke with Mark Neveau, a former FEMA presidential appointee, during the 5 O'Clock News on KTVU on Friday, August 28, 2020.
Tropical Depression Laura still dangerous as it moves through Mid-Mississippi Valley; death toll climbs to 11
The remnants of Hurricane Laura are unleashing heavy rain hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and destruction left along the northwest Gulf Coast.
‘Houses that are totally gone’: 4 dead as Tropical Storm Laura exits Louisiana, leaving wake of destruction
One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain early Thursday morning, but Laura rapidly weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm by afternoon.
Hurricane Laura captured in stunning pictures from space
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy has photographed Hurricane Laura from his vantage point on the International Space Station.
Hurricane Laura: Wind, rain pummel coasts of Louisiana, Texas as ferocious storm makes landfall
The storm's power is raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters say would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities on the Texas and Louisiana coast.
Hurricane Laura forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate Gulf Coast
More than 385,000 residents were told to flee the Texas cities of Beaumont, Galveston and Port Arthur, and another 200,000 were ordered to leave low-lying Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, where forecasters said as much as 13 feet (3.96 meters) of storm surge topped by waves could submerge whole communities.
Hurricane Laura forms; projected to strengthen before Gulf Coast landfall
Laura became a hurricane on Tuesday morning as it entered the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, gathering strength on a path to hit the U.S. coastline early Thursday as a major hurricane that could unleash a surge of seawater higher than a basketball hoop and swamp entire towns.
Hurricane Isaias hits the Bahamas and heading towards Florida
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Hurricane Isaias ripped shingles off roofs and blew over trees as it carved its way through the Bahamas early Saturday and headed toward the Florida coast, where officials in Miami said they were closing beaches, marinas and parks.
Bahamas, Florida brace as new Hurricane Isaias bears down
Newly formed Hurricane Isaias is bearing down on the Bahamas and the U.S. East Coast.
Hawaiian Islands avoid direct hit from Hurricane Douglas
Hurricane Douglas has gained some strength and begun to spin away from many of the Hawaiian Islands.
Virus-weary Texas braces as Hurricane Hanna arrives
Many parts of Texas, including the area where Hanna came ashore, have been dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
Tropical Storm Arthur hits North Carolina coast with rain
Tropical Storm Arthur brought heavy rain to North Carolina's coast on Monday as forecasters warned that the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could also spread life-threatening surf and rip currents along U.S. East coast beaches in the days ahead.