Both Republicans and Democrats signed off on a budget deal earlier this year that increased funding for FEMA’s immigration programs that are now under scrutiny as the agency faces crisis over weak hurricane response. In the midst of the last major budget crisis in Washington, Democrats diverted money and the legal authority to put the […]
Milton strengthened into a major hurricane Monday on a path toward Florida population centers including Tampa and Orlando, threatening a storm surge as high as 12 feet in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after a catastrophic Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline. Milton grew into a Category […]
Communities in Florida are being urged to prepare for a potential Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico just days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the state – killing at least 20 people in Florida, leaving thousands without power and paving a trail of wreckage. While the state is still clearing debris from […]
The center of Hurricane Idalia has slammed Florida’s Gulf Coast at dangerous Category 3 strength, inflicting deadly storm surge and catastrophic winds not seen in this region in 125 years while promising untold devastation far beyond the landfall zone. Idalia moved ashore midmorning Wednesday near Keaton Beach in the Big Bend area – where the […]
Southern California has faced the worst of the flooding as the tropical storm rose up from Baja California in Mexico. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said the level of rain was unusual for the middle of summer, and his area was not prepared for it. “We are not used to this level of precipitation, generally,” […]
Major Hurricane Ian will make landfall across the west-central coast of Florida on Wednesday and into Thursday. This incredibly dangerous storm will slow down and bring life-threatening storm surge, heavy rain and extreme flooding along the coast and far inland. Tornadoes will be possible, as well as widespread power outages. Cuban authorities declared emergencies in […]
Seven Louisiana nursing homes on Saturday were ordered to close immediately because their patients were evacuated to a single warehouse ahead of Hurricane Ida, the Louisiana Department of Health said. Seven patients have died since the move, and five of the deaths have been classified as storm-related fatalities, the health department said in a statement. […]
Heavy rains and winds battered Louisiana Thursday morning as a weakening Hurricane Laura roared northward, threatening to spread further damage well inland after slamming the Lake Charles area and causing at least one death. The historic Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday in Cameron, about 45 miles south of Lake Charles, as a dangerous Category […]
Jose re-strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane this afternoon and could potentially bring Nor’easter-like conditions to New York and Boston next week. As of just before 5 p.m. ET, Jose — with winds of 75 mph — was located about 485 miles southwest of Bermuda. It’s expected to move between Bermuda […]
