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Hurricane Milton pulls away from Florida’s east coast, leaving wake of devastation across the state
Read full article: Hurricane Milton pulls away from Florida’s east coast, leaving wake of devastation across the stateHurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County Wednesday night as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing with it 120 mph winds and a devastating storm surge.
The Salvation Army provides disaster services in response to Hurricane Helene
Read full article: The Salvation Army provides disaster services in response to Hurricane HeleneThe Salvation Army plans to activate its disaster response teams to provide immediate relief to communities affected by Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Ernesto’s impact on local surf breaks and the unusual conditions for the Hammerhead Ocean Marathon
Read full article: Hurricane Ernesto’s impact on local surf breaks and the unusual conditions for the Hammerhead Ocean MarathonA forecast for surfers and swimmers made by a local meteorologist...not someone from California.
‘It’s kicking our butt financially:’ Big Bend residents pulling from savings to recover from hurricane
Read full article: ‘It’s kicking our butt financially:’ Big Bend residents pulling from savings to recover from hurricaneIt’s been a week and a half since Hurricane Idalia barreled through Florida’s Big Bend as a powerful category 3 storm, with winds up to 125 miles an hour and storm surge over 10 feet in some coastal areas.
Hurricane Lee barrels through open Atlantic waters after becoming season's first Category 5 storm
Read full article: Hurricane Lee barrels through open Atlantic waters after becoming season's first Category 5 stormHurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean.
Hurricane Idalia 100 mph winds topple Perry gas station awning
Read full article: Hurricane Idalia 100 mph winds topple Perry gas station awningHurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida's Big Bend as a category 3 storm. Winds over 100 mph forced a gas station awning in Perry to topple over. Other areas of Perry suffered damage.
Keep an eye on these live beach cameras as we track Hurricane Ida
Read full article: Keep an eye on these live beach cameras as we track Hurricane IdaTropical Storm Ida formed early Thursday afternoon in the Western Caribbean, and as of midday Friday, it was projected that the storm would track into the Gulf eventually as a hurricane of at least Category 2 strength.
Delta intensifies to Category 3 hurricane as it bounds toward Louisiana
Read full article: Delta intensifies to Category 3 hurricane as it bounds toward LouisianaThe center of Hurricane Delta was located near latitude 24.8 North, longitude 93.4 West. Delta is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some weakening is possible as Delta approaches the northern Gulf coast on Friday, with rapid weakening expected after the center moves inland. Within minutes of the National Hurricane Center upgrading Delta to a Category 3 hurricane Tuesday morning, data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated that sustained winds had increased to 130 mph. Residents in these areas should ensure they have their hurricane plan in place and monitor updates to the forecast of Delta,” the Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Humberto leaves most of Bermuda in the dark
Read full article: Hurricane Humberto leaves most of Bermuda in the darkHAMILTON, Bermuda - Bermuda will be feeling only some leftover winds Thursday as Hurricane Humberto keeps moving further into the Atlantic. By early Thursday, the center had discontinued all warnings for Bermuda as Humberto churned about 195 miles north northeast of Bermuda. The island was still feeling the storm's tropical storm-force winds Thursday morning, which extended 220 miles from the center. Humberto is one of three stormsThe hurricane is one of three storms drawing attention in the Atlantic basin this week. Meantime, Tropical Storm Jerry, brewing in the Atlantic, is expected to become a hurricane by the time it reaches the northern Leeward Islands on Friday, the hurricane center said.
Category 3 Humberto may swipe Bermuda Wednesday
Read full article: Category 3 Humberto may swipe Bermuda WednesdayHumberto, a sprawling Category 3 storm, is packing sustained winds of 115 mph as it pushes east-northeast about 285 miles west of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday at 5 a.m. Two to 4 inches of rain, dangerous waves along south-facing beaches and a storm surge of 1 to 3 feet also are expected, the hurricane center said. And Tropical Storm Jerry, still far east of the Leeward Islands, could strengthen into a hurricane by week's end. Humberto could strengthen as it passes Wednesday into Thursday morning less than 100 miles to the island's north, Jones and Garrett said. "Weather should begin to deteriorate in Bermuda later today," the hurricane center said early Wednesday.
John Gaughan on 5 p.m. Friday NHC track
Read full article: John Gaughan on 5 p.m. Friday NHC trackGetting scarier with seemingly every update from forecasters, Dorian strengthened into an "extremely dangerous'' Category 3 in the afternoon and was expected to become a potentially catastrophic... Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.
Dorian could be first major hurricane to make landfall at Kennedy Space Center
Read full article: Dorian could be first major hurricane to make landfall at Kennedy Space CenterKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Florida's space port is preparing for what could be the first time a major hurricane makes landfall at Kennedy Space Center in the center's history. Teams at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base have begun taking steps to prepare for Hurricane Dorian. As of Wednesday at 2 p.m., the National Hurricane Center put the space center in the storm's cone of uncertainty with a landfall sometime Sunday as a Category 3 hurricane. The 6-million-pound crawler carried Saturn V, the space shuttle and will eventually carry the Space Launch System out to the launch pad. Ahead of any storm, NASA will close Kennedy Space Center and only a small team of specialists, known as the Ride-out-Team, will remain.
On this day: August 29
Read full article: On this day: August 292005: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in southeast Louisiana. Katrina would go on to devastate much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing more than $80 billion in damage. The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans, which flooded after the city's levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. Hide Caption