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Hurricane Francine Makes Landfall in Louisiana, Weakens

Residents along coast urged to 'hunker down'

(Newser) - Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday after strengthening to a Category 2 storm that could bring deadly storm surge, widespread flooding, and destructive winds on the northern US Gulf coast. The hurricane crashed into a fragile coastal region that hasn't fully recovered from a series of devastating...

New Orleans Is Under Hurricane Watch

Francine is now a hurricane

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Francine became Hurricane Francine over the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday evening as its course shifted eastward, putting New Orleans under hurricane watch. The storm is expected to make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday afternoon or evening but forecaster say it will likely hit as a Category 1 hurricane, not...

Gas Prices May Cross $3 on Their Way Down

Analysts say oil will be in no hurry to go back up—barring hurricanes, heat, and international complications

(Newser) - Gas prices are dropping, and industry analysts—while warning of a big caveat—say they're on track to keep falling, possibly bringing the national average for a gallon of regular to $3 a gallon for the first time in three years. The average price at the pump has plunged...

Hurricane Debby Dumps $1M in Cocaine on Florida Beach
Hurricane Debby Apparently
Brought a Lot of Cocaine
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 10, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

Hurricane Debby Apparently Brought a Lot of Cocaine

Storm dumps packages worth $1M on beaches in the Florida Keys

(Newser) - Hurricane Debby is wreaking havoc in the South this week, with Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina its biggest targets, but the storm system brought a little something extra to the Sunshine State, per the AP : 70 pounds of cocaine, worth about $1 million, that washed up in the Florida Keys,...

Intense Flooding After Debby Slams East Coast

High-water rescues are in full force in New York, Pennsylvania

(Newser) - First responders launched high-water and helicopter rescues of people trapped in cars and homes in rural New York and Pennsylvania as heavy rain from the remnants of Debby slammed the Northeast with intense floods. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared states of emergency. More than...

Boy Killed in Mobile Home as Hurricane Blows Through

Tree was felled by Hurricane Debby in Levy County, Florida

(Newser) - The worst effects of Hurricane Debby are supposed to unfold over the next few days in the form of potentially catastrophic flooding in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. But the storm has been blamed for a wind-related death only hours after making landfall in Florida . The Levy County Sheriff's...

'The Word Historic Cannot Be Underscored Here'
'Historic' Debby
Makes Landfall in Florida
UPDATED
Aug 5, 2024 6:34 AM CDT

'Historic' Debby Makes Landfall in Florida

Hurricane will bring heavy rain to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

(Newser) - Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm, per the AP . The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby, with maximum sustained winds of 80mph, made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida'...

Customers Won't Like Texas Insurance Firm's News

Hurricane Beryl really did a number on the Lone Star State

(Newser) - Residents of Texas weren't the only ones hit hard in the state by Hurricane Beryl . The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, or TWIA—which Chron describes as "an insurer of last resort for many Texans, giving policies only for wind and hail damage to customers who have been denied...

When Beryl Hit Houston, Locals Turned to Whataburger

Not just to eat, but also to check for power outages via the Whataburger app

(Newser) - We'll take a burger, small fries, and an update on Hurricane Beryl, please. That's what Whataburger customers in Houston are getting served up via the fast-food chain's app, which is providing what Quartz calls "a unique view into the storm's aftermath"—specifically, where the...

Hurricane Beryl Isn't Done
Hurricane Beryl
Makes Landfall in Texas
UPDATED
Jul 8, 2024 6:40 AM CDT

Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall in Texas

Storm strengthened again late Sunday, came ashore early Monday

(Newser) - Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast near Matagorda early Monday with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds, the National Weather Service reported. The storm's center hit land as a Category 1 hurricane around 4am Central Standard Time about 85 miles southwest of Houston with top sustained winds...

Texas Braces for a Hurricane Hit
Texas Braces
for a Hurricane Hit
Jul 7, 2024 6:27 AM CDT

Texas Braces for a Hurricane Hit

Beryl is expected to regain status as a Category 1 before landfall on Monday

(Newser) - Beryl was hurtling across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Texas, forecast to pick up strength and regain hurricane status before nearing the coast Sunday and making landfall the following day with heavy rains, howling winds, and dangerous storm surge, per the AP...

Hurricane Beryl Has Left Nearly an Entire Island Homeless

90% of homes on Union Island destroyed or damaged, PM says

(Newser) - After Hurricane Beryl finished tearing through Union Island, part of the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, almost every building was left either completely destroyed or severely damaged, locals say. "Literally, almost the whole island is homeless," one tells the BBC . "There are hardly any buildings...

Beryl Does Not Bode Well for Hurricane Season

It's the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic ever

(Newser) - Hurricane Beryl hit winds of 200mph Tuesday in the Caribbean as it churned toward Jamaica, having already made history as the earliest Category 5 storm ever logged in the Atlantic. A look at factors behind the quick escalation of the storm (which is not expected to threaten the US mainland):...

Hurricane Beryl Is Now Earliest Category 5 Atlantic Hurricane

At least one dead in Windward Islands

(Newser) - A day after it became the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record, Hurricane Beryl became the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record—and just the second ever to reach Category 5 in July. At least one person was killed as Beryl devastated the Windward Islands Monday, CNN reports....

On Monkey Island, It's Now Survival of the Nicest
On Monkey Island, It's
Now Survival of the Nicest
new study
Jun 24, 2024 11:11 AM CDT

On Monkey Island, It's Now Survival of the Nicest

Study suggests macaques off Puerto Rico getting along better after hurricane, out of necessity

(Newser) - A strange thing happened on Monkey Island after a massive hurricane ripped through: The usually quarrelsome monkeys became nicer to each other, a new study in Science suggests. As it turns out, it was a matter of survival, the BBC explains. Monkey Island is the nickname given to Cayo Santiago,...

First Named Storm of Season Is 'Right on Schedule'

Alberto brings coastal flooding to Texas, Mexico

(Newser) - This year's hurricane season could break records but the first named storm hasn't arrived unusually early. A storm off the coast of Mexico became Tropical Storm Alberto Wednesday morning and it is expected to bring at least a foot of rain to parts of Mexico and Texas, the...

NOAA's May Hurricane Forecast Is Biggest Ever

It predicts up to 25 named Atlantic storms

(Newser) - It's an ominous pronouncement: "The forecast for named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes is the highest NOAA has ever issued for the May outlook," said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad in a Thursday news conference. NOAA predicts eight to 13 hurricanes and 17 to 25 named Atlantic storms,...

Category 6 Hurricanes? Scientists Suggest It's Time

'Climate change is making the worst storms worse,' says study author

(Newser) - A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical storms are getting more intense. Thus, the five-category Saffir-Simpson scale, developed...

As Storm Raged Through Acapulco, One Man's Last Message

'It's really horrible,' sailor Ruben Torres recorded himself saying as Hurricane Otis struck Mexico

(Newser) - During the first minutes of Oct. 25, when Hurricane Otis roared into Acapulco Bay with 165mph winds, sailor Ruben Torres recorded a 10-second audio message from a yacht called the Sereno. "All things considered, I'm all right, but it's really horrible, it's really horrible, it's...

Hurricane Lidia Makes Landfall as 'Extremely Dangerous' Storm

Category 4 storm makes landfall near Puerto Vallarta

(Newser) - Hurricane Lidia made landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday evening with winds of 140mph near Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta, the AP reports. The US National Hurricane Center said Lidia's eye appeared to have reached land near Las Penitas in the western...

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