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'Historic storm' lashes Carolinas with heavy rain, floods
Florence's winds weakened as it drew closer to land, dropping from a peak of 140 miles per hour (225 kph) earlier in the week, and the hurricane was downgraded ...
Hurricane Florence claims first victims as tree kills mum and baby
Some of the worst flooding from the monster storm was in the town of New Bern, North Carolina, where the Neuse River overflowed its banks, flooding streets and ...
Space Station astronaut captures mammoth Hurricane Florence from directly above
Storm surge warnings are in effect for a number of areas where the water could easily reach 10 feet above land, explained Athena Masson, a meteorologist and hu...
Four dead as Hurricane Florence continues to slam the Carolinas
The child's father was transported to a hospital with injuries, according to Wilmington police. The powerful Category 1 storm is making its way south along th...
Florence death toll up at 11, including 3 killed by flooding
While Florence is, as of 12:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, now "just" a tropical storm, it has still ripped the Carolina coast with heavy winds and record-breaking ...
In US beach resort, residents seek shelter from the storm
Weather and emergency officials are warning people in Florence's path not to interpret maps showing the location of the storm's center, or reports that it's los...
Five dead in Carolinas as Florence brings ´epic´ floods
Authorities began swift-water boat rescues before dawn, and the activity picked up as water continued to rise. Other areas throughout the region reported floo...
Flood waters rise as Florence pummels Carolinas; at least eight dead
Paige Sheehan, a spokesperson for Duke Energy, said the company has worked to prepare for potential flooding at its coal ash sites and cooling ponds by pre-st...
Astronaut takes photo showing power of Hurricane Florence from space
Forecasters have warned of life-threatening storm surges, catastrophic flooding, damaging winds, and risky rip currents along the coastlines of North Carolina, ...
Don't Be Fooled by Hurricane Florence Being 'Downgraded.' It's Still Very Dangerous
There also could be significant beach erosion in some area, the weather service said. He added: "This is a very unsafe storm". Florence was a Category 3 hur...
FEMA Chief Under Probe for Using Official Cars
While DHS employees must typically be authorized to use government vehicles for personal use, like what Long has done, there are special exceptions for the FEMA...
Hurricane Florence Shifts South as Carolinas Hunker Down
ET advisory, Florence was 280 miles southeast of Wilmington , NC, packing maximum-sustained winds of 110 mph and moving to the northwest at 17 mph. Closing i...
Dolphins swimming in flood water caused by Hurricane Florence
With tropical storm-force winds swirling 350 miles (560 kilometers) wide, Florence continued deluging the Carolinas on Saturday morning after pushing surgin...
Hurricanes Isaac and Florence continue to pose problems for Caribbean countries
Tropical depressions are organized systems but with sustained wind speeds less than 39 miles per hour. Tropical storm-force winds extend about 45 miles from its...
Oklahoma search and rescue helicopter team leaves for Hurricane Florence
Like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Florence is expected to slow significantly when it reaches the coast, allowing the storm to dump a catastrophic amount of rain ...
Hurricane Florence Hits Near Wrightsville Beach
As Florence pounded away, it unloaded heavy rain , flattened trees, chewed up roads and knocked out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses. A N...
Hurricane Florence Created Enormous 83-Foot Waves In the Atlantic
NOAA satellite photo taken at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday shows Tropical Storm Isaac , right, on the doorstep of the Antilles, while Hurricane Florence , a Category 4...
These 4 reasons make Hurricane Florence extremely risky
Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the w...
Florence sits on doorstep of Carolinas with projected winds of 100mph
ET. Florence should continue losing strength as it menders along the coast, weakening further as the storm travels across inland SC on Saturday , the weather...
Hurricane Florence begins battering the Carolinas
If you're anxious about flooding away from the coast, then the Southeast River Forecast Center is your go-to stop. All of the areas where calls for help hav...
Now Category 1, Florence batters North Carolina coast
EDT Thursday. "Life-threatening storm surge , heavy rainfall , and damaging wind will cover a large area regardless of exactly where the center of Florenc...
SpaceX Has Signed Its First Passenger to Fly Around the Moon
The BFR , which Elon Musk said can carry up to 100 people when it was first touted past year, will fly around the moon as part of the personal trip. SpaceX is...
Florence generating waves of 83 feet
The NHC is estimating that as many as 20 inches of rain could fall in some places along the southern North Carolina coast while bringing in excess of 10 inc...
FLORENCE: Up to 30 percent of NC could lose power
That reduced the winds' destructive power from Category 4 to Category 2, but forecasters warned that the widening storm, and its likelihood of lingering along...
Jeff Bezos Pledges $2 Billion Toward Education and Homelessness
To raise awareness about childhood cancer, which is the second leading cause of death in the USA between kids aged 4 and 14, Amazon's Jeff Bezos wore pajamas ...
Hurricane Florence stalks US East Coast
This email will be delivered to your inbox once a day in the morning. "This is not the time to take a chance". Lumberton, North Carolina, is about 80 miles ...
California Sets Goal Of 100 Percent Renewable Electric Power By 2045
It calls for acceleration of a timeline for use of renewable energy, like solar energy and wind power, and requires that all electricity generated in the state ...
Hurricane Florence could stall offshore in repeat of "Harvey"
Hurricane Florence on Wednesday night weakened to a Category 2 storm over the Atlantic with maximum sustained winds of about 175 km per hour, authorities said....
Hurricane Florence strengthens to Category 4
They say their house is about 20 feet above sea level. ► RELATED | Understanding Severe Weather: What's Moderate Risk, What's High Risk? Tim Terman sai...
Hurricane Florence: 10 million at risk as first shelter declared FULL
The storm's maximum sustained winds were clocked at 193km/h, before Florence was downgraded from a Category 4. Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Joyce are f...
Georgia Gov. Deal declares state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Florence
Though Florence won't be making landfall until Friday , tropical-storm-force winds - 39 to 73 miles per hour (63 to 117 km/h) - will begin whipping through c...
Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station
Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut orbiting Earth from 250 miles (402 kilometres) up, has a warning for humans on the planet below him. "#HurricaneFlorence...
Search-and-rescue team from Maryland heads to SC before storm
Florence is forecast to dump up to three feet (almost a meter) of rain in some areas after it makes landfall in North and SC. Maryland, though, could be spar...
Georgia governor declares state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Florence
The latest projections of Florence, now a Category 4 storm, show it shifting south putting Georgia in its possible path. Coastal areas are likely to experienc...
Now is the time to prepare for Hurricane Florence
A timetable of tropical storm-force winds arriving across the southeast. Either way, rain is expected across the United Kingdom during the coming week. The we...
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