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9 Children Killed in Accident After Tropical Storm Hits
Crash During Storm
Kills 9 Children
Jun 20, 2021 11:40 AM CDT

Crash During Storm Kills 9 Children

Alabama's death toll since Tropical Storm Claudette hit reaches 12

(Newser) - Tropical Depression Claudette claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern US, causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes. Nine children and an adult were killed Saturday in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 65, the AP reports. Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock...

Tropical Storm Claudette Charts a Soggy Course

Flash floods, tornadoes are a possibility in Gulf Coast states

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Claudette dumped heavy rain across coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama as it chugged inland Saturday, threatening flash floods and possibly tornadoes along its soggy course across the Southeast. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm at 4am Saturday, well...

We Already Have Our First Named Storm of Season

Andres is earliest tropical storm on record to form in eastern Pacific

(Newser) - Hurricane season doesn't start in the eastern Pacific until Saturday, but the first tropical storm of the season is already here: Andres, which formed hundreds of miles off the west coast of Mexico and had sustained winds of 40mph Sunday. While tropical systems are known to develop before the...

Normal Hurricane Season Means More Storms Now

Agency also rethinks 'normal weather' as temperatures rise

(Newser) - A recordkeeping change has altered expectations for the number of tropical storms in an Atlantic hurricane season. The average number of named tropical storms in a year is now 14, up from an average of 12 before the change, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The numbers are based...

Tropical Storm Eta Caused a 'Tough Day for the Carolinas'

Storm killed at least 4 in NC

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Eta raced off the Southeast Atlantic seacoast late Thursday, spreading heavy rains and gusty winds around the Carolinas only hours after blustering across north Florida. One death in Florida was linked to the storm, along with some scattered flooding and forecasters said the tropical storm was on a...

Tropical Storm Eta Hits Florida a 2nd Time

Storm made landfall on state's west coast

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Eta has returned to Florida after causing major flooding in the south of the state earlier this week before moving out into the Gulf of Mexico. The storm hit the state's west coast this time, making landfall near Cedar Key, north of the Tampa Bay area, around...

Zeta Leaves 'Catastrophic' Damage in Louisiana

Storm killed at least 6 people in 4 states

(Newser) - Trees on top of buses and cars. Roofs ripped off homes. Boats pushed onto the highway by surging seawater. Hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark. The remnants of Hurricane Zeta were far from land over the Atlantic on Friday, but people across the South were still digging...

Zeta Weakens to Tropical Storm After Battering Gulf Coast
A Fast-Moving Zeta Weakens
Oct 29, 2020 12:20 AM CDT

A Fast-Moving Zeta Weakens

Storm has left at least 2 dead

(Newser) - A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it barreled northeast Thursday morning after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials assessed the havoc the storm had wrought. The storm raged onshore Wednesday afternoon in the small village of Cocodrie...

Gulf Coast Braces for Possible Record No One Wants

Zeta could be 11th named storm to make landfall in the US this season

(Newser) - Yet again, the Gulf Coast is bracing as another hurricane roars toward it. Zeta, the 27th named storm of the 2020 season, was upgraded to a hurricane Monday, NBC News reports. It made landfall on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's eastern Yucatan Peninsula late Monday, the AP reports. It'...

Delta on Course to Hit US as a Hurricane
A New Hurricane Record Looms
Oct 5, 2020 2:52 PM CDT

A New Hurricane Record Looms

Delta poised to become first Greek-named storm to hit the US

(Newser) - The 2020 hurricane season is now just three storms away from being the most active on record. Tropical Storm Delta has formed in the Caribbean and forecasters expect it to move north through the Gulf of Mexico, gaining strength until it hits the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane by...

Latest Bizarre 2020 Event: a Zombie Storm

But Paulette is already weakening, for the second time

(Newser) - Hurricane Paulette formed in early September, hit Bermuda Sept. 14, then weakened to a post-tropical cyclone as it moved north—but now it's back. The so-called "zombie" tropical storm re-formed southeast of the Azores, islands off Portugal's coast, on Monday, NBC News reports, calling it just the...

100 Motorists Rescued as Beta Swamps Houston

Storm has weakened to a tropical depression

(Newser) - Beta weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas farther inland. Beta, which made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor, is the first storm named for a Greek...

Coast Battens Down Ahead of New Storm
Coast Battens Down
Ahead of New Storm
Sep 20, 2020 12:40 PM CDT

Coast Battens Down Ahead of New Storm

Beta closes in on Texas and Louisiana

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Beta on Sunday was making a slow crawl toward the shores of Texas and Louisiana, stirring worries about heavy rain, flooding, and storm surge across the Gulf Coast. Beta was one of three named storms whirling in the Atlantic basin during an exceptionally busy hurricane season, the AP...

Why 6K People Want to Change Tropical Storm Laura to 'Polo'

Then it would be with 'united' with Marco for all time, petition says

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Marco is already wreaking havoc , and it will soon be joined by Tropical Storm Laura, which is forecast to become a hurricane Tuesday, per the AP . Because of the odd occurrence of two storms battering the same area at essentially the same time, WSBT reports that a Change....

La. Governor on Storms: 'We've Not Seen This Before'

Louisiana braces for 1-2 punch from Marco and Laura

(Newser) - After a day as a hurricane, Tropical Storm Marco brought a surge of high water to the Louisiana coast on Monday. That sets the stage for Tropical Storm Laura to enter the Gulf of Mexico and move toward the same stretch of US coast later in the week, most likely...

Marco Is a Hurricane, and It's Not Alone

Tropical Storm Laura is also headed for the US coast

(Newser) - Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the US coast, also as a potential hurricane, the AP reports. It would be the first time...

2 Tropical Storms Could Hit US Monday

They're gathering strength and approaching from different directions

(Newser) - Hurricane season is approaching its peak, with two tropical depressions expected to gain strength and affect the US coast—potentially at the same time. Tropical Depression 13 is moving west and is expected to become Tropical Storm Laura and could hit Florida Sunday or Monday. Tropical Depression 14, which is...

Fires Erupt as Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall

It is now a tropical storm, heading from NC to Virginia

(Newser) - Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane before being downgraded to a tropical storm, according to an official with the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane touched down just after 11pm on Monday with maximum sustained winds of 85mph. The storm—centered about...

Isaias Is on the Move
Isaias Is on the Move
Aug 2, 2020 5:10 PM CDT

Isaias Is on the Move

The tropical storm strengthens as it moves north

(Newser) - Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida's east coast Sunday, with the tropical storm strengthening slightly in the evening on its way up the Eastern seabord, the AP reports. Officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus in Florida kept a close watch on the storm that was...

2 US States Brace for Extreme Weather

Tropical Storm Hanna set to make landfall in Texas, while Hurricane Douglas heads toward Hawaii

(Newser) - Grappling with spiking coronavirus cases, Texas now has another worry to contend with: extreme weather. The Texas Tribune and KTRK report that Tropical Storm Hanna is heading for the Lone Star State's south-central coast, set to make landfall Saturday. It's predicted Hanna will turn into a Category 1...

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