U.S. weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Harvey has strengthened to a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a path taking it toward the Texas coast. The National Hurricane Center said Thursday that the storm was now generating winds of 80 miles per hour. Forecasters expect Harvey to intensify to a Category […]
Hurricane Matthew is pounding the Bahamas as it propels toward Florida, forcing residents and emergency workers there and in other southeastern U.S. states to hastily prepare for its arrival on Thursday. At least 108 people in Haiti were killed after Hurricane Matthew slammed Tuesday into the island of Hispaniola, which Haiti shares with the Dominican […]
Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday along Florida’s Gulf Coast in the southeastern United States. The hurricane has since diminished to a tropical storm as it moved into the neighboring state of Georgia. The first hurricane to strike Florida in more than a decade has caused power outages and localized flooding, with 50 centimeters of […]