Residents and members of the National Guard clean the streets after the arrival of Hurricane Roslyn in Sayulita community, Nayarit state, Mexico, on Oct 23, 2022. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Roslyn has made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as it turns Category 3, although it is expected to weaken soon, the […]
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Tropical Storm Julia emerges over Pacific after Nicaragua
A man stands next to a tree broken by the winds of Hurricane Julia in Bluefields, Nicaragua on Oct 8, 2022. (INTI OCON / AP) MEXICO CITY – Tropical storm Julia emerged over the Eastern Pacific on Sunday evening after pummeling Nicaragua with rain and winds that damaged hundreds of homes but left no reported […]
Hurricane Julia hits Nicaragua with high winds
This handout satellite image provided by CIRA/CSU & NOAA on Oct 8, 2022 and captured at 14:30 UTC on Oct 7 shows Tropical Storm Julia off the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia. (CIRA/CSU / NOAA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Julia slammed into Nicaragua on Sunday carrying top winds of up to 85 miles per […]
Hurricane Julia advances toward eastern coast of Central America
This handout satellite image provided by CIRA/CSU & NOAA on Oct 8, 2022 and captured at 14:30 UTC on Oct 7 shows Tropical Storm Julia off the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia. (CIRA/CSU / NOAA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Tropical storm Julia turned into a hurricane on Saturday evening as it passed the Colombian island […]
Hurricane Ian death toll climbs to 83, officials defend response
A catamaran rests atop a dock in Getaway Marina, which was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Ian, most of its boats left scattered on the road or stuck in the mangroves, on San Carlos Boulevard in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct 2, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) MIAMI – The death toll from Hurricane […]
Hurricane-ravaged Florida, Carolinas face daunting recovery
A man walks over a broken section of the Pine Island Road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida on Oct 1, 2022. (RICARDO ARDUENGO / AFP) MIAMI – The largely innocuous but soggy remnants of Hurricane Ian drifted through Virginia early on Sunday, leaving in their wake storm-ravaged residents in Florida and […]
Death toll in Florida uncertain as Ian takes aim at Carolinas
In this photo taken by a drone, boats lie scattered amid mobile homes after the passage of Hurricane Ian, on San Carlos Island, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Sept 29, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) Fort MYERS, Florida – Emergency crews tried on Thursday to reach stranded Florida residents as a resurgent Hurricane Ian veered […]
Hurricane Ian hits Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic fury
A flooded street is seen in downtown as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwestern Florida, in Fort Myers, Florida, US on Sept 28, 2022. (MARCO BELLO / REUTERS) VENICE, Florida – Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf […]
Hurricane Ian begins to lash Cuba with heavy winds, rain
Jesus Rodrigues takes wood to his vehicle outside a Home Depot store in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ian on Sept 26, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (PHELAN M. EBENHACK / AP) BATABANO, Cuba – The first strong winds ahead of Hurricane Ian began to pound Cuban coastal villages late on Monday as officials rushed […]
Tropical Storm Ian to pound Cuba as it becomes major hurricane
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ian over the central Caribbean on Sept 24, 2022. (NOAA VIA AP) HAVANA – Tropical Storm Ian hurtled toward western Cuba on Sunday, prompting the government to evacuate tourists amid expectations of life-threatening storm surges as it turns into a hurricane […]
Canada braces for possibly historic storm in Hurricane Fiona
This image provided by the National Hurricane Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a satellite view as Hurricane Fiona moves up the United States Atlantic coast, Sept 22, 2022. (PHOTO / NOAA VIA AP) HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Eastern Canada on Saturday braced for what could become one of the most severe storms in […]
Hurricane Fiona heads to Bermuda, 8 dead in Puerto Rico
View of a damaged bridge after Hurricane Fiona hit Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico on Sept 21, 2022. (ALEJANDRO GRANADILLO / AP) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and Puerto […]
Hurricane Fiona slams Turks and Caicos, heads for Bermuda
Fallen palm trees lay over the Ports of Call Resort entrance after the passage of Hurricane Fiona in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sept 20, 2022. (VIVIAN TYSON / AP) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Hurricane Fiona slammed into the Turks and Caicos Islands as a powerful Category 3 storm on Tuesday, dumping heavy rains […]
Powerful Hurricane Fiona heads toward Turks and Caicos islands
Residents stand amid their homes that were damaged by Hurricane Fiona in the low-income neighborhood of Kosovo in Veron de Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Sept 19, 2022. (RICARDO HERNANDEZ / AP) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO/SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Residents were ordered to take shelter on the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as an […]
Hurricane Fiona seen intensifying after slamming Caribbean
Residents stand amid their homes that were damaged by Hurricane Fiona in the low-income neighborhood of Kosovo in Veron de Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Sept 19, 2022. (RICARDO HERNANDEZ / AP) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO/SANTO DOMINGO – Hurricane Fiona was churning north on Monday evening after bringing torrential rain and powerful winds to the Dominican […]
Hurricane Fiona swamps Puerto Rico, knocks out power to island
A home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico on Sept 18, 2022. (STEPHANIE ROJAS / AP) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Hurricane Fiona left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides on the island before barreling toward the Dominican Republic, […]
Hurricane Fiona swamps Puerto Rico, knocking out power to island
A home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico on Sept 18, 2022. (STEPHANIE ROJAS / AP) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Hurricane Fiona left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides on the island before barreling toward the Dominican Republic, […]