Hurricane

Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found.

The World Meteorological Organization has officially retired the name “Ida” from the list of Atlantic hurricane names due to the destruction it caused Louisiana in 2021.

The Colorado State University forecast, released Thursday, calls for 19 named storms this year.

Hampton Roads residents’ fears regarding shelter during a hurricane or flooding amid the COVID-19 pandemic have eased compared to last year according to a recent ODU study.

As recovery continues for many in Louisiana and other southeastern states, stories are surfacing of the people doing extraordinary things to help residents.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies reported they captured an alligator suspected of attacking a Louisiana man.

SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas continued weakening Tuesday night after being downgraded to a tropical depression and slowing to a crawl over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, drenching both states with flooding rains. The downgrade earlier Tuesday evening came the same day Nicholas blew ashore as a Category 1 hurricane, knocking out […]

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14, 2018. Three years later, survivors, are still recovering. There are thousands of people still living in damaged homes with mold and fallen roofs. The Craven County Disaster Recovery Alliance has provided relief to families hit by natural disasters since Hurricane Matthew hit in […]

Tuesday marks three years — Sept. 14, 2018 — since Hurricane Florence officially made landfall in Eastern North Carolina. Impacts from the deadly floods are still felt today.

Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened just off the Gulf Coast and could blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane Monday as it brings heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana.

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Sunday night, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said a hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast with much of the […]

Supply trucks are once again delivering beer on Bourbon Street and the landmark Cafe Du Monde is serving beignets, fried pastries covered with white sugar, even though there aren’t many tourists or locals around to partake of either.

You’ve heard of frying an egg on the sidewalk, but have you seen a dumpster full of pizza dough expand?

LaPLACE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana, most of them outside New Orleans, still didn’t have power Tuesday and more than half the gas stations in two major cities were without fuel nine days after Hurricane Ida slammed into the state, splintering homes and toppling electric lines. There were […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana health officials said Tuesday they are revoking the licenses of nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse whereseven residents died amid deteriorating conditions deemed too squalid to be safe after Hurricane Ida. The seven homes — all owned by one person — “clearly failed to execute their emergency […]

President Joe Biden says his administration is helping in every way possible, after Hurricane Ida left destruction and death in its wake.

NEW ORLEANS. (AP) — Shrimp and grits served for breakfast on the sidewalk at El Pavo Real. “Super Secret” seasoned pork and braised greens handed out at the door of the Live Oak Café. Spicy jambalaya dished out under a canopy erected on the empty sun-scorched streetcar tracks by a couple who just wanted to […]

The cleanup — and mourning — continued Friday as the Northeast U.S. recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Power should be restored to New Orleans by the middle of next week, utility officials said Friday, and sheriff’s deputies warned people returning to communities outside the city to come equipped like survivalists because of the lack of basic services in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during Hurricane Ida to a warehouse where conditions were later determined to be unhealthy and unsafe, according to state health officials who said Thursday that they had launched an investigation into the facility. A total of 843 residents from seven nursing […]

A local auxiliary deputy jumped into action after Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast, bringing flooding and devastating damage to the region. He now finds himself one of the areas hardest hit.

Recovery efforts continue in Louisiana, where Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 hurricane.

Editor’s note: this story originally said children were picnicking nearby the scene of the rescue. The family reached out to Nexstar’s WPIX to say the young children actually set up a stand to greet rescued families and provide them with water. CRANFORD, N.J. (WPIX) — Crews rescued people from a flooded home in Cranford Thursday, […]

Photos show what appears to be a miles long oil slick near an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Power and water outages continue for hundreds of thousands of people, many of them with no way to get immediate relief.

Tropical Storm Larry formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. It’s one of four systems the hurricane center is monitoring Wednesday morning, with Tropical Storm Kate churning in the Atlantic, Tropical Depression Ida in the Appalachians and disturbance over the southwestern Caribbean Sea.

(KLFY) – Over 100 men are stranded on a drill ship after suffering through Hurricane Ida while in the Gulf of Mexico. They say the companies who were supposed to evacuate them before the storm hit never did. Crew members on Noble’s Globetrotter II drill ship say they were forced to ride out horror-filled hours […]

The Gulfport Police Department announced it had issued warrants for Benjamin Eugene Dagley, of Wooster, Ohio, after he was identified with help from the public.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the impacts from Tropical Depression Ida.

A Louisiana man was reportedly attacked and dismembered by an alligator on Monday during flooding from Hurricane Ida.

While New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during the storm, LaPlace and other nearby communities were not so lucky.

The Gulf states are in for a long road to recovery after Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday as a category 4 hurricane.

Will “Ida” be retired from the name list of hurricanes? It’s too soon to officially say, but it’s probably a pretty safe bet.

Tropical Depression Ida’s feeder bands add tornado threat through Tuesday

With the situation being what it is, our organization regularly gets questions about how people can help storm victims.

Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters Monday, and utility repair crews rushed in, after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat.

The Colonial Pipeline has temporarily shut down some of its gas lines as a precautionary measure following the landfall of Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida has now downgraded to a category 2 system, however, still bringing catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding in portions of southeastern Louisiana.

Hurricane Ida a strong Category 4 storm at 150mph, making landfall soon

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation’s most important […]

Hurricane Ida is set to begin gathering its strength quickly as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Hurricanes are one of nature’s wonders. They form over the warm ocean waters in the summer simply because sea surface temperatures are warm. We are in peak hurricane season, and the oceans are primed to fuel storm development. While temperatures are just one factor that influences hurricanes, they are a fair […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va (WAVY) — As people in New York’s Long Island and southern parts of New England prepare for heavy winds and rain from now-tropical storm Henri, one Portsmouth based organization is packing it all up to come and lend a helping hand. “We made the decision yesterday to go ahead and start moving equipment […]

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Tropical Storm Henri socked the Northeast with strong winds as it made landfall Sunday on the coast of Rhode Island and sent lashing bands of rain westward, knocking out power to over 140,000 homes and causing deluges that closed bridges, swamped roads and left some people stranded in their vehicles. The […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Several members of Virginia Task Force 2 are headed to Boston ahead of Hurricane Henri. Eight members of Virginia Task Force 2 East Coast Cache have been activated to support the White Incident Support Team (IST).  The team left Virginia Beach Saturday around 5 a.m. and are headed to Boston, MA, in […]

People evacuated popular beach communities and made last-minute runs on batteries and gasoline as Hurricane Henri churned closer to Long Island and southern New England, while officials pleaded with the millions of people in the storm’s path to brace themselves for torrential rain and storm surges. Hurricane Henri was on course to collide Sunday in […]

Tropical Storm Fred is forecast to bring heavy rainfall and dangerous storm surge to the Florida Panhandle Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday just hours before Grace was demoted to a tropical depression. A new tropical depression also formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night. Fred was forecast to move across the Gulf and […]