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Hurricane Erin exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day and bringing heavy rains and high winds to islands in the region.  The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin …

One year after being hit by two powerful hurricanes just two weeks apart, Florida is bracing for its first peak hurricane season after sweeping federal cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its National Weather Service (NWS). A branch of NOAA, the weather service is heavily relied upon across …

Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami said. The hurricane’s centre was located about 30 kilometres east of Punta Maldonado. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 205 km/h. It was moving northwest at 15 km/h, the hurricane centre said. …

Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid. Massive waves lashed at the shores of Havana as sharp winds and rain whipped at the city’s …

Tropical storm Rafael strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday as it swirled past the Cayman Islands and chugged toward western Cuba. It was another stroke of bad news for Cuba, which has been struggling with blackouts while recovering from another hurricane last month that killed at least six …

Tropical storm Rafael formed Monday in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. Later in the week it also is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Florida and portions of the U.S. Southeast, …

Jason Stokes’s Bronco rattles and shakes its way up a narrow, crudely rebuilt mountain road — past mangled cars and homes smashed to barely identifiable pieces against haphazardly stacked piles of massive uprooted trees. More than 100 people in western North Carolina were killed when Hurricane Helene hit the region …

Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, as Hurricane Oscar makes landfall and threatens to wreak further havoc on the island’s decrepit infrastructure. Earlier on Sunday, Cuba had said it was making headway restoring service after multiple false starts, though millions of people …

When Amy Welsh begins to describe her horrifying ordeal, the waves of grief overwhelm her. Her breathing becomes strained, tears rush down her face, and she speaks slowly as she recounts every agonizing detail.  Her father, Joseph Murray, 61, a paraplegic with severe health issues, died in his home during …

Hurricane Milton roared across the midsection of Florida late Wednesday and into Thursday, sparking tornadoes and leaving at least several people dead. The hurricane intensified rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico and while it lost it some force by the time of landfall, still packed a significant punch for many …