Predicted to make landfall at New Orleans (population 1.3 million), Georges forced an evacuation that was, until Floyd, the largest in U.S. history. The evacuation problems these 2 storms caused were so widespread they ...
NORTH TEXAS – Some short-term good news Saturday regarding Beryl. First, Beryl is struggling to fight off the dry air infiltration from the southern and eastern sides, and the longer this continues, the chances of RI (Rapid Intensification) decrease. However, the sea surface temperatures in ...
VETERINARY teams are helping to rescue animals in Texas following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. Classed as a category 4 hurricane (with wind speeds of 130 to 156 miles per hour [mph]) as it hit the southeastern Texas coast on August 25, the storm brought with it as much as 50 ...
In Katy, Texas, just west of Houston, resident Lizzette Varela said her home lost power Monday morning and hasn’t regained it since. Her family is trying to find access to lodging, internet and food storage on a day-to-day basis, she told CNN. ...
Helicopter crews in Port Arthur, Texas, rescued residents trapped by floodwaters, hovering over homes and repeatedly lifting people into the air. Footage showed crews making multiple rescues in a residential area where water appeared to still be several feet deep. Port Arthur was one of the towns...
Image:Up to 35 inches of rain is possible over southeast Texas in the coming days. Pic: NHC Mobile phone networks and internet services have also been wiped out. Sky News Correspondent Siobhan Robbins, who is in Rockport, said: "The hurricane has left its scar on every street here, and ...
Tropical storm Laura is now a hurricane, and it's expected to grow even more powerful as it whirls toward Louisiana and Texas. The storm passed over Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday morning (Aug. 25), strengthening into a hurricane even as the scattered remains of tropical storm ...
Gordon is forecasted to be a tropical depression this week Updated: Sep. 15, 2024 at 11:26 PM GMT+8 | ByDustin Staples Gordon is expected to stay in the Atlantic for the next 5 days Francine makes landfall as a Category 2 hurricane ...
a big storm named Hurricane Surprise was moving into Texas. A couple of army air corps pilots got into a bet about whether they could fly a T-6 into the storm. One of the pilots took the bet, boarded a T-6 with a navigation officer and flew straight into the hurric...
That heating causes the warm core of the hurricane, creating the “eye” and producing the strong winds circling the eye. The rain itself falls back to the surface, and in the coming week eastern Texas will no doubt be dealing with one of the worst flooding disasters on record with 1 to...