Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeks #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast recently devastated by an equally powerful hurricane and then weakened as it tore across the northern part of the country. Iota had intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane on Monday, but the US National Hurricane […]
Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central America #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota, the strongest hurricane yet in this record-smashing season, became very dangerous Category 4 on Monday as it approached the same part of Central America battered by a similarly powerful Hurricane Eta just over a week ago. Hurricane Iota gained 112 kilometres per hour (70 mph) in strength in 24 hours, going from […]
Hurricane Iota strengthens as it heads towards Central America #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Evacuations under way in Guatemala and Honduras as 30th named storm of Atlantic hurricane season set to make landfall on Monday. Hurricane Iota is rapidly gathering strength as it barrels towards Central America, threatening to bring “life-threatening” storm surges and “catastrophic” winds to a region still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Eta. As of […]
Eta regains hurricane strength as Florida prepares for hit #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The storm’s maximum sustained wind speed increased to about 120kmph (75mph) off Florida’s southwest coast. Eta regained hurricane strength on Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm. The storm’s maximum sustained wind speed increased to almost 120kmph (75mph) off Florida’s southwest coast. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami […]
Storm Eta hits Cuba, expected to be hurricane and strike Florida #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba Sunday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where a hurricane warning was posted for a storm that has left scores dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America, where it hit last week as a major hurricane. The United States’ National Hurricane […]
Central America still on high alert as Hurricane Eta kills dozens #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Eta have flooded homes from Panama to Guatemala, as the death toll across Central America rose to at least 57 people and aid groups warned flooding and mudslides were creating a slow-moving humanitarian disaster. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a mighty Category-4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a […]
Tropical Storm Eta expected to become hurricane #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Forecasters expect Eta to become a hurricane on Monday and hit the coast of Nicaragua on Tuesday. Rain-heavy Tropical Storm Eta strengthened on Sunday as it headed for a drenching collision with Central America. The system ties the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season. Eta had maximum sustained winds of […]
Hurricane Zeta crashes into storm-weary Louisiana #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Hurricane Zeta slammed into storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday with New Orleans squarely in its path, threatening to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland and batter homes and businesses with fierce winds in a Gulf Coast region already pounded by multiple storms this year. Some roads were flooded near the coast, where forecasters […]
Zeta likely a hurricane before hitting Yucatan, heading for US #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Forecasters expected the hurricane to move over the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday before heading into the Gulf of Mexico. A strengthening Tropical Storm Zeta is expected to become a hurricane on Monday as it heads towards the eastern end of Mexico’s resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and then likely moves on for possible landfall on the central […]
Hurricane Laura: Thousands lack power, water as clean-up begins
The clean-up has begun from Hurricane Laura as officials along the Louisiana coast warn returning residents they will face weeks without power or water. The death toll from the category-four hurricane has reached 14, including 10 in Louisiana and four in Texas. Half of the deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe […]
Several killed as Hurricane Laura slams southwestern Louisiana
Hurricane Laura ripped through southwestern Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing at least four people after making landfall in the early morning as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state. The hurricane’s first reported US fatality was a 14-year-old girl in Leesville, Louisiana, who died […]
Hurricane slams into Louisiana with ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge
Hurricane Laura made landfall on Thursday in the US state of Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm. The hurricane is likely to cause catastrophic damage with an “unsurvivable storm surge” to the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Louisiana border. The National Hurricane Center said the storm made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana. It had maximum […]
Hurricane Laura strengthens as it approaches Texas, Louisiana
Hurricane Laura is likely to cause catastrophic damage and “unsurvivable storm surge” to the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Louisiana border after strengthening on Wednesday to a Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, ranked on the Saffir-Simpson scale for measuring hurricane intensity, was about 320km (200 miles) south-southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, […]