Hurricane Oscar forms in Caribbean, surprising storm watchers
Oscar probably won’t be around long. After making a run westward at Cuba, it will begin turning north into Monday and weakening into Tuesday.
Oscar probably won’t be around long. After making a run westward at Cuba, it will begin turning north into Monday and weakening into Tuesday.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages totals are likely join the infamous ranks of Katrina, Sandy and Harvey as super costly $50-billion-plus killers, experts say.
Human attempts to control the weather are gaining momentum, but hurricanes are simply too powerful to harness.
The atmosphere doesn’t own a calendar, and there are signs that the season might have one last gasp of activity in late October or early November.
The devastation of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is still being tallied as a swath of Florida comes to terms with damage from the unusual dual strike of storms.
The disasters are a painful reminder that climate change is affecting Earth's most powerful storms.
The Biden administration has sought to combat misinformation from former President Donald Trump and others about the emergency funds flowing to the state for hurricane relief.
State reeling from two major hurricanes in less than two weeks
A Washington Post analysis shows how federal flood maps underestimated the risk homeowners faced in the parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Flooding is still possible in parts of the state as river levels are expected to continue rising into next week.
Experts credited Florida officials and weather forecasters with learning from past disasters to improve how they communicated the storm’s risks and uncertainties. Many, it seemed, listened.
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Oscar, 10th hurricane of 2024 season, batters Turks and Caicos and Bahamas and threatens Cuba and Canada
North Carolina has seen 95 deaths related to impacts from the historic storm
Chances of U.S. impact are low. Still, both systems could produce heavy rain and strong winds, and they may affect land in the Caribbean region.
On the west coast of Florida, a town built to weather hurricanes hosted more than 2,000 people during Hurricane Milton. Could communities like this help shape Florida’s future?
A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say.
As residents had to grit through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, many were reminded of the devastation from Hurricane Ian.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton disrupted wildlife. Some have capitalized on the destruction, in search of groceries now suddenly available. Far more have been displaced or killed.
Greenhouse gas emissions added rain, intensified winds and doubled the storm’s potential property damage, scientists estimated.
The forecasts outperformed the typical errors seen five days ahead of landfall.
John Santos, of Palm Beach, bought the luxury vehicle in January of this year and went viral after he carefully covered it in plastic as the storm barrelled toward the Sunshine State
The state is tonight working to replenish fuel supply and restore power to nearly 2.9 million people.