The summer and fall months often see menacing storms roaring through the Atlantic Ocean — with the Atlantic hurricane season starting on June 1 and continuing through Nov. 30. Historically, on average, hurricane and tropical storm activity peaks on Sept. 10. But this year has been quieter than expected when it comes to tropical systems…
NOAA updates hurricane forecast NOAA updates hurricane forecast for 2025 Atlantic season 02:02 Hurricane Kiko, a Category 3 storm, is swirling in the Pacific Ocean and heading west in a direction toward Hawaii. Forecasters warned that swells from the storm could reach the Hawaiian Islands by the end of the weekend and cause life-threatening surf…
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. In New Orleans, many initially thought they had escaped the worst, that is, until the storm surge overwhelmed the levees, breaking the city’s floodwalls. As the days went on, the situation…
Hurricane Katrina was described as “a slow-motion catastrophe” on “60 Minutes” on Sept. 4, 2005, six days after slamming the Gulf Coast. Twenty years later, the storm is known as the costliest and one of the deadliest to ever hit the United States. Katrina first made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Florida on…
What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through southeastern Florida, up into the Gulf Coast and eventually disintegrating over the Ohio Valley, nothing could prepare those in Katrina’s path for what…
Biloxi, Mississippi — Twenty years ago Friday, Katrina made its second and most destructive U.S. landfall, coming ashore just southeast of New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane. While the damage and destruction left by Katrina in 2005 changed New Orleans forever, the storm surge and powerful winds also left a lasting blow to other parts…
Katrina tracked over parts of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi that largely lie below 10 metres in elevation, with vast swaths of coastline just above sea level. This low-lying elevation, which extends several kilometres inland in many spots, contributed to the severity of the hurricane’s storm surge flooding. The concave shape of the coast, as…
Two beachfront homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks appear to be on the verge of collapse as they are pounded by strong waves from Hurricane Erin. Nearly a dozen neighboring homes have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean since 2020. While the swells from storms like Erin make things worse, the conditions threatening the houses are always…
Video: Hurricane Erin seen from space Video: Hurricane Erin seen from space 01:40 As Hurricane Erin hovered over the Atlantic Ocean, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was spotted from above by a camera on the International Space Station. The SpaceTV-1 camera system, which livestreams up to 4K resolution footage of Earth…
North Carolina coast preps for Hurricane Erin effects: “Not our first rodeo” – CBS News Watch CBS News Hurricane Erin isn’t expected to make landfall in the U.S., but people in North Carolina’s Outer Banks were warned of possible coastal flooding that triggered evacuation orders. Rob Marciano reports. Source link